Aides Admit Trump Lied To Manipulate The Stock Markets -- Investigation Needed
On August 23rd, a Friday, Trump burned the stock markets with an insane Twitter tirade.
Then at the G7 on Monday, he claimed the US had talked with China on the phone and that the Asian nation wanted "badly to make a deal."
Treasury Secretary verified their talks and said in France, "There were discussions that went back and forth , let's leave it at that."
Trump jumped in and said, "Last night and before last night."
That was news to China: a foreign ministry spokesman said he had not heard of a phone call.
Reuters reported, "Hu Xijin, editor of the state-controlled Global Times newspaper, tweeted: “Based on what I know, Chinese and U.S. top negotiators didn’t hold phone talks in recent days."
CNN then reported that presidential aides admitted those calls did happen the way he said they did.
Two officials said Trump was eager to project optimism that might boost markets, and conflated comments from China's vice premier with direct communication from the Chinese.