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Paolo Confino

Trump’s Coca Cola post tanked share prices for high fructose corn syrup makers

President Donald Trump drinks from a soda bottle during a press conference (Credit: CHANDAN KHANNA—AFP/Getty Images)
  • President Donald Trump posted on social media Coca-Cola executives had agreed to only use real cane sugar for products in the U.S. Even though Coca-Cola didn’t explicitly confirm the change, share prices for companies that manufacture the sweetener sank on Thursday. 

President Donald Trump yet again demonstrated the power of a presidential social media post. 

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