Twitter Goes Nuts After Trump Declares ‘You Can’t Lose’ When You’re ‘$500 Billion DOWN’

Twitter was apoplectic today after President Trump casually tweeted that “you can’t lose” when you’re already facing a deficit for a preposterously huge sum of money.

Trump’s been making good use of his executive time today, tweeting that there’s no trade war with China even though Beijing authorized tariffs on several U.S. products in response to the new import taxes against them:

We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the U.S. Now we have a Trade Deficit of $500 Billion a year, with Intellectual Property Theft of another $300 Billion. We cannot let this continue!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2018

One tweet is never enough though, and eventually, Trump decided to flat out tweet this:

When you’re already $500 Billion DOWN, you can’t lose!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2018

Now, beyond the fact that fact-checkers disagree with Trump’s projections about the trade deficit with China, a lot of people had a collective spit-take because of how Trump seems to be conducting international economic policy. The result was a ton of online jokes about gambling, Trump’s history with bankruptcy, and the trade war that may very well end up happening.

When you’re already $500 Billion DOWN, you can’t lose! pic.twitter.com/7DGndqRozD

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) April 4, 2018

2016: Sure, let's elect a guy who bankrupted multiple businesses! What could go wrong???

2018: https://t.co/YmkBaMXN5c

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 4, 2018

I was told we would be tired of all the winning. https://t.co/SwR16XoTEZ

— John Schindler (@20committee) April 4, 2018

imagine this guy running a casino of some sort https://t.co/O0Znl8A1mY

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 4, 2018

Things overheard at a Gambler's Anonymous meetin'. https://t.co/C42RqIZFPq

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) April 4, 2018

Me at the blackjack table https://t.co/Xya4cQqIe7

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) April 4, 2018

Keep that in mind, soybean growers of America https://t.co/BtxHN5OmK7

— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 4, 2018

The S&P 500 lost $500 billion in market cap on Monday alone, but please go on about how we can't lose a trade war. https://t.co/1pm9KmjfzQ

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) April 4, 2018

REMINDER: Trump has declared bankruptcy 6 times https://t.co/WyOIQz4c2U

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 4, 2018

If you asked how somebody could go broke running casinos, you have your answer. https://t.co/ZLyRdAKHJ2

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 4, 2018

That's the sort of logic that leads you to bankrupt a casino. https://t.co/nHxdxCqMG8

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) April 4, 2018

[photo via Getty Images]

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