The 5-Minute Fix: Trump is on an island with his economic policies
Democracy Dies in Darkness Keeping up with politics is easy now By Amber Phillips Republican lawmakers, the stock market and farmers want President Trump to back off the trade battle he started with China this, which is increasingly looking like an all-out trade war. Also, with a couple of tweets this week, the president of the United States sent the stock of one of the country's largest companies tumbling. This — I feel like I say it every week — is not normal. Trump's unconventional and controversial approach to economic policy is increasingly leaving him alone on an island, isolating him more than his other controversial impulses. Let's review how. He's going after Amazon There's a reason presidents refrain from singling out individual companies for criticism. When you're president, words have an outsized influence. Amazon's stock dropped 5 percent on Monday as the president attacked the company, its owner Jeff...