Donald Trump posted more than 100 social media posts on Monday, despite the sharp fall of global stock markets amid fears that his economic policies could create a recession in the US.
Far from rushing to calm the troubled waters after the market refused to eliminate the recession, the US president instead shared a snowstorm of links about the platforms he owned.
Dozens of other messages have been swiftly followed, most of which share articles celebrating Trump’s policies economic and others.
At 1:05pm (shortly after London’s FTSE fell 1.4%, media analysts were already floating around the idea of a US recession and “Trump Session,” so the president posted not about the economy, but about Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and a legal US resident of the United States who was arrested in the enormous protests that he was arrested on Saturday night.
After a few hours of break, another unadorned link appeared on Trump’s account, covering policies and obsessions, including nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize by Congressional Republicans, and incorporating tweets of Republican support for him.
After the US market shut down, the S&P fell 2.7%, the Dow Jones fell 2%, the Nasdaq fell 4%, and Elon Musk’s Tesla share was on the worst day since late 2020, and Trump’s account was posting ads for his apprenticeship.
He later accused Canada of being a “tax abuser,” saying, “Elon Musk has ‘put it on the line’ to help our country, and he’s doing a great job! “While accusing the left of trying to boycott Tesla of being “illegal and republican.”
As always, White House officials were speaking anonymously to a media outlet, explaining what the president really meant and trying to calm their worries about economic disruption.
Speaking to CNBC, one official said: The latter is clearly more meaningful than the former, although it is prepared for the economy in the medium to long term. ”
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Michael Wolf, author of four books on Trump, explains that many of the posts on his account are made by Natalie Harp, a dedicated aide who is confused, angry and worried about family members, rather than by his intimacy with the president.
Sarah Matthews, White House communications aide in Trump’s first administration, said in Congress that it was “painfully obvious” when Trump herself wrote tweets and social posts because of “the wording of it, capitalizing the letter.” She added that the message sent by her aide “it seemed a little more grammatically correct.”
