President shares more than 100 Truth Social posts as stock markets react shakily to his refusal to rule out recession
Donald Trump posted to social media more than 100 times on Monday in a frenzy of self-aggrandizing messages even as the global stock market fell sharply amid fears that his economic policies could produce a US recession.
Far from rushing to calm troubled waters after markets reacted shakily to his refusal to rule out a recession, the US president instead shared a blizzard of links on Truth Social, the platform he owns, starting at 11.44am ET with a link to a Fox News article about Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, raising defense spending before visiting Washington last month.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/trump-truth-social-economy-stock-market
Author : Martin Pengelly in Washington
Publish date : 2025-03-11 15:41:00
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