Trump To Americans That Didn’t Get Filthy Rich Like Him: ‘You Should Have Had Stock’
President Donald Trump continued to downplay cost-of-living concerns and boast about stock market gains under his administration in an interview on "60 Minutes" Sunday.
Pete Peterson · Nov 9, 2026 · 2 min read
President Donald Trump continued to downplay cost-of-living concerns and boast about stock market gains under his administration in an interview on “60 Minutes” Sunday.
After Republicans lost control of Congress Tuesday in midterm elections hinging on affordability, Trump went on CBS’ “60 Minutes” to defend the economy. Trump’s message continued to follow a pattern of touting stock market gains and dismissing worries about affordability, while failing to acknowledge voters’ concerns about corruption allegations involving him and others in his orbit.
“In poll after poll, people say they’re unhappy with this economy in a way they weren’t in the first term. Cost of living, inflation, and so on. Is that all just the Iran war?” “60 Minutes’ correspondent Ross Douthat asked Trump.
“Well, it’s not really the Iran war because the numbers are phenomenal. The numbers that we have are historically good numbers […] We have the highest stock market in history. Now, we lost yesterday, because of the election, $3 trillion. The market lost almost 2,000 points because of the Democrats,” Trump replied.
Later in the interview, Douthat asked Trump about his personal net worth, which has grown by roughly $3 billion since taking office.
“But your net worth went up by $3 billion since you returned to –” Douthat was cut off mid-question.
“Well, so did everyone,” Trump interjected.
“Everyone’s? My net worth did not go up by $3 billion for –” Douthat said.
“Well, you should have had stock,” Trump explained.
Comments (1)
Over 70% of the voters are completely ignorant of economics. A lot of bias in this article. Nearly every pension plan in the country and 401K's etc are in the stock market. How much stock the wealthy have is irrelevant. The reason costs are so high is because of all the money the Democrats stole under Biden by inflation. That money is never coming back. But leave it to the incredibly stupid populace they voted the same foxes back to guard the hen house. The wealthy and smart people with assets will see the value go up with inflation. The stupid wage earners will get their real pay cut again, and then again, and then again. They will never wake up until they are sharecroppers again. Oh come to think of it the already are. Just working on a different plantation. Sad. Stupid is as stupid does - FG
