Eric Trump celebrates the stock market as the U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 100,000
One hundred thousand: It's the number on everyone's mind. Well, almost everyone.
More than 100,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, a shocking, tragic, and — according to some research — potentially avoidable number of deaths.
Eric Trump, the president's son, meanwhile, was focused on the stock market, quote-tweeting a post from the conservative Washington Examiner that said the "Dow Jones [has shown] some numbers we haven't seen since early March."
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"GREAT DAY for the DOW!!" he tweeted Wednesday evening.
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Lots of folks weren't pleased with Trump's focus on the stock market on such a grim day. The replies and quote tweets to the post largely focused on the 100,000 COVID-19 deaths.
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Eric Trump's father, President Donald Trump, meanwhile, spent a good portion of his morning on Thursday focusing on social media and how it was unfair to him. He is reportedly set to sign an executive order against social media companies just one day after Twitter labeled one of his posts as "potentially misleading."
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Eventually, Trump did acknowledge the awful death toll in a tweet.
"We have just reached a very sad milestone with the coronavirus pandemic deaths reaching 100,000," he wrote on Twitter on Thursday. "To all of the families & friends of those who have passed, I want to extend my heartfelt sympathy & love for everything that these great people stood for & represent. God be with you!"
Topics COVID-19
Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).
