Trump accuses stock market of making 'big mistake' by going down

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Do you remember the good "old days?" Well, President Trump sure does, and things aren't like they used to be! On Wednesday, he returned to one of his favorite topics — the stock market — after having been oddly silent on the subject throughout the recent tumult:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 666 points Friday, fueled in part by a good (great) January jobs report, which "sparked … inflation fears and worries that interest rates could rise faster than expected," USA Today writes. On Monday, the Dow dropped nearly 1,200 points in the largest single-day point plunge in history. By Tuesday's closing, it had bounced back up over 550 points — no thanks to Trump's scolding about its "big mistake."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.