Pelosi Hopes Market Rout Pushes Trump Into a Stimulus Deal
- Speaker says talks still stalled over anti-virus testing plan
- Passage of $2 trillion package before Nov. 3 almost impossible
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hopes the current selloff in U.S. stocks will prompt President Donald Trump to agree to Democratic demands in stalled stimulus talks and end a three-month stalemate.
“What the president cares a lot about is the stock market,” Pelosi said on MSNBC. “As he sees the market react to the spread of the virus and sees the market react to the fact that we do not have an agreement -- which could inject resources into the economy -- hopefully now he will come to the table in a serious way.”