CNN’s Jake Tapper Laughs Out Loud At Trump Taking Credit for Stock Market: ‘Points For Creativity!’

Tommy ChristopherMar 7th, 2024, 1:24 pm

CNN anchor Jake Tapper laughed along with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon at former President Donald Trump taking credit for the record stock market under President Joe Biden.

Tapper made an appearance on Wednesday night’s edition of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, during which Fallon suggested the president talk about the record stock market, prompting a quick roast from Tapper:

JIMMY FALLON: Is Biden going to talk about? I– Because one thing I would do if I were, of course, I’m not advising the president, but, I see all these headlines that the stock markets are breaking these records and this is the highest they’ve ever been. And, and I go, well, no one’s really talking about this.

JAKE TAPPER: You know, who’s talking about it, actually, Donald Trump last night talked about — except he took credit for it. He said it’s because [laughs] Wall Street thinks he’s going to be elected again in November. So the stock market is now going up because of him.

JIMMY FALLON: Oh is that right?

JAKE TAPPER: Yeah!

JIMMY FALLON: That’s why it’s up?

JAKE TAPPER: [laughs]

JIMMY FALLON: That’s so good.

JAKE TAPPER: Well you got to give him —

JIMMY FALLON: That’s so good.

JAKE TAPPER: — points for creativity.

I would assume that Biden is going to talk about some of the good economic news, while also acknowledging that, you know, food prices and rent are still too high. And he’s still talking about that.

The big challenge, and I think for him, and obviously for what Republicans are hoping he does, is that he doesn’t make any big mistakes because a lot of people are paying attention to his age and concerned about his age. I’ve been covering him for 25 years, and this is a guy who even when he was like, you know, youngish, was gaffe prone and long winded.