President Trump has taken credit for surging U.S. stock markets more than once since he moved into the Oval Office. Now, he says they’ll crash if he’s forced out.
The reality, however, is more complicated. It’s true that his forced exit would probably cause short-term swings in both the broad S&P 500 and the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, which have climbed 34 percent and 40 percent, respectively, since Trump’s November 2016 election.
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