Wednesday, March 18, 2026

The Dow Jones sinks to a 2026 low amid renewed inflation anxieties. Do not expect the American people to ever hold Donald Trump to account for it, or anything else

A cinematic digital illustration set on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. In the foreground, a pale young woman with long auburn hair sits barefoot on the polished marble, wrapped loosely in cream satin that slips from her shoulders and pools around her legs. Tears stream down her face as she looks upward with a stricken, searching expression, her arms crossed tightly over herself in a gesture of vulnerability and self-protection. Behind her, blurred traders in dark suits hurry through the vast hall while loose papers drift across the scene. Towering ticker boards glow overhead with falling red numbers and scattered green figures, reinforcing the sense of financial panic. Warm golden light from high windows catches her hair and skin, contrasting with the cold institutional chaos around her.
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{CNBC 18 March} “Dow tumbles more than 750 points to new closing low for 2026, fueled by inflation woes; Fed holds steady on rates”

Curious how ‘y’all’ are enjoying this beautiful economy that was promised by your orange godking?

No need to ask. So long as grievance remains the organising principle, and the American people – at least, the ruling white trash coalition that comprises the vast majority of the country’s gun owners, law enforcement, military personnel, assorted Christian leaders, trailer park dwellers, conspiracy theorists, dedicated racists, and suburban lay folks of what we used to know as ‘the middle class’ – are granted licence to hate without consequence, no amount of bad news will touch Donald J. Trump. Allegations of sexual misconduct. An attempted coup. Criminal mismanagement of a once-in-a-century medical crisis. We are not even scratching the surface — and still he remains insulated.

All because a culture animated by resentment would rather suffer than surrender its animus. Stop trying to reason with it. When cupboards empty, someone else (be it Joe Biden, or whoever Trump hath anointed as the villain of the day on any given day) will be blamed. It never fails. Hell on Earth. 

Copyright 2026, Arthur Newhook.

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