https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-believes-his-path-to-a-second-term-is-through-the-stock-market-say-reports-2019-03-06?mod=mw_share_twitter
On Wednesday, CNBC, citing sources familiar, reported that the 45th president is attempting to accelerate the completion of a trade deal with China, in an effort to help provide a fresh catalyst for markets.
The report comes after Bloomberg News said Trump has been increasingly aware that progress between Beijing and Washington has helped to extend a bullish stock market run that is on the verge of ushering in record for its length since putting in a crisis-era low on March 9, 2009.