The U.S. markets liked what they saw in Operation Epic Fury, and President Donald Trump told the Washington Reporter in his latest interview that he was “a little bit [surprised], to be honest” at the international rally.
But the president has a reason why he thinks so: “People have confidence in me, Matthew,” the 47th President of the United States said. “I think they have confidence. We’re going to win. We’re winning, and we’re winning big. We’re beating the hell out of them, they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon.”
The president, however, was not tracking what the markets were doing; he asked the Reporter if the rally happened “after I made my little talk” earlier in the day.
Trump reflected on why the market surged, saying that it is because the world has “confidence in me.”
“Look at Argentina, look at Venezuela,” he added. “I endorse the Argentina guy, he ends up winning the election that he was 30 points behind in. I guess they have confidence. Venezuela was a great example,” he added as well, discussing his successful extradition of the country’s illegitimate dictator, Nicolás Maduro.
