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BumRushDaShow

(151,248 posts)
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 07:09 AM Apr 7

Democrats hammer Trump for his weekend of golf as stocks tumble

Source: ABC News

April 6, 2025, 8:41 PM


As markets braced for another meltdown triggered by President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, Democrats hammered the president for spending the weekend golfing rather than responding to Americans' fears that their retirement accounts are plummeting with the markets.

Trump left Washington, D.C., for Florida on Thursday to attend a LiV Golf Tournament dinner ahead of a tournament at his Doral club in Florida. On Saturday and Sunday, he played in a club championship at his Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter.

On Thursday, the first trading day after Trump announced the tariffs, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq declined almost 6%. On Friday, the downward spiral continued with the Dow falling by 2,230 points, or 5.5%, while the S&P 500 plunged by 6%.

Dow futures opened Sunday evening down 1,500 points, or 4% percent., while the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 futures were also down 4%. Democrats criticized Trump's apparent lack of concern at Americans' anxiety surrounding the tanking markets. "I think people have seen their retirement savings on fire. And there he is out on the golf course," Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "That may end up being the most enduring image of the Trump presidency, that is, the president out on a golf cart while people's retirement is in flames."

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-hammer-trump-weekend-golf-stocks-tumble/story?id=120544114

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Democrats hammer Trump for his weekend of golf as stocks tumble (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 7 OP
And shithole have no respect for the fallen as well............................ Lovie777 Apr 7 #1
"My gourmet golf only cost taxpayers $30 million so far." - Krasnov (R-Felon) BoRaGard Apr 7 #2
America's Nero flailing at golf balls with all the "grace and style" of a twisted windmill in a hurricane benfranklin1776 Apr 7 #3
As with everything else: When Trump plays golf, the game ruins itself. chouchou Apr 7 #4
And the country burned elliesmandt Apr 7 #5
And he doesn't care one whit. llmart Apr 7 #6
golfs whilst rome burns. AllaN01Bear Apr 7 #7
FOX news needs a good story. Why not this? twodogsbarking Apr 7 #8
Nero fiddled while Rome burned, republianmushroom Apr 7 #9
Does Dump's probation officer know he's golfing? mdbl Apr 7 #10
"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed! I'm just saying twenty, thirty million dead! Tops!" Aristus Apr 7 #11
George C Scott in Dr. Strangelove? NT Bozvotros Apr 7 #17
Yep. Aristus Apr 7 #18
He doesn't care about what they say about him Owens Apr 7 #12
The Silence of the RWNM maxsolomon Apr 7 #13
He couldn't bother to go to Andrews AFB, either. . . DinahMoeHum Apr 7 #14
"I love chaos" clearly has no use for USA, it's people, it's rule of law, or it's future. The "enemy within" is him. nt Evolve Dammit Apr 7 #15
The Time Is Now!! Canada Kid Apr 7 #16
"Democrats hammer Trump..." Yawn. GoYouPackersGo Apr 7 #19
At least they were out on the Sunday shows BumRushDaShow Apr 8 #20

benfranklin1776

(6,815 posts)
3. America's Nero flailing at golf balls with all the "grace and style" of a twisted windmill in a hurricane
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 07:33 AM
Apr 7

While people’s lives burn. 🤬😡
His grotesque sociopathology on full repellent display.

llmart

(16,399 posts)
6. And he doesn't care one whit.
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 09:47 AM
Apr 7

Seriously, he actually enjoys this because it shows him all the power he has.

Never think for one minute that he cares. He doesn't have the ability to.

republianmushroom

(19,588 posts)
9. Nero fiddled while Rome burned,
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 12:20 PM
Apr 7

the convicted felon played golf while the US and world economy sank. Yup, republican showing us how they govern.

mdbl

(6,288 posts)
10. Does Dump's probation officer know he's golfing?
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 12:32 PM
Apr 7

He should be in jail. I don't understand this!!!

Aristus

(69,753 posts)
11. "I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed! I'm just saying twenty, thirty million dead! Tops!"
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 12:35 PM
Apr 7

Owens

(502 posts)
12. He doesn't care about what they say about him
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 01:01 PM
Apr 7

He wants to bully (and cripple) other countries to give him what he and Putin want. Power.

maxsolomon

(36,391 posts)
13. The Silence of the RWNM
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:24 PM
Apr 7

Every time Clinton/Obama/Biden took a mental health break, Fox et al were on their shit. Obama for playing Golf specifically.

Their hypocrisy and agenda are transparent, but since they operate a closed media ecosystem, they never have to worry that their propaganda victims will learn or care.

DinahMoeHum

(22,872 posts)
14. He couldn't bother to go to Andrews AFB, either. . .
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:40 PM
Apr 7

. . .to visit the families and the coffins of the 4 US soldiers who died in Lithuania.

To me, that was a thousand times worse.

Evolve Dammit

(20,539 posts)
15. "I love chaos" clearly has no use for USA, it's people, it's rule of law, or it's future. The "enemy within" is him. nt
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 03:43 PM
Apr 7

Canada Kid

(104 posts)
16. The Time Is Now!!
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 04:19 PM
Apr 7

All this verbal BS condemning the IDIOT for not giving a shit and playing golf is not going to solve anything. We need sharp minds to step up and quickly figure out how to stop him and his cronies cold in their tracks. We need him to be removed from office maybe by military means. Someone with a solid knowledge of the law must figure out a way to charge him with serious unrevokable crimes, something that pulls him from the White House and slaps him in chains. Rich billionaires whining, chairmen of the boards wringing their hands, CEO's of stock management companies voicing their worries, all this doesn't cut it.

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