Summary

As the stock market plunged Monday due to Trump’s trade wars, he spent the day posting on Truth Social.

The Nasdaq fell 4%, its worst drop since 2022, while the S&P 500 lost nearly 3%. Major tech stocks, including Tesla, saw significant losses.

Trump posted over 100 times, endorsing his tariffs despite investor panic. A White House official dismissed the sell-off as irrational fear.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted a recession is unlikely. Trump avoided a clear recession prediction, calling the economy’s shift a “transition.”

  • alaphic@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I mean there are only a few real hard and fast rules you have to follow in life (imo):

    1. Don’t talk about Fight Club
    2. No pre-orders, No exceptions
    3. Don’t fall in love with the stripper
    4. Don’t believe the politician’s promises

    Strippers and politicians are like two sides of a coin in that one pretends to love you but is just going to fuck you and the other is a stripper.

    It’s really just not that hard guys.

      • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        They said “the stripper” not “a stripper” which if I’m reading it correctly is… Slightly better I guess?

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          English isn’t my first language (not even a second one) so I really don’t have a clue about the difference between “the stripper” and “a stripper”.

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            24 hours ago

            It’s all good, what I’m getting at is basically this:

            Don’t trust the stripper = don’t trust a specific one, like the one someone is paying to dance for them at any given time for a hypothetical example

            Don’t trust a stripper = strippers shouldn’t be trusted in general

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          1 day ago

          I mean, I wasn’t trying to use it pejoratively or anything… And while I can’t say I have any first-hand male stripper knowledge, I’m pretty sure my advice is unisex. 😋

          Sure, I guess I could’ve said something about not commidifying love/affection/etc so it sounded a bit more inclusive of the broad and varied spectrum of sex workers or something, but - as they say - brevity is the soul of wit, after all.

          In all seriousness, tho: I meant no offense or anything, but I definitely wasn’t going to call them ‘exotic dancers’ because I just think that’s a fucking stupid term, tbh, and I’m super prepared to die on that hill, so come at me bro

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        1 day ago

        It certainly does list things

        I’ve heard about this other list, but there’s like 10 things on it and that’s waaay more things to remember, which I’m pretty sure makes mine superior