A post shared on X claims that President Donald Trump tweeted that a president should be impeached if the DOW Jones dropped 1,000 points.
You heard the man @HouseGOP. pic.twitter.com/1fdWEkU5B5
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 4, 2025
Verdict: False
The image is fake.
Fact Check:
The DOW Jones slid down 1.6% following Trump’s tariffs announcement, wiping out his post-election stock market gains, according to The Associated Press.
Social media users are claiming that Trump tweeted that a president should be impeached if the DOW ever dropped by a thousand points.
“If the DOW drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately,” Trump allegedly tweeted.
This claim. If Trump had tweeted, media outlets would have covered it, yet none have. A wider internet search also did not yield any results for this alleged tweet. Check Your Fact also reviewed Trump’s X account. This search did not yield any results for the alleged tweet.
Shayan Sardarizadeh, a BBC Verify reporter, tweeted that the claim was false.
A fake tweet by Donald Trump, in which he allegedly claims a president should be immediately impeached of the Dow drops 1,000 points, is going viral in the context of Trump’s tariffs and a plunge in US stock markets.
Trump never posted this. It’s fake. pic.twitter.com/O8UdzmHotJ
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) March 4, 2025
“A fake tweet by Donald Trump, in which he allegedly claims a president should be immediately impeached of the Dow drops 1,000 points, is going viral in the context of Trump’s tariffs and a plunge in US stock markets. Trump never posted this. It’s fake,” Sardarizadeh tweeted.
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