US-President Donald Trump, well known for his cheating on the golf course, has just been found out on a different playing field: in spite of many Americans still believing that he is a savvy and successful businessman, his family's financial records actually suggest the opposite. According to The New York Times as well as The New Yorker, "as a businessman, Trump was the biggest loser of all". The actual record "reveals Trump to be a reckless conman who burned money and relied on his father, even as he was fashioning a myth that eventually took him all the way to the White House." However, whereas other presidents would have been indicted, Trump obviously survives - at least for now. The uncertainty whether there will be a lasting trade deal with China agreed or not and strong rhetoric (on Twitter) from President Trump keeps equity markets and predominantly metal markets on edge again and again.
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