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.”

  • 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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        1 day 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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      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