The dollar just hit its highest level of 2019, even as Trump continues his full-court press for a weaker currency

Trump's frustrations with the US dollar continue.  The president again took to Twitter on Monday to lament the strength of the US currency, which he says runs counter to his trade-war objectives. Meanwhile, the Bloomberg Dollar Index — which surveys the greenback versus a basket of global currencies — climbed to its highest level of 2019 that same day.