Trump's recent actions are indeed very "Trump-like":
Yesterday, because of Greenland (or did he mistakenly say Iceland?), the U.S. stock market dropped over 2%. Today, he changed his tune, saying "no military takeover of the island" and "we've already discussed a framework with NATO" and "tariffs won’t be increased for now," resulting in an immediate rebound in the U.S. stock market, with the Dow soaring several hundred points, and the S&P and NASDAQ also opening high.
Then he calmly added, "That little drop yesterday? Insignificant! The U.S. stock market will double in the next year!"
The imagery is so strong, it’s simply the stock market version of "first a slap, then a piece of candy":
Day one: I want Greenland! No? Then raise tariffs! (Stock market -2%)
Day two: Oh, don't be nervous, I won’t hit anyone... let's talk about the framework~ (Stock market +1%+)
Control? Not at all! I just gently... influenced global risk preferences a bit.
From this, several points can be seen
1. Greenland is a black swan in the stock market
In the past, black swans were pandemics, geopolitical wars, and financial crises; now it has escalated—one piece of ice can make Wall Street shudder.
Trump successfully transformed the term 'polar bear market' from meteorology to finance.
2. Does he know he can control it?
Control? No, he is just 'gently guiding market sentiment', okay?
It's like your cat knocking over a vase, and after it breaks, it looks at you innocently: 'Meow? I was just testing gravity.'
Then you coax it, and it comes back wanting snacks—markets are the same; scare it a bit and it drops, comfort it and it rises; Trump understands 'cat slave economics' very well.
3. The value of the doubling prophecy
He said doubling ≈ 'In the next 12 months, I will continue to create N similar plots:
First create panic → then dramatically reverse → the market will be grateful and soar'.
So strictly speaking, he is not predicting the stock market; he is foreshadowing his upcoming performance art.
4. The ultimate conclusion (Schrödinger's tax)
Trump is not controlling the stock market; he is just playing a super-sized 'Schrödinger's tariff' game:
Before the tariff box is opened, there are two simultaneous states: 'to add' and 'not to add'.
When investors are trembling, it's a superposition state; when Trump opens his mouth to announce 'no increase' → wave function collapses → everyone goes long.
So the real controllers of the market are... Schrödinger and Trump's collaborative performance art.
To sum it up in the most annoying way:
Trump did not control the stock market; he is just the 'emotional DJ' of the stock market, playing sad remixes when he wants it to drop, and high drops when he wants it to rise; Greenland is just the song title he chose today~ 🎧🧊📈
