Trump “Squeezing Lemon Juice Into Cuts With Every Tweet” – And Other Zingers From Analysts

So, the assumption heading into the overnight session was that Rod Rosenstein’s decision to appoint a special counsel (or "councel" as Trump spells it) to oversee the investigation into Russian meddling with the US political process would provide a reprieve for risk assets. And that assumption was (somewhat) correct until exactly 5:00 a.m. when Reuters reported that Trump associates had 18 previously undisclosed calls, e-mails, etc. with Russians during the last seven months of the 2016 pres