Summary

Trump snapped at a reporter who asked how much economic pain he was willing to inflict amid plunging markets triggered by his new tariffs.

Speaking after a weekend at his Florida resort, Trump dismissed speculation he was trying to crash the market, claiming tariffs would bring in “$1 trillion” and spur U.S. manufacturing.

When asked about a pain threshold for Americans, he called the question “so stupid,” arguing economic “medicine” was necessary to reverse decades of “stupid leadership.”

He insisted the strategy would make the U.S. “solid and strong again.”

  • Lunar_Voyager@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    He’s also a genius businessman who will run our country like his businesses, which will be great and lead to widespread prosperity.

    • collapse_already@lemmy.ml
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      3 hours ago

      A special kind of genius that can bankrupt a casino multiple times. How do you fuck up a license to print money?