US president also confident the outbreak will not affect his chances at reelection. FMTNews Trump
SCRANTON: President Donald Trump downplayed the risk to the US economy – and his reelection – posed by the coronavirus.“It’s going to all work out.”
Stock indices have swung widely because of concern over the impact of the virus on manufacturing and travel. Trump has called for additional measures from the central bank, tweeting that the Fed “must further ease and, most importantly, come into line with other countries/competitors. We are not playing on a level field. Not fair to USA.”
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