Trump Says Stocks Should Be Up. Here's Why They're Not.

Stocks were down after a strong jobs report—and U.S. President Trump took to Truth Social to weigh in. "We just got GREAT Numbers on Jobs, the Market should go UP, because our Credit and Economy are better but, as always, for the past 25 years, the Stock Market goes DOWN, because we're living under False Reality that if things are good, you've got to "KILL IT" because of a "fear" of Inflation," Trump said in a midday post. Friday afternoon, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were each down 0.5%.