Trump Reacts To Nose-Diving Stock Market: Told You So!

[DonViejo]

Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump used the tumbling stock market to remind the Internet that he's been talking about the dangers of the Chinese economy for months.

Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump

As I have long stated, we are so tied in with China and Asia that their markets are now taking the U.S. market down. Get smart U.S.A.
9:30 AM - 24 Aug 2015 · Manhattan, NY, United States

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Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump

Markets are crashing - all caused by poor planning and allowing China and Asia to dictate the agenda. This could get very messy! Vote Trump.

9:43 AM - 24 Aug 2015 · Manhattan, NY, United States
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Trump's tweet was in response to "Black Monday" which saw the Chinese stock market with its biggest drop since the beginning of the financial crisis.

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[KittyWampus]

1. trump has broken my irony meter.

[Skidmore]

2. Let's see how much he makes off of this.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. Well that seals it. The Dow will end in positive territory today.

[underpants]

4. This could get very messy! Vote Trump.

Indeed

[pampango]

5. Essentially: It's all the fault of foreigners - China and Asia this time. Not Mexico, Donald?

Are you going soft on Hispanics now? Could be some room on Donald's for some of the other republican nativists to make hay from this apparent twitter mistake on his part.

[DetlefK]

6. Remember that stock-market crash that was caused by american banks?

It happened about 7 years ago...

"As I have long stated, Europe is so tied in with the US that their market is now taking the european market down. Get smart Europe."

"all caused by poor planning and allowing Wall Street to dictate the agenda. This could get very messy!"