Former President Donald Trump weaponized Monday’s stock market rout to bludgeon the Biden administration, blaming them and de facto Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris for triggering a global market meltdown.
“STOCK MARKETS CRASHING,” Trump wrote Sunday evening, as the Asian stock market plunged massively. “I TOLD YOU SO!!! KAMALA DOESN’T HAVE A CLUE. BIDEN IS SOUND ASLEEP. ALL CAUSED BY INEPT U.S. LEADERSHIP!”
“STOCK MARKETS ARE CRASHING, JOBS NUMBERS ARE TERRIBLE, WE ARE HEADING TO WORLD WAR lll, AND WE HAVE TWO OF THE MOST INCOMPETENT ‘LEADERS’ IN HISTORY. THIS IS NOT GOOD!!!” Trump warned in a series of critical Truth Social posts.
The Republican presidential nominee next turned his ire directly toward presumptive Democrat nominee Kamala Harris, whose prospective presidency Trump says spooked markets.
“Of course there is a massive market downturn. Kamala is even worse than Crooked Joe,” Trump railed.
“Markets will NEVER accept the Radical Left Lunatic that DESTROYED San Francisco and California, as a whole. Next move, THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2024! You can’t play games with MARKETS,” he wrote, adding, “KAMALA CRASH!!!”
“VOTERS HAVE A CHOICE — TRUMP PROSPERITY, OR THE KAMALA CRASH & GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2024, NOT TO MENTION THE PROBABILITY OF WORLD WAR lll IF THESE VERY STUPID PEOPLE REMAIN IN OFFICE,” Trump commented in a follow-up. “REMEMBER, TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!”
“TRUMP CASH vs. KAMALA CRASH!” he wrote in another post.
The 45th president’s remarks came as previous Kamala HQ social media posts resurfaced in the wake of the market turmoil, in which they mocked Trump for predicting a “crash” if Biden took office.
This didn’t age very well pic.twitter.com/8E9WlpvWrP
— Adam Crigler (@AdamCrigler) August 5, 2024
Four years ago today, Trump claimed the stock market would “crash” if Joe Biden was elected
(The stock market has reached the highest levels ever recorded in history under President Biden) pic.twitter.com/4ZXsmtgh7z
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) May 24, 2024
Just last week, Biden also claimed to have “cured” the economy.
“I cured the economy.”
— Joe Biden (six days ago)pic.twitter.com/SMsXKVfljw
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 5, 2024
Brutal memes also targeted Kamala.
Historic: Kamala Harris Becomes First Black Woman To Destroy World Economy https://t.co/eVihd0cKXr pic.twitter.com/HCLYG4Fzfc
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 5, 2024
She tried to pin the Kamala Crash on Trump. What ever happened to “the buck stops here”? Take credit for your power as a strong black woman. pic.twitter.com/Xoh4z2iR8D
— Doug In Exile (@douginexile) August 5, 2024
“The markets are crashing. Please tell us how you plan to fix it.”
Kamala HQ: pic.twitter.com/bwjsqY2QSg
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) August 5, 2024
— I Meme Therefore I Am
(@ImMeme0) August 5, 2024
“That is called Bidenomics… **cackling** …and we are very proud of Bidenomics!”
Kamala Krash pic.twitter.com/Nl0knpPIyb
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) August 5, 2024
— I Meme Therefore I Am
Stock market crash?
World War 3?Ummm I’m not sure what any of that means, but my girl kamala dances and is brat so we stan pic.twitter.com/HHHx4IDBOH
— Andrew Torba (@BasedTorba) August 5, 2024
Massive war in the Middle East.
Crashing stock market without extraneous rationale.
Cost of living up dramatically over the last three years.
Thanks, Kamala and Joe.
You did it. pic.twitter.com/q0VMrDhFNf— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 5, 2024
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) August 5, 2024
Your portfolio before the Kamala Crash ………… after the Kamala Crash. pic.twitter.com/V52KDdVM7M
— Catturd
(@catturd2) August 5, 2024
It remains to be seen whether voters will remember who caused their portfolios to nosedive come November.
