President Donald Trump in recent days has dismissed fears of a recession and brushed aside the stock market sell-off, going so far as to say, “You can’t really watch the stock market.”

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President Trump has long cared about the stock market, boasting about its performance during his first term and promising investors many more business-friendly policies during his second. But now he appears to have other priorities.