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[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 11 months ago

I liked the part where he said "much more than 100%, a much bigger number" of the job creation went to illegal immigration.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

"You don’t have to imagine what a Kamala Harris presidency would be, because you’re living through that nightmare right now. And it is a nightmare. It’s a nightmare. And you’re going to stop inflation, but we’re going to have a crash, and we’re going to have a crash like a 1929 crash if she gets in. You saw a gentleman yesterday who got up one of the top analysts in the world, frankly, and, said that if Trump is elected, he predicts and he’s predicting you have a stock market crash like 1929. He also said the only time and the only reason the stock market has gone up, even though it had some bad moments recently. But I think we’ll take, I think we’ll take a substantial lead,” Trump said.

Could someone please hit me in the head with a brick so I can dumb down myself enough to try and understand what he said?

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

An old man was shouting at the clouds.

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Sounds like what he actually said is that the market would crash if he got elected again...? Presumably he meant the opposite.

The man has never made much sense but this is absolute drivel.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Whoa I didn't know he knew the word "substantial". Add that to the list of 3-syllable words trump can use. Is this real?

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 13 points 11 months ago

Trump dude at my job went around a week ago telling everyone the market crashed.

Doesn't even own stocks or understand anything related to the market, it is just what was going on in Republican world last week

[–] TrippaSnippa@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

The article doesn't even mention the best part, that Fox News realised what was going on and removed the stock ticker soon afterwards.

[–] Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well, it's gonna crash... some day. That's how the stock market works.

Cult leaders make all kinds of predictions about some future doomsday event.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Tbh it's long due for a crash anyway. It's propped up on an unsustainable model as is, and good returns are because a lot of companies are slashing workforce for the sake of bottom line. It's bound to happen regardless.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I wonder which side of the political spectrum oversaw the most stock market crashes?

1929: Coolidge, conservative Republican

1987: Reagan, conservative Republican

2001: Bush Jr, conservative Republican

2008: Bush Jr, conservative Republican

2020: Trump, conservative Republican

[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

If his supporters could read they'd be very upset

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think it’s time we Lemmings launch TrumpCoin or some similar shitcoin, we can pump and dump on all the MAGAs. We pre-mine like 90% and give it out equally to everyone on here. And then..

Bald eagle flies in front of American flag Are YOU a true red blooded American? Do YOU want to ensure Donald Trump wins? Do your part by investing in TrumpCoin TODAY, patriot. It’s the only way to defeat the communists!

Kidding… mostly.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Lol, my friend, you're years late to that party. Been done several times now.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 11 months ago

Doesn’t mean we can’t do it again, these people have an unlimited appetite for Trump related grifting!

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

What you described is already illegal in many countries.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That man is the stupidest sob on the planet

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's a safe gamble to make, because predicting the wrong market turns get forgotten while predicting the right turns get you heralded a genius. Everyone remembers Michael Lewis for "The Big Short". Nobody remembers him for his blinkered interview slobbering all over SBF right before FTX went bust.

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

So, I’m waiting with bated breath… Will the rich get richer or not?!! I HAVE TO KNOW!

tl;dr eat the rich

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I really want Trump to tell me where he got that Magic 8-ball of his. He seems to have a lot of predictions about the future these days.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

He's an idiot but the line going up before a crash is what happens, right? Like the housing market - my shithole house bought for under $40k in the 90s was allegedly worth $300k in the housing bubble, then it crashed. So now someone is trying to sell it for more than half a million (improved) and, as a layperson that makes me expect a crash.

But not like he could prevent it, WTF? Possibly a real democratic agenda could blunt the effects though, a New Deal again. All the right would do is make it worse.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

He's an idiot but the line going up before a crash is what happens, right?

Insofar as the line generally goes up and occasionally crashes, yes.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He's a stopped clock on this one (mostly because it's a really safe bet to make; market crashes, he gloats, market doesn't crash in the near future, everyone forgets he said it).

There is a downturn of some sort coming when the AI bubble bursts (it will, and fairly soon), it's just a question of how severe and how contained it will be.

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AI bubble bursts (it will, and fairly soon)

NVidia will correct right away, but what corrects after that?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious, what makes you so confident on Nvidia? I'm not expecting them to crash and die or anything, but I can't see them ever regaining their current (extremely over inflated) stock price.

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't clear - when i say NVidia will correct I mean it will pop back down - the current valuation is stupidly high. They won't die, but people will act like the sky is falling the moment NVidia stock finally corrects back down. What that will trigger is anybody's guess.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Sorry, total misunderstanding on my part. I completely forgot that that's what "correct" means in this context.

