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1 Of Trump’s Biggest Boasts Falls Apart In Scathing Supercuts

The president's old brag came back to haunt him in montages on CNN and from a Republican group.
Lee Moran
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President Donald Trump’s old boasts about being the only person who can boost the stock market resurfaced as share prices continued to plunge amid uncertainty over his economic agenda and growing fears of a recession.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper pointed out Monday how Trump has “often tied a president’s performance as a leader to the stock market.”

Cooper aired a montage of 2024 campaign clips in which Trump predicted a “Kamala economic crash” if Democratic nominee Kamala Harris entered the White House instead of him.

It also showed Trump repeatedly warning voters that the stock market’s success was “contingent on MAGA winning the next election.”

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It's no surprise President Trump didn't want to be on camera today after his comments about recession caused the markets to tank. Anderson discusses how Trump previously has tied a President's performance to the stock market. pic.twitter.com/1XtEc65Cas

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) March 11, 2025

The Republican Accountability group also reminded voters of Trump’s brags that now appear to be going awry.

Its supercut featured footage of Trump campaigning on creating the “biggest economic boom in American history” and turning an “economic nightmare into an economic miracle” alongside a graph showing the decline in the market.

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