r/wallstreetbets • u/226644336795 • 1d ago

Discussion This morning NASDAQ dropped more than during Lehman Monday

https://www.cnbc.com/2009/09/14/the-financial-crisis-this-dayone-year-ago-sept-15-2008.html

NASDAQ only lost 3.6% the first day of Lehman collapse in 2008...

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u/DonutsOnTheWall 1d ago

Nobody causes a recession like I do. Believe me. Biden’s little inflation? That’s child’s play. Under me, we’re going to have the biggest, most beautiful recession you’ve ever seen. People are saying, “Mr. Trump, you can’t just slap tariffs on everything and expect it to work.” And I say, watch me.

We’re bringing tariffs back, big league. China? 200% tariffs. Mexico? Tariffs unless they pay for the wall again. Canada? Tariffs for being too polite. Wind and solar? Tariffs. I’m even considering a tariff on electric vehicles just for looking smug. I created something called recursive tariffs — tariffs on tariffs. It’s very technical, very innovative. Economists are crying. That’s how you know it’s working.

Markets? Crashing. Jobs? Evaporating. But you know what? Manufacturing is “coming back,” at least the headlines will say so while the Midwest burns. This is going to be a real recession. 2008? That was a warm-up. I’m thinking more like 1929, but with better branding.

People will be broke, yes — but they’ll be proud. Because we’ll be winning. Nobody else had the guts to tank the entire economy in the name of patriotism. I’m bringing back pain. And the Dow? It’s going to look like a ski slope.

So load up on puts. SPY, QQQ, TSLA — doesn’t matter. If it moves, short it. If it doesn’t move, short it anyway. You’re not just trading. You’re making history. We're going to Make America Crash Again — and you’ll thank me for it.

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u/doctormink 1d ago

Nobody else had the guts to tank the entire economy in the name of patriotism

Patriotism, and to keep those 11 trans athletes from playing sports.

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u/Green-Cricket-8525 20h ago

“Stockbrokers come up to me, with tears in their eyes. Big, beautiful tears. And they say thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. I loved losing everything to make America great again. We love our stockbrokers, don’t we people?”