Ping-Pong.
Investor attention was focused on the Capitol in Washington DC on Monday rather than on the New York Stock Exchange which was closed for Martin Luther King Day.
Once sworn in, Trump doubled down on much of his campaign rhetoric in his inaugural address, including some of the more “out-there” proposals, notably promising an expansion of U.S. territorial claims not only on earth but also in space (that had First Buddy Musk bouncing up and down in giddy excitement).
The new president and the Republicans have the wind in their sails with full control of Congress, a MAGA-friendly media ecosystem…
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