President Trump has a brand new explanation for the stock market's recent turmoil: It's just because of the midterm elections. Oh, and probably the Democrats.
In a tweet Tuesday, Trump assured the nation that the stock market is just "taking a little pause" right now after rising "massively" since he was elected. Stocks have, in fact, been struggling recently, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite all dropping between six and 10 percent in October, reports CNBC.
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