Stocks are plummeting. Trump won't talk about it.

Donald Trump.
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President Trump is very happy to chat about his 50 percent approval rating. Some more important numbers? Not so much.

Despite the stock market absolutely plummeting over the past few days, Trump hasn't tweeted about stocks since Nov. 12, Bloomberg points out. Perhaps that's because Trump's uncertain trade reconciliation with China likely contributed to the plunge.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.