Biden Said He Want­ed His Lega­cy To Include He ‘Cured’ The Econ­o­my — Days Before Mar­ket Plunge

Less than a week before the U.S. stock mar­kets took anoth­er tum­ble on Mon­day, Pres­i­dent Joe Biden said he want­ed his accom­plish­ments to include cur­ing the econ­o­my.
A reporter asked Biden what he want­ed his “lega­cy” for Gen Z to entail dur­ing the ear­ly hours of last Tues­day morn­ing.
Biden replied, “That I’ve cured the econ­o­my — and the envi­ron­ment and a few oth­er small things.”

REPORTER: “What do you want your lega­cy for Gen Z to be?”
BIDEN: “That I cured the econ­o­my. And the envi­ron­ment. And a few oth­er small things.”
(His “lega­cy” will be his obvi­ous cog­ni­tive decline — which Kamala cov­ered up. Scan­dal of the cen­tu­ry!) pic.twitter.com/SMsXKVfljw
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 30, 2024

The com­ment gen­er­at­ed renewed atten­tion as the Dow, S&P 500, and Nas­daq index­es plum­met­ed in what The Wall Street Jour­nal called a “glob­al sell­off” dur­ing the morn­ing hours on Mon­day after stocks also dropped last Fri­day amid con­cerns about a reces­sion.
“He cured the econ­o­my in the same way …