President Donald Trump tempted fate with a social media post celebrating his controversial tariffs that called to mind George W. Bush's infamous "mission accomplished" speech during the Iraq war.
The president announced sweeping tariffs Wednesday on U.S. imports that shook up world markets and will increase prices for American consumers, but he fired off an all-caps post on Truth Social preemptively celebrating his policy's impact on the economy.
"The operation is over!" Trump posted at 8:33 a.m. EST. "The patient lived, and is healing. The prognosis is that the patient will be far stronger, bigger, better, and more resilient than ever before. Make America great again!!!"
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Trump argues that the tariffs will boost domestic manufacturing, although economists generally disagree about their beneficial impact, and the post has the potential to haunt the president like Bush's premature speech weeks after the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Global markets tumbled on Thursday morning after Trump's announcement, with S&P 500 futures slumping more than 3 percent and the value of the U.S. dollar dropping more than 1 percent.