Only I can fix it · First term · № 19

Only I can fix it

A market crash 'if anyone but me takes over'

“The Trump Economy is setting records, and has a long way up to go....However, if anyone but me takes over in 2020 (I know the competition very well), there will be a Market Crash the likes of which has not been seen before! KEEP AMERICA GREAT”
Said
, Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)
Subject
the stock market
Topic
Economy & prices
Era
First term

What happened

He repeated the warning to business leaders in India on March 2, 2020 ("if I don't win you're going to see a crash like you've never seen before"). He lost the 2020 election, 306 electoral votes to 232. No such crash followed the transfer of power; U.S. stock indexes went on to set record highs under his successor in January 2024, and Trump then claimed credit for them.

Sources

  1. Tweet: 'if anyone but me takes over in 2020... there will be a Market Crash' Twitter (@realDonaldTrump), Jun 15, 2019
  2. Trump Warns of Epic Stock Market Crash If He's Not Re-Elected Bloomberg, Jun 15, 2019
  3. Trump says stock markets will crash if he loses election The Wealth Advisor (Reuters), Mar 2, 2020
  4. 2020 Presidential Election statistics The American Presidency Project, Nov 3, 2020
  5. Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden The Hill, Jan 29, 2024