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Related: About this forumMy Elderly Uncle Is Blaming The Stock Market Drop On Trump.....
He's saying the prospect of Trump becoming the Repug nominee and maybe president is giving the Wall Street community jitters.
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My Elderly Uncle Is Blaming The Stock Market Drop On Trump..... (Original Post)
global1
Aug 2015
OP
The election is a year away....who worries much, other than the media, about the election?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
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ladjf
(17,320 posts)1. I must confess that thought about the same thing yesterday.
It's beginning to appear that Trump might get elected. If so, it would be the worst choice in American History.
For reasons unknown to me the media seems hell bent on publicizing Trump's every word. If they keep that up, he will be elected.
What does the media gain by promoting Trump?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)3. The election is a year away....who worries much, other than the media, about the election?
The media just wants Trump to spend some of his money on election ads....a year before an election.
kimbutgar
(21,141 posts)2. I agree, the foreign press is laughing at us that we'd even consider the orangutan as President
I want the market to go down more, then maybe the press will start doing their job and push back on his idiocacy.
But I get the feeling the press is enjoying reporting on the train wreck called trump.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)4. No, just time for the bubble to pop again. n/t