Presidents play with fire when they brag about the stock market

President Donald Trump took full ownership of the stock market boom. That unusual strategy is backfiring now that markets are crumbling. …

Trump held up the market as an objective barometer of his presidency. He claimed each market record as a validation of his policies. …

All three major indexes are on pace for their worst year since 2008. And Trump’s own words and policies have at times fanned the flames. CONT.

Matt Egan, CNN Business