How Trump paid my rent

When Donald Trump won the 2016 election, the stock market had one reaction: full-on panic mode.

The index futures? Down 900 points overnight.

Traders: Staring at screens like the world was ending.

Investors?: Selling like the White House just exploded.

And this was before he even touched a policy.

Then he hit the economy with tariffs.

Steel, aluminum, Chinese imports—you name it. If it crossed U.S. borders, Trump was probably taxing it.

And Wall Street? Not having it.

Trade war headlines were everywhere. Supply chains got messy. Companies started warning investors. Big tech started coughing. The market dipped hard.

But while most people saw chaos…

the smart ones saw a setup.

Because here’s the part most folks missed:

Every single time panic hits the market, money moves.

And guess who gets it?
The people who don’t flinch.

Let’s break it down.

Trump wasn’t some typical politician. He was a wildcard. A businessman with a Twitter account and a grudge. The market didn’t know what to expect—and uncertainty kills short-term confidence.

The actual fundamentals of great companies? Still haven’t changed.
Apple didn’t suddenly forget how to sell iPhones.
It’s not like Jeff Bezos tripped over the 'off' switch
Nvidia didn’t unplug its GPUs.

But fear doesn’t care about facts. So stocks dropped anyway.

And that’s when the winners showed up.

They didn’t sell.

They didn’t doom scroll on TikTok.

They bought the dip.

Because when companies go on sale, that’s not a crisis. That’s a gift.

Same story.

The pattern’s clear:
Big shock → Market panic → Prices crash → Smart money enters → Market recovers → Profit unlocked.

So, what should you do the next time this happens?

You zoom out.
You spot the fear.
And you figure out where the value is hiding.

Because wealth doesn’t get built when everything’s calm. It gets built during the chaos—when everyone else is running for the exits, and you’re walking in with a shopping list.

You don’t need a finance degree. You just need patience, conviction, and a little bit of guts.

This isn’t about Trump. This is about market psychology.
Every time the crowd panics, someone gets rich.

It worked in 2016. It’ll work again.

Stay hard,
meho.