- Why is the stock market soaring amid a pandemic? Because Trump thinks that may save him | With most of the country in full-on pandemic meltdown, Trump is sacrificing lives to Wall Street. It won't work https://www.salon.com/2020/07/14/why-is-the-stock-market-soaring-amid-a-pandemic-because-trump-thinks-that-may-save-him/ 231 comments politics