Anddddd...this is why normal presidents STFU about the stock market.

[LuckyCharms]

The big traders bring it up, and then they bring it down. Same old same old. Twas ever thus.

[SummerSnow]

1. Remember when ...

McCain called the U.S. economy 'fundamentally sound' on same day Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy?

[Vinca]

3. Then he suspended his campaign to fly back to Washington for a meeting with Dubya and

sat like a bump on a log through the entire thing without uttering a peep.

[LuckyCharms]

4. Oh yeah....

I used to be addicted to CNBC when I was in the market. Was 2008 the year of the tech bubble also? I have not watched that channel in years, nor have I been in stock for years.

[global1]

2. Need To Hang The Downturn On Trump - Call It....

the Trump Crash and keep referring to it as such.

[lagomorph777]

12. The Republican Crash

to be clear

[NightWatcher]

5. "Normal"? there is no Normal these days and there won't be until the adults take control in DC

[LuckyCharms]

7. Yes, that's what I mean.

I remember Obama and Clinton not speaking too much about the market. Trump talks about it every day, thus setting himself up for embarrassment.

[lpbk2713]

11. He'll blame it on the black guy.

He's done it before. He'll do it again.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Live by the sword,

die by the sword! His base will tie this to him since he kept taking credit for it going too high. That's the silver lining...GOOD! I hope they tie this to him and it drags his popularity down.

[UpInArms]

8. The dumpsters have been touting their 401k values

[DinahMoeHum]

9. The market is not a rational animal, folks.

A lot of this is hysteria, in other words, emotion.

[GusBob]

10. just wait until a plane crashes eom