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and I thought we were gonna win, mr. president
Tweet analysis: 35.14% supportive, 24.32% confronting. Sentiment and reactions to Trump's comment on expecting a larger stock market drop, with examples.
JUST IN: Trump says he thought stock market would go down more
Real-time analysis of public opinion and engagement
What the community is saying — both sides
Many replies argue the president is deliberately moving markets with statements and that his family may be trading on that information — “manipulating the market,” “insider trading,” “limitless manipulation.”
A large contingent say they, too, expected a deeper drop and were short or waiting to “buy the dip,” so the market’s resilience frustrated their plans.
Several voices emphasize that the president “missed” and that trying to time headlines is a losing strategy — markets are more resilient and complex than one tweet.
Many replies relish his surprise or portray him as hoping for others’ pain — “he admitted he was hoping for more market pain,” “I thought y’all would get fucked more.”
A subset warns the market will fall if the conflict escalates (e.g., ground forces into Iran) and urges caution or put buying as a defensive move.
Some replies treat the market holding up as a political win — “we are winning,” “market as approval rating,” and encouragement to keep buying.
A few responses note that when leaders signal policy or trade on it, prediction markets become essential — markets already priced high crash probabilities, so public signals change information flow and expectations.
lying or steering sentiment to produce desired price moves.
, seemingly proud that a crash wasn’t worse rather than protecting investors.
retail investors lose real money when leaders treat market moves like headlines.
of what he says.
(e.g., Japanese bonds) drive prices more than tweets.
or treating market commentary like a personal mood ring.
to achieve strategy.
, turning the situation into jokes and memes.
rather than policy critique.
in a predictable seasonal cycle.
Most popular replies, ranked by engagement
and I thought we were gonna win, mr. president
Trump controlling the market
Do the oppositie of what he says
Even the President tried to call the market… and still missed. Good reminder: if your strategy depends on timing headlines, you’re playing a losing game
https://t.co/uhhrIbbL41 Here’s the clip around 00:49
honestly this man treats the market like his personal mood ring... up down whatever just print the headline 😭
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