As stock slumps drain America’s 401ks, Trump props up his billionaire sidekick
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CNN — As Wall Street reeled for a second straight day on Tuesday, President Donald Trump chose not to appear with worried working people but to prop up the share prices and wealth of the world’s richest man – Elon Musk – with a bizarre sales pitch for Tesla on the White House South Lawn. The optics of Trump responding on camera in this way to a stock exchange rout that has wiped billions from Americans’ retirement accounts amid anxiety over his trade wars and erratic leadership were striking.
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