Trump trolled for coining phrase 'Panican' to mock those worried about tariff fallout: 'You screwed up'

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump returned from a four-day golf trip and had one message for the American people.

After the major tariff announcement on Wednesday, April 2, US markets plunged sharply shaking investors and putting a serious dent in the retirement savings of millions of Americans.

Trump turned to Truth Social to address the growing concern, telling people to stop acting like what he called “Panican,” a term he claimed stands for “weak and stupid people.”

Donald Trump breaks silence after market crash

Trump explained in his post, “The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don't be Weak! Don't be Stupid! Don't be a PANICAN,” he wrote, dismissing the swirling concerns from economists and lawmakers across the aisle.

“Be strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result.”

The tariffs, which Trump unveiled April 2, are aimed at what he calls restoring fairness in international trade. But the market didn’t share his optimism.

Stocks fell across the board—the Nasdaq, the Dow, and the S&P 500 all suffered their worst single-day drops since the early pandemic days. Meanwhile, Trump was golfing in Palm Beach, The Washington Post reported.

While financial analysts scrambled and investors watched their portfolios shrink, Trump was spotted playing approximately 18 hours of golf over the course of his Florida stay.

On Friday alone — when the Dow dropped over 700 points, he was seen on the course and later smiling at a MAGA donor dinner at Mar-a-Lago, People reported.

Trump casually told reporters aboard Air Force One that he had won his golf club’s Senior Championship. “It’s good to win,” he said with a grin. “You heard I won, right?” 

Wall Street banking executives and everyday people across the globe have been voicing strong opposition to the tariffs, raising alarms over the potential for a full-scale trade war. Tensions escalated further after China retaliated, with both nations slapping steep 34% tariffs on each other's goods.

Trump’s campaign tried to calm nerves, urging supporters to stay put in the stock market. “DON’T BE A PANICAN,” the campaign posted on X, alongside a video of Trump’s trade director, Peter Navarro, who confidently said, “We will hit 50,000 on the DOW by the end of this term.”

Trump slammed online after labeling Americans 'weak' and 'stupid'

President Donald Trump’s latest remarks criticizing Americans for being “weak” and “stupid” have sparked a tidal wave of backlash and debate across social media, with users sharply divided on both his tone and his economic track record.

“You are the worst economic President of my lifetime. Resign,” one commenter wrote bluntly. Another user slammed his remarks, saying, “There are people who are losing a good deal of their retirement savings. You are calling them weak? Just admit you screwed up.”

The criticism was especially fierce around Trump’s economic policies. “You are the most dangerous thing to have ever happened to American Prosperity, you have wiped 12 trillion and counting off the stock markets. You have guaranteed a recession, and probably a depression. You will be known in history as the president who destroyed America,” one user wrote.

Others took aim at Trump’s controversial tariffs. “Economy is nosediving because of Trump's stupid tariffs. The result will be a disaster for the American economy & the American consumer. The rest of the world will decrease trade with America & American consumers will be the ones paying these tariffs. It's braindead economics,” one person claimed. 

“We are not PANICAN but going BROKAN,” one hilariously commented. Another wrote, “It's easy for you to say. You're not on SS or getting ready to retire and watching your 401K disappear. You made millions on the Saudi Golf Tournament, and who knows how much you charged us for your weekend in Palm Beach?”

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