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Trump’s Beef With China Is Getting to Be a Real Problem for the Economy
Beijing just might be able to doom the president’s chance of reelection.
U.S. President Donald Trump addressing members of the media on the South Lawn. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019.
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You try so hard to be optimistic about the outlook for the U.S. economy, and then President Donald Trump tweets again.
In a flurry of tweets on Friday, Trump alarmed stock investors by ratcheting up his anti-China talk to a new level of fury. “We don’t need China and, frankly, would be far better off without them,” he wrote.