dow suffers its worst day since 20206789 more on what drove the massive sell-off and how stocks are looking right now. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, may 19th. i m jonathan lemire. in a case of history repeating itself, a race in pennsylvania is once again coming down to mail-in ballots. the republican senate primary race between trump-endorsed dr. oz, and hedge fund ceo dave mccormick is still too close to call this morning. the candidates only separated by a little over a thousand votes. while the mccormick camp is telling supporters to wait until all the votes are counted, former president trump is taking a page oust his 2020 play book. trump told supporters that dr. oz should forget waiting for the final tally and just say that he won. quote, dr. oz should declare victory. it makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they just happened to find. of course, during the 2020 election, trump tried this same tactic. he insis
much-awaited trip to asia, where the president hoped to put china it a the forefront of his foreign policy, finally gets to. exactly. he s been wanting to go to asia the entire time. it s where they wanted to focus most of their foreign policy brainpower. then you have afghanistan and the pullout there and then ukraine. this is the first time they can turn their eyes there. the goal is to rally allies together to try to back up and battle china with trade and other issues. something that s important for folks to remember is that this seems like he is going to seoul and going to japan to see buddies. that s not really what it is about. this is about china and making sure that when it comes to the trade partnerships there, their influence there, they re trying to get back in. the united states has been wanting to do that. president obama wanted to do this. changed a little with president trump. that s what they re hoping to do, drive a wedge between china and the rest of the indo-pacif