The Margin Stocks plunge, coronavirus spreads and Trump tweets image of himself playing fiddle

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The Margin

Published: March 8, 2020 at 11:50 p.m. ET

By Shawn Langlois

Is President Donald Trump fiddling while the world burns?

In another era, Roman emperor Nero, according to ancient tradition, climbed to the top of his city walls and, in a familiar phrase, fiddled as Rome burned. While there are all sorts of questions surrounding what actually went down, the adage that rose from the legend is typically used to criticize someone for doing something trivial in the midst of some sort of crisis.

So Trump’s retweet of his social-media manager’s tweet showing him playing a fiddle couldn’t be more timely, considering the continued spread of the coronavirus and the fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -5.762% is poised for a nasty selloff on Monday.

Here’s the retweet, in which Trump acknowledges that he is not sure exactly what Dan Scavino meant by “nothing can stop what’s coming”:

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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks-plunge-coronavirus-spreads-and-trump-retweets-image-of-himself-playing-a-fiddle-with-an-ominous-message-2020-03-08?mod=home-page

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1. Add "Nero" to the list of things he's clueless about.

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2. We just can't make this stuff up.......................

he reminds me of the queen that said let them eat cake............................

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3. Like everything else, he's probably terrible at violin.

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5. Take a look at his hand or fingers.................they can't quite grasp the neck...............

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6. "Stubby" will have to be relegated to the tuba.

You know, the endless amounts of hot air! You work with what you have.

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7. Do not take this wrong.................please.......... we are both twisted............

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8. You have no idea.

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9. Wado---------------thank you

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4. Was out golfing with members of the Washington Nationals.