The market says Trump sucks.

Trump said rising stock prices were the proof of how good his presidency was for the economy.

In fact, it probably had little to do with him.

Now the S&P500 is [u]below[/u] where it was when Trump took office. Analysts believe the market is responding to problems in Asia, partly due to Trump's interminable "easy to win" trade war.

That is, the market's decline has more to do with Trump than the increases did.

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cultofaction · 26-30, M

The market is responding to the realization that tech stocks are overvalued and can't keep going up

WoodyAq · M

@cultofaction The losses seem to have spread outside the tech sector...

cultofaction · 26-30, M

@WoodyAq The rest of the market has been hurting for a while now.

It seems like the plunge protection team came to save the day this time

WoodyAq · M

@cultofaction So what you are saying is that Bezos was better than Trump for the economy?