Trump on coronavirus rattling markets: 'This is not a financial crisis'

Donald Trump.
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In an attempt to soothe spooked investors, President Trump on Wednesday night said the coronavirus pandemic has not triggered an economic catastrophe.

"This is not a financial crisis," he said during an address from the Oval Office. "This is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.