The ballad of Donald and Dow

You always hurt the one you love

President Trump.
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President Trump has a self-defeating obsession with Wall Street. He crows about Wall Street when stock markets are booming, and goes radio silent or starts pointing fingers when the market tanks. He loves Wall Street. He's obsessed with the stock market. He wants to take credit for its success. But he cannot deal with its failure.

During a market boom between July and October, the president tweeted about it at least 18 times, touting the "all-time highs" and congratulating "all of you that have made a fortune in the markets." But he hasn't tweeted about stocks in nearly a month now. I wonder why ...

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.