To your point, the demand for compute infrastructure is absurdly high right now, because AI has absurd compute needs, so everything attached to that space suffers. The small, dedicated providers - mostly guys like Riot and Northern Data who pivoted from crypto - probably collapse entirely. Microsoft takes a hit, as does anyone in the GPU space like Intel and AMD. Intel are already in rough shape so investor confidence isn't high. That said, none of those companies will suffer lasting damage, they all have strong fundamentals. Apple and Amazon may suffer minor splash damage. Meta probably also takes a hit thanks to their investments in AI, as does Google. Both of those could be interesting. Google is in a very dangerous place right now for investors with the antitrust loss. They can probably ride it out on appeals until they get a government that will agree to dismiss the ruling, like Microsoft has repeatedly done in the past, but with the possibility of 8 years of Harris coming up they might not be so lucky (God, I hope). AI hype collapsing might amplify existing concerns. Google is the kind of company that's so big and entrenched it's hard to see anything seriously spooking investors, but this combination might do it. Meta has soared over the last year, and is certainly overvalued right now. Again, they're an entrenched tech giant who can normally ride out anything, but Zuck has been making some wild plays lately, like his massive failed metaverse investment (Good job naming the company after that so no one can forget). Their big AI push blowing up as well would be a second strike. That said, I doubt two strikes is enough to spook anyone who is already OK with a company whose CEO basically cannot be removed. Like, that risk is priced in.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sometimes the line goes up and crashes. Sometimes the line goes up and keeps going up. Eventually, it has to hit some kind of limit on economic.

Huge swings are bad. Going up sharply in a short time period often comes with a devastating crash. Capitalism could try to save itself by aiming for small but consistent returns every year. It'd still eventually hit limits of growth, but it wouldn't necessarily Wild E Coyote itself into a wall, either. It's not capable of doing that, though, because the sugar rush of high returns is too good to pass up in the short term. The liberal economists calling for that sort of thing are constantly drowned out, which is why liberal economics ultimately won't save us.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It's almost like there's no connection between administrations and the stock market, because investors know they'll make shittons of money either way.

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[–] DarkDecay@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Holy shit he's full on insane rambling now. He's losing it folks, he always garbled out word vomit buts it's off the charts. He's done and I'm done with him. Bye dementia don

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Wow took you long enough

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

He's done and I'm done with him. Bye dementia don

Hold up... You weren't done with him until just now?

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

He's never had to campaign from a position of weakness before. In 2016 he was a troll candidate and never expected to win. In 2020 he was the President. For most of this year he was the clear frontrunner. His appeal depended on him being the "strong man" and now that he's weak he's got nothing.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This quote is completely nonsensical. He's always rambled like an idiot, but this is on another level.

You don’t have to imagine what a Kamala Harris presidency would be, because you’re living through that nightmare right now. And it is a nightmare. It’s a nightmare. And you’re going to stop inflation, but we’re going to have a crash, and we’re going to have a crash like a 1929 crash if she gets in. You saw a gentleman yesterday who got up one of the top analysts in the world, frankly, and, said that if Trump is elected, he predicts and he’s predicting you have a stock market crash like 1929. He also said the only time and the only reason the stock market has gone up, even though it had some bad moments recently. But I think we’ll take, I think we’ll take a substantial lead.


So embarrassing.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same speech last night:

spoiler

In fact, I had something here. I did have something. I would show you. Wait a minute. I don’t know if you’ve seen this. I used it once. I have it. I do have it. Look at this. Look at this. So this is Tic Tacs, right? I don’t know if I like the company. I’ve never met. I have no idea. They’re so lucky. This is the greatest commercial they ever had. But that’s what happened. This is inflation. This is TicTac. This is inflation. This is what’s happened. I just happened to have somebody give me this one today. I said, I think we’ll put it up as an example of inflation.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Economy bad when no tic tac

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Isn’t that stock… manipulation? There’s a crime there somewhere.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We're probably due for a significant drop in the market, but exactly when it'll happen and how big it'll be is anyone's guess. Trump is not the guy you wanna get your financial advice from though.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I heard, and people told me this, that he was the best. They told me all the time, and believe me, these were people, really great people, they said, you need money advice you go to Trump. All time best advice they said. And not just them, but folks from all over, really great Americans I mean down to earth working paycheck to paycheck, they're great and he did that.

So I heard.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, this year has been on an absolute rip, I'm expecting a drop in the next year, regardless of who wins. Actually pulled 10% of my retirement out of the market and into cash yesterday so I can buy any future dips.