Economics

Trump Warns Wall Street His Defeat Would Endanger Market Gains

  • President delivers stump speech to Economic Club of New York
  • He characterizes Democratic challengers as radical socialists
President Donald Trump during an Economic Club of New York event on Nov. 12.Photographer: Demetrius Freeman/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump delivered a stump speech aimed at Wall Street, touting his economic record to an audience of executives and economists while warning that a Democratic victory in 2020 would endanger stock market gains.

The speech before the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday was a collection of the president’s well-worn lines on the economy that he’s delivered in tweets, to reporters at the White House and at campaign events around the country.