The stock market has gone through a wild few days, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping over 1,100 points on Monday. The White House is pointing to the "fundamentals of the economy" as a reason not to worry about the downturn. It's a fair argument, but the phrase has a checkered history in politics. As the stock market spirals downward in what economists see as the first major correction of President Donald Trump's presidency, the White House is leaning on one phrase to try...

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