For any president, the split screen moment showing an apparent disconnect between his message of a roaring economy and hemorrhaging equities would be a little embarrassing. One White House aide told CNN's Jeff Zeleny that it was jarring to see Fox ditch the President's speech when the market free-fall hit 1,000 points. Trump's past boasts about a Trump bump in stocks may come back to haunt him. "I believe the stock market from that level, the initial level, would have been down close to 50 percent," he said. Now, the White House might benefit from the limited exposure of Trump supporters to wildly swinging stock market values.

Source: CNN February 05, 2018 22:07 UTC