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Credit Trump For Stock Market Gain

Credit Trump For Stock Market Gain

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In an era of political polarization, here's one item that's rapidly emerging as a rare bipartisan consensus:  President Donald Trump doesn't deserve credit for the stock market boom since his election. "Can we thank Trump for the stock market boom? Short answer, no," a scholar at the center-right American Enterprise Institute, Desmond Lachman, wrote in a piece published by Newsweek.

In an era of political polarization, here's one item that's rapidly emerging as a rare bipartisan consensus:  President Donald Trump doesn't deserve credit for the stock market boom since his election. "Can we thank Trump for the stock market boom? Short answer, no," a scholar at the center-right American Enterprise Institute, Desmond Lachman, wrote in a piece published by Newsweek.…