Stocks plunge amid recession, trade war fears

The Dow fell 890 points, or 2%, as Wall Street suffered its worst day of the year on Monday after President Donald Trump refused to rule out that the U.S. could be headed into a recession.

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[mikema]

Trump will give us the greatest most beautiful recession you have ever seen. SAD!

[markhall]

strange, no mention of any of this on FOX NEWS today

[King_]

He is bankrupt expert, he himself declared endless bankruptcies and now he want to bankrupt country.

[geoff]

This Administration would have trouble running a bath let alone a Nation.

[grouchycatyvr]

Trump nowhere to be found as the stock market tanks. MAGA brags and talks loud but when the heat is on, the bone spurs come out

[KL-swxi]

Americans witnessed what happened on Jan 6th, then thought "that guy should be president again." There is no cure for STUPIDITY.

[johnbelanger]

So a Depression became Recession.
And a Recession became a Period of Transition.
And a Period of Transition is the result of Concepts of a Plan.

[canuck]

The biggest, most beautiful recession we've ever seen. Some may even call it a great depression. People are coming to me with tears in their eyes saying, 'Sir, thank you, sir. Thank you for the recession, sir.' 🤣🤣

[SFRainmaker]

What could possibly go wrong by starting a trade war with tariffs, abandoning allies, and providing constant uncertainty to financial markets? Welcome to the American idiocracy.

[JaneHibbard]

💂‍♂️🇨🇦We stand on Guard. Glorious and Free, will never be apart of the Usa!!!

[Rob]

Double down Tariffs on air are coming!

[LetsGetSenseless]

With the market plummeting, Trump cancelled the rest of his day's appointments and hid in his bunker while loudmouth Ludnick babbled that it's all good. And now the Asian markets are dropping...

[bobwoods]

On the bright side Americans will have awesome Chinese factory jobs

[jimzarate]

This is better than a reality show, entertainment at its finest

[catfish]

Trump's voters are rejoicing that Trump gets to live his best life ever. Play as much golf as he can while the livelihood of America people is crashing down. Welcome to the golden age of America!

[oscarknight]

An iceberg is coming straight ahead, and trumps ego is too huge to steer away

[Mesnacksisyosnacksreggie]

If your religion requires that you hate someone, you need a new religion.
When the people fear their government, that is tyranny. When government fears the people, that is freedom.

[harryseldom]

ruSSia and china laughing all the way to the bank...

[StephenRoss-porp]

Recession baby recession.
Well, played Donnie

[jasonh]

Not seeing too many MAGA hats these days….