President Donald Trump on Friday sent a note to supporters that included a chart showing the Dow Jones Industrial Average dramatically rising roughly at the time he began a news conference declaring a national emergency over coronavirus. The President signed the chart.
The note, which was also sent to some members of Congress, included screenshots of television coverage of the stock market closing much higher than Thursday.“The President would like to share the attached image with you, and passes along the following message: ‘From opening of press conference, biggest day in stock market history!’ ” read the note, a copy of which was obtained by CNN from a source with familiar with it.
It doesn’t get any more pathetic than this. Even Louis Gohmert must have cringed when he saw it, it’s so stupid.
It’s not that he isn’t right about the rally. It was a big one. But guess why?
Stocks soared Friday as Wall Street rebounded from the sharp losses suffered in the previous session — the worst since the “Black Monday” market crash in 1987.
Can you see the absurdity of his victorious declaration?
Here’s another scary chart:
So far, his approval rating is hanging right in there. It seems his cult is with him no matter how many people die.