While true, it's not really fair to attribute the march 2020 covid drops to Trump. Every market on earth tanked, and there wasn't much any admin could've done to stop it.
However, this was 100% in Trump's control and is 100% self-inflicted. Has any US admin ever tanked the markets entirely on their own, in all of history... I mean, apart from the Republicans ~100 years ago (hilariously, also with Tariffs)?
Oh gosh I really hope no one could have predicted this and used these information to make themself and their friends short the market to gain an incredible amount of money
I'm looking ahead at one bleak, empty future. One that wasn't there last week. It's really starting to sink in how the entire country is becoming one big crater. And there's a portion of the population celebrating. They won't be for very long once things really start rippling and their shitty little businesses stop pulling in money
If you have cash tucked away, moments like these are a time to buy. Think of it like a Steam sale for your future pocketbook.
I picked up a few thousand shares of oil stocks in March 2020 for 50-75 cents, sold them for $12.50 in 2023 (thanks Permian Resources) and then paid off my student loans and put a down payment on a condo.
Be greedy when everyone else is fearful - Warren Buffett
Respectfully, you have to ignore centuries of history if you think there isn't, and the fact that all of this has happened in the US before and it recovered.
All it takes is patience, but it's important to remember that you only get a handful of buying opportunities in a lifetime. They don't come around often enough to ignore.