Trump Shares Video About How He Is 'Purposely Crashing the Stock Market'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Rolling Stone

April 4, 2025


Financial markets are taking a nosedive for the second straight day amid global panic and investor anxiety over Donald Trump’s implementation of broad tariffs on foreign imports. Economists are warning that the president’s actions are putting not just the United States, but the world at risk of a global recession, and that working class Americans will experience acute economic pain. Fret not, says the president, he is apparently playing chess while the world is playing checkers — whatever that means. Even some of his most prominent GOP supporters aren’t buying it.

On Friday morning, the president shared a link on Truth Social to what appears to be a video claiming that he was “Purposely CRASHING The Market.” The one-minute video — originally shared March 15 on TikTok — predates the president’s tariff announcement on Wednesday. It claims that “Trump is crashing the stock market by 20 percent this month, but he’s doing it on purpose. […] Here’s the secret game he’s playing, and it could make you rich.”

The video proposes that Trump is attempting to “push cash into treasuries, which forces the Fed to slash interest rates in May, and those lower rates give the Fed the ability to refinance trillions of debt very inexpensively. It also weakens the dollar and drops mortgage rates. Now it’s a wild chess move, but it’s working.” “What about his tariffs? I’ll tell you, it’s a genius play,” the video adds. “It actually forces companies to build here to dodge them. It also forces farmers to sell more of their products here in the U.S., to bring grocery prices way down. We’ve already seen this with eggs. Now, remember, 94 percent of all stocks are owned only by 8 percent of Americans.

So Trump, he’s taking from the rich short term and handing it to the middle class through lower prices.” Sound dodgy and completely made up? Don’t stress, the video makes sure to point out that super rich guy Warren Buffett “just said [that] Trump is making the best economic moves he’s seen in over 50 years.” Only Warren Buffett never said that. He actually called Trump’s proposed tariff regime an “act of war.”

Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-shares-post-purposely-crashing-stock-market-1235310745/

[Buddyzbuddy]

1. Well that changes everything.

At least now we know it was on purpose.

[Karasu]

2. "It actually forces companies to build here to dodge them"...no, it fucking doesn't. Why do we have to learn the same

fucking lesson every hundred years? There is NOTHING these dumbfucks can do to end decades of corporate outsourcing. Nothing.

[not fooled]

3. He's clearly mentally not right

Some sort of acting out against the world order is going on here. I'm no psychologist, but "oppositional defiance disorder" acted out on a global scale comes to mind.

He destroys everything he touches. Idiots in the U.S. fell for the con a second time, giving him the opportunity to burn the world down without restraint (thanks to a compliant puke party).

What an insane situation. History will weep for all of the harm he inflicts. Un-effing-believable.

[lonely bird]

4. How the actual fuck will it force farmers to sell more product here?

They already produce more food than the country needs.

[twodogsbarking]

5. No, that's not it.

[AntiFascist]

6. Our criminal president made his fortunes from Russian money laundering...

and now he's paying back the Russians by tanking everyone's economy except theirs.

[bamagal62]

7. The lies that come out of that

guy’s mouth is staggering. And, the fact that his base swallows it whole is unbelievable. It’s crazy that they don’t see it. The brain is a curious thing.

[LymphocyteLover]

21. what are the odds its Russian propaganda?

[Diraven]

8. If only Biden had thought of this

He could have just claimed he was purposely making the price of eggs go up in order to fix the economy. All the talking head conservative TV economists would have agreed he was a financial strategic genius.

[TomCADem]

10. Exactly, Just Add Some Artificial Intelligence Prompts Referring to Action Stars and Masculinity...

... and being economically stupid can sound positively bad ass. For example, couldn't you see JD Vance saying something along the lines of the following:

The Lone Wolf Ideal: Strength Over Support Systems
In a world reliant on collective systems like unions, healthcare, and worker compensation, there remains a belief in the enduring power of individual strength and self-reliance. This philosophy celebrates the "lone wolf," a man who, like the iconic John Rambo, embodies resilience, courage, and determination to navigate life's challenges on his own terms.
Rambo’s legendary survival against overwhelming odds serves as a potent symbol of this ideology. In one memorable instance, when gravely injured, he didn’t turn to a hospital or external aid. Instead, he took a heated knife to cauterize his own wound—a raw, striking act of self-reliance that underscores the belief in personal ingenuity over institutional support. For the lone wolf, challenges are opportunities to demonstrate inner strength and to grow tougher through adversity.
This perspective views unions, healthcare systems, and worker compensation as tools that, while helpful, risk fostering dependency. The lone wolf values personal accountability and sees rights not as granted by institutions but as protected through vigilance and action. Success, in this worldview, is earned through sheer grit, hard work, and unyielding spirit, unencumbered by reliance on external structures.
While critics might argue that the lone wolf path overlooks the importance of community and shared support, for its adherents, it embodies a pure form of independence. It celebrates masculinity in its rawest form, where triumphs are deeply personal and resilience is a mark of true strength. For the lone wolf, life’s hardships are not a hindrance—they are the proving grounds of greatness.

So, you just question the masculinity of male Trump voters, and you can take away their health care, collective bargaining rights, pensions, etc., and they will even cheer you on.

[LymphocyteLover]

22. but Biden was OLD

[IronLionZion]

9. Because that worked out so well for Hoover

idiot

[dchill]

17. You don't actually think he's capable of understanding...

...a historical lesson, now do you?

[IronLionZion]

20. Or listening to anyone who disagrees with him

[LymphocyteLover]

24. all he knows is it says he's right about what he's doing... total cult reinforcement

[Oneironaut]

11. "Here's our secret plan, and, it's going to make you rich!" - he sounds like a greasy huckster.

That, or a shitty Google Ad that takes you to a scam website.

"You're all going to be rich! Just wait and see!"

[TomCADem]

12. Nah, You Just Need to Make Failure Sound Bad Ass ...

... Say things like "Pain is Just Weakness Leaving the Body," and all the Joe Rogan types will cheer you on.

[Deminpenn]

13. Chris Murphy's take on All In is correct imho

He said this is really about Trump wanting everyone to pay homage to him, to stifle dissent. It's like blackmail or a mob boss kneecapping people to get them to do what the Capo wants.

[LudwigPastorius]

14. Riiiiight...

[Drum]

15. Thank you...I scrolled down to see if anyone shared that!

[dchill]

16. "...and it could make you rich."

Congratulations to anyone who believes this. You would make a good Russian oligarch!

[James48]

18. No- Warren Buffet never said any such thing.

That’s a lie.

[Vinca]

19. Well, that explains an idiotic response I got to a post on another site. MAGA will believe anything.

[IronLionZion]

23. Every statement in that video is a complete lie

that is simply not how any of this works. Buying more treasury bonds lowers rates through supply and demand, since their price moves in the opposite direction of rate. It doesn't force the Fed to do anything. Powell has spoken publicly about the consequences. Many economists have.

But MAGAts will trust some random dude on tiktok.