straightUp Loc: California

When the stock market was on the rise, Trump was taking bows and I could NOT convince any of his followers that he wasn't entirely responsible for it.

Now the indices are dropping (because of p******c scares) proving that anything, even fear, can motivate the fickle behavior of the market. But I'll be willing to bet that when the market starts climbing again, for wh**ever reason, the clown will be back to claiming credit for it. LOL

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Just who do you consider a follower? I warned a long time ago that Presidents who take credit for anything as fickle as the markets are playing Russian Roulette. You act like Trumps the first to do this. This p******c, with the 24 hour news cycle could very well start a world wide recession.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Er...go back and look at the last 10,000 times it's "dipped"?

Really! No one is fooled by lies, Guido.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Obama claims its really his economy. What now?

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Uh...let him check with his experts.

JW

You hit the nail right on the head, by golly! Fear of a p******c is driving the market down and hope and confidence drove it up... and it will start climbing again and for the same reason, hope and confidence in our President's ability to govern for the benefit of all of the American people.

EconomistDon

You obviously don't know much about the stock market, Straight! What makes you think that it should go in a straight line? It doesn't! Like a pendulum, it swings from over-bought to over-sold and back. Most good investors ignore these swings because it is difficult to "time" the market. Really successful investors, like Warren Buffett pick the best stocks and ride them through the swings up and down, knowing their stocks will come out on top in the end. And Buffet is making a boatload of money in Trump's market because the trend is strongly UP despite the short-term swings. Since Trump took office, the S&P 500 is up nearly 54 percent. If you had put all your savings into the market the day he was elected and bought on margin (stock value double the amount of money invested), your investment would be up 108 percent in three years. That is more than DOUBLE, Straight!!!

Those of us who are smarter than the average "Bozo" Democrat realize that this is an outstanding buying opportunity. Scout out some good stocks and get ready to buy. Here is a chart of the S&P 500 since Trump was elected. It is complete through today. It's a real eye-popper -- right?

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Something tells me Obama will go into hiding for awhile. Unless, of course they can convince the Democrat i***ts that the v***s was made by Russia and delivered by Trump.

Trumpnotthestormiestpres Loc: L.A.

Another bummercrat reached around Trump and decided America needed a planeful of Iv-half-full C****av***s cases.

Shocker many stock speculators are trying to predict a stampede.

Which leads to a bull market. Nobody takes profit when the S & P is flat.

Watch which megazillionaires scoop up shares while the opportunists flee for the Caymans.

Trump would have chosen to present a more smoothly responsible less risky approach to national health.

Go figger. In an e******n year some bureaucrat cooked up a way to make Trump angry.

Are the Sunday morning talk shows going to be full of more astonishment that Trump is putting a freeze on flunkey hiring?

I say the 2nd Trump administration includes people willing to work in the White House as a career asset instead of thinking it's a shooting barrel.

Seems like the press skewers anybody trying to serve their country as an intentional deterrent to President Trump attracting the best people.

so patriotic.

Then the press blame Trump when spine less Obama legacy Administation fish swim downstream.

straightUp Loc: California

Well, I DID say that... "I could NOT convince any of his followers that he wasn't entirely responsible for it." So one can imagine that I'm referring to the people I've actually had discussions with who support Trump's claim that he is entirely responsible for the stock market (when it's looking good, that is).


Well, you need to say it again because there's people on this very site that have echoed Trump's claim that the stock market is a solid sign that he is saving the economy.


I think that's just the way you want to see it. I never said Trump was the first one to claim credit for the stock market. Most presidents like to report the stock market as an indication that the economy is strong. But I've never seen people give any of those presidents as much credit for it as Trump fans are claiming for the clown.


This p******c, with or without the 24 hour news cycle, may well be the first crisis Trump has ever had to deal with that he didn't actually make up as part of his confidence game.

American Vet

straightUp Loc: California

Look at the economic trend...



It's pretty obvious where the turn around is.

The only thing that changed since Trump came along is that real GDP has exceeded potential GDP, which indicates an over-extension of the economy which is never good for the stability of a nation.

straightUp Loc: California

Then what you're saying is that no one actually believes Trump is responsible for the soaring market. That leaves us with no other option but to assume all that chest-beating a few weeks ago was just baseless taunting.

I guess this is where America is now. No more honest discussions, just rabid taunts and insults.

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

Nah, their M O is for Trump to prove he did not deliver a v***s made by Russia.....ass backwards, just like the dem party.

American Vet

But...but..but... That means obama was lying also!!!