Trump Crashes the Markets and Panics Monday AM

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Ben Meiselas

Another day, another economic disaster brought to you by Donald Trump. As the week begins, Trump is doing what he does best—crashing our economy and trying to scam his supporters while pretending it’s all someone else’s fault.

Let me show you just how ridiculous it’s gotten. Today, Trump sent out this message to his followers:

“Would you accept a DOGE dividend check signed by Trump?”

I wish I was making that up. Trump is literally out here suggesting he’ll send people DOGE savings checks—signed by himself—while the markets are tanking and Americans are watching their 401(k)s, pensions, and life savings nosedive.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-crashes-the-markets-and-panics

Dow down 844, S&P 500 down 153, NASDAQ down 757

Heckuva job Trumpy

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Little is in the Stock Market.

The rest in Roth and Money Market accounts.

But still, a shock to those whose IRAs are invested in this wild market.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Remember when we voted for presidents who wouldn't spook the markets?

Now it seems to be a requirement.

[3Hotdogs]

10. Da fuck you talking? He promised to get prices lowered.

Now is the lowest price you can buy stocks for in months.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. LOL!

[angrychair]

3. A "DOGE check"???

What the fuck is a "DOGE check"??? Do they have a budget? To the best of my knowledge they haven't actually saved any money yet.

I have to ask, again, if we are cutting taxes and if we send unused or saved money back to people then how does this help pay off the national debt? When do we do that?

[mwooldri]

8. It's pronounced "Dodgy".

I don't know if that cheque is worth the paper it's printed on.

[Seinan Sensei]

28. If someone or something is DODGY

… they are “dishonest and unreliable.”
Synonyms: nasty, offensive, unpleasant, revolting

So, yes, “DODGY” works

[live love laugh]

16. What the fuck is "DOGE"??? Period.

[gilligan]

23. Exactly

And how does Elmo have the right to cut things. I see no DODGY in the Constitution.

[JPK]

4. Trumpy...

So much winning. We'll get sick of winning we will be winning so much.

[kimbutgar]

5. Wall Street is regretting they voted for the orange hitler and he will hurt their bottom lines more

People like me aren’t spending the money like i used to. I will be curious to see Amazon’s quartile earnings.

[Prairie Gates]

32. Yeah, they're finding out what happens when the left goes Jon Galt on the consumption side

Walk away from overconsumption.

Reduce. Boycott. Simplify. The capitalists have imposed this nightmare on us. Exit their markets!

[Emile]

6. Everyone will be needing Dr. D. J. Trump's Butt-Hurt Salve.

[elliesmandt]

7. When?

When are Congressional Republicans going to wake up, or should I say Woke up, grow a spine, and stop this maniac from destroying the economy?

[BadgerMom]

20. When their donors tell them to do so.

And not a moment sooner.

It seems clear that one of the things we needed most during the Biden years-besides a stronger DOJ-was a campaign financing overhaul.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

9. Quickening the quicksand beneath their own feet.

Does Russia even have an actual plan, or is this just extemporizing?

[erronis]

17. I wish more people realized this. This is the plan - to crash the markets, society, and democracy.

[FloridaBlues]

12. I am sooo glad I took everything out of the market when he got elected.

[leanforward]

13. The economic down is sooner than expected

My studies of economic history is proving out. The dive is sooner than I expected. Everybody’s wealth will be impacted.

[Attilatheblond]

14. Um, doesn't it take CONGRESS to approve sending $$ out?

And right now, GOP controlled Congress doesn't seem reliable about just managing to keep the doors open.

[Rebl2]

15. THANKS

TRUMP!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[erronis]

18. Come on, people. trump/musk/putin don't want the markets to do well.

They want them to crash. Wipe out most of the valuation.

Guess what happens then?

Huge societal disruption. Civil strife, deaths and destruction.

Guess who benefits from this? oligarchs world-wide.

[Buddyzbuddy]

19. What are you doing? He just said don't look at the stock market.

He also said to shut up about egg prices when asked by a reporter
and there will be pain involved
and there will be a transition period before things improve
and trust him, he knows better than the experts
and, and, and.
What he has done in a few weeks with the economy is provide the exact reason not to privatize S.S.
Hey Leon, better check on Tesla. Stocks are selling off like there's a fire sale.

[defacto7]

21. sheesh. My mattress is awfully lumpy these days.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

22. DOGE head making offers to pay in cash for resignations

Where is that "cash" coming from?

[Pas-de-Calais]

24. #45 sucks

[Bengus81]

26. TRASHLA is down $41.46 right now and is still dropping in the after-hours market

Down 16% on the day is MASSIVE. Musk has lost $17.45 BILLION today. The DOW lost 890.01 points today. I need to look and see when the last loss that size was.

[louis-t]

27. W. did that, gave me $600 in two checks

with his name plastered all over them. He cost me $100,000 in income, but at least he gave me $600. What a swell guy.

[Bengus81]

30. I'd forgot about that until I saw your post. I had to look up those amounts. I thought we only got $600

But nope,it would have been $1200 plus $300 for one daughter that was under 18. The notification was on 4/25/2008 and the checks started being issued on 5/9/2008.


https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080425.html

[louis-t]

33. Being single, I got $300 twice.

I remember Hannity saying "Take that money and spend, spend, spend." To make bush look good. I paid of part of a credit card with the money.

[BurnDoubt]

29. Asking again...

Is there anybody here who knows how to track and ID who's benefitting from this obvious and purposeful manipulation and transfer of wealth? And... "Pay no attention to the Man Behind The Curtain". This might be Quid Pro Quo?????????

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. It is hard to do satire in today's worldThe Borowitz Report-Trump Commands Americans Not to Check Their 401ks

Link to tweet

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-commands-americans-not-to-check

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an emergency address from the Oval Office on Monday afternoon, Donald J. Trump commanded the American people not to check their 401k accounts.

“Anyone caught checking their 409s (sic) can and will be deported,” he warned.

Asserting that he was issuing this order “for your own good,” Trump added, "Elon says there's a virus in the stock market and if you check your stocks it will spread to your body."

Though he claimed that “nothing bad is happening on Wall Street,” he promised the American people that, in the event of a stock market crash, “I will fix it with my Sharpie.”