White House jokesters announce 'Week 11 Wins' as Trump 'unleashes economic prosperity'
The Orange Manbaby's tariff announcement sent the world's stock markets into a spiral with an estimated $11trillion dollars knocked off the value of globe's markets
Jokesters in the White House have claimed Donald Trump has "unleashed economic prosperity" despite the President's tariffs knocking trillions of dollars off the stock market. The "Week 11 Wins" were announced despite $6.6trillion being wiped away from the US stock market by the Orange Manbaby's tariffs.
When asked by a reporter for his reaction to the worst stock market drop in years, Mr Trump, 78, said: "The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom."
Comparing the United States to a sick patient recovering from a surgery, the leader of the free world added: "I think it's going very well. We have an operation, like when a patient gets operated on and it's a big thing. I said this would exactly be the way it is."
The press release titled "WEEK 11 WINS: President Trump Unleashes Economic Prosperity", outlined how the President's "bold plans" reversed globalisation.
It read: "President Trump implemented his bold plan for reciprocal trade as he seeks to reverse the decades of globalization that has decimated our industrial base."
The statement cited Nissan abandoning plans "to eliminate a shift" at its Tennessee factory and JCB announcing plans to double production at its new US manufacturing facility as examples of the "wins". However, the update notably did not mention the stock market or the trillions of dollars knocked off its value.
Trump has claimed his tariffs are "reciprocal", a response to what he and his administration view as a historical trade imbalance. China currently holds the record for the highest tariff rate at 54%, although this figure includes pre-existing rates.
Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia have seen some of the most significant increases, with new tariffs of 46%, 36%, and 49% respectively.
It comes as a man who issued death threats against Donald Trump found the cops turning up on his doorstep not long afterwards. Jupiter Police Department (JPD) in Florida arrested Glen DeCicco on charges of making written threats to kill the President of the Unites States.
DeCicco was nabbed on Friday, April 4, following an investigation by authorities into statements made on social media, targeting the head-of-state. Officers from the JPD began their probe after they were alerted to a "concerning Facebook post".
A statement on the department's Facebook page said: "Detectives reviewed DeCicco’s social media activity and confirmed that he had made a written threat directed at the President."
"The Jupiter Police Department worked in coordination with the United States Secret Service throughout the investigation. "Detectives and Special Agents interviewed the suspect and he was taken into custody by JPD without incident."
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