Donald Trump: “Stock markets, as of about an hour ago, was like, through…”

“They requested a meeting through their surrogates and directly. And we're meeting. And, you know, good things can happen, I guess. Oil dropped very big today. Stock markets, as of about an hour ago, was like, through the roof. But no, they requested a meeting. They would not have requested the meeting if we were doing poorly. The only reason they want to meet is because we've been hitting them very hard.” (00:38–00:44)

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