Donald Trump’s go-to number is bigly, but not always correct
Trump has used the number since his 2016 campaign — in speeches, remarks to reporters and one-on-one interviews
06 September 2019 - 13:49
Washington — When US President Donald Trump wants to convey that something is a big deal, he often reaches for the same big number: 10,000.
He says it is the number of points the Dow Jones industrial average would be up had the US Federal Reserve not raised interest rates. It is the number of people attending his rallies — or the number forced to wait outside because they could not get in...
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