"When the Market Crashes It's His Fault... When It Hits Record Highs He's Lining His Pockets?" — What the Republican Army Post Gets Right, and What It Leaves Out

 The critics love to play their favorite game: pinning every market dip squarely on strong leadership that dares to put America first. Yet when stocks surge to unprecedented heights, delivering real gains for hardworking families and retirees, suddenly the narrative shifts to personal enrichment conspiracies. It’s the same tired playbook we’ve seen for years—selective outrage designed to undermine success.

In reality, bold economic policies, tax reforms, and energy independence have fueled this record-breaking run, proving once again that free markets thrive when government gets out of the way. Investors are winning, jobs are abundant, and wages are rising because decisions prioritized growth over globalist handouts.

The left isn’t upset about the results—they’re furious their predictions of doom were wrong all along. They can’t stand that proven strategies deliver prosperity, exposing their failed ideologies for what they are. "When the Market Crashes It's His Fault... When It Hits Record Highs He's Lining His Pockets?" — What the Republican Army Post Gets Right, and What It Leaves OutThe Republican Army post pairs a photo of Donald Trump with a green arrow shooting up and the caption: when the market falls, critics blame him. When it rises, the same critics say he is corrupt. "They are all just mad he was right."
It was posted in late April 2026, right after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at fresh all-time highs. It is not just a meme. It summarizes the exact debate happening on Wall Street in Trump's second term.
1. The market has been both a crash and a record — and Trump drove bothThe core claim in the post is factually accurate: Trump has been blamed for the worst days and discredited for the best days.
According to a Fundstrat analysis of every presidency since 1981, Trump's policies have been the primary driver behind all five of the stock market's best days and all five of its worst days since his second term started in January 2025. 
No other modern president has that record.
The worst days were all tariff-driven:
April 3, 2025: S&P 500 fell 4.8% after "Liberation Day" tariffsApril 4, 2025: fell another 6% after China retaliatedApril 10, 2025: fell 3.5% after Trump briefly raised China tariffs to 145%The best days were all Trump reversals:
April 9, 2025: S&P 500 rallied 9.5% after he paused those same tariffsMay 12, 2025: rose 3.3% after a U.S.-China 90-day truceMarch 31, 2026: rose 2.9% after he signaled willingness to end the Iran warFundstrat notes that if you remove those five best days, the S&P 500 would be down 2.7% since Inauguration Day, instead of up 18.5%. 
That is why critics say "it's his fault when it crashes" — because the crashes were directly tied to his announcements.
2. The record highs are also realThe post's second half — "when it hits record highs" — is also true in April 2026.
The S&P 500 broke above 7,000 in April 2026 and hit a new all-time highThe Nasdaq and S&P notched record closes on April 27-28, led by Nvidia and AlphabetYear-to-date, the market logged its biggest monthly gains in years, despite the Iran war and oil shocks Through nearly one year of his second term, the S&P 500 delivered an annualized return of 16.7%, which is the second-highest average return over the last 129 years, behind only Calvin Coolidge. 
Trump allies credit tax cuts, deregulation, energy abundance, and AI investment. The White House told MarketWatch that companies "have reported blockbuster earnings reports and clocked multiple all-time high stock valuations because of the President's pro-growth agenda". 
3. The "lining his pockets" chargeThat is where the post's second accusation comes in. When the market rises, opponents do not credit policy — they point to Trump's personal finances.
In April 2026, The New Yorker and New York Times reported that Trump's wealth had "vastly improved" by $3.4 billion six months into his second term, driven in part by foreign deals and cryptocurrency ventures. 
The reporting detailed:
Eight overseas Trump-branded deals since January 2025, five in the Persian Gulf, including a Qatar golf club developed with a government-owned companyWorld Liberty Financial, a Trump-linked crypto venture, earning at least $1.2 billion, including a $500 million sale to a UAE government-linked firm just before inaugurationA pending $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS that ethics experts say creates a conflict because Trump oversees the agency he is suingCritics argue this is monetizing the presidency. Supporters argue it is private business run by his sons, and that the market rally helps 401(k)s, not just Trump.
4. Why both narratives exist at onceThe post is effective because it captures a real asymmetry in how presidents are judged:
Downside is personal, upside is structural. Voters feel losses immediately, so they blame the person in charge. Gains are attributed to "the Fed" or "AI" or "luck."Trump invites it. Unlike most presidents, he comments on daily market moves on Truth Social, takes credit for records, and attacks the Fed chair. MarketWatch concluded Trump is "swaying the market like no president has in decades".Policy volatility. His "Art of the Deal" style — announce a tariff, pause it, raise it, cut it — creates both the crash and the rebound. Traders now price in a "Trump put" and a "Trump call" at the same time. Bottom lineIs the Republican Army post accurate?
Yes, on the facts it cites. The market's worst days in 2025-2026 were caused by Trump's tariff announcements, and the best days were caused by him walking them back. The market is at record highs in April 2026, with the second-best presidential return in modern history.
Is Trump "lining his pockets" because of those highs? That is the political judgment the post complains about. Investigative reporting shows his net worth rose $3.4 billion during the same period from foreign deals and crypto, which opponents call corruption and supporters call successful business.
The post's final line — "They are all just mad he was right" — is the partisan frame. What the data show is simpler: in Trump's second term, the president has become the market's single biggest catalyst, for better and for worse. When you own both the crashes and the rallies, you will inevitably be blamed for the first and accused of profiting from the second.