‘That’s Shocking Maggie!’ CNN’s Dana Bash Roasts Trump When Haberman Says He Claims Victory No Matter What Happens

New York Times correspondent and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman and CNN anchor Dana Bash roasted former President Donald Trump over his habit of claiming victory no matter what happens, in this case, with the stock market.

Trump attacked Vice President Kamala Harris Monday amid a stock market plunge that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average eventually lose 1,034 points for the day.

On Monday afternoon’s edition of CNN’s Inside Politics , Bash asked Haberman for her insights, noting, “You know Donald Trump’s brain on these things more than anything.”

Haberman drew a laugh from Bash when she observed that Trump “has set this up a bit where it’s heads he wins, tails everyone else loses”:

BASH: I just want to ask you, because you know Donald Trump’s brain on these things more than anything. As you were talking about what they’re doing with the brat meme. I’m thinking about back in 2020, when the stock market the economy was really great pre COVID. And he was feeling wonderful.

And although the stock market isn’t, you know, Wall Street isn’t Main Street and it’s — if they’re definitely different. He’s a New Yorker and that’s his worldview.

HABERMAN: It’s his go to.

BASH: His go to.

HABERMAN: He has treated the stock market as something of a poll. We saw that in the White House years well before COVID in 2017 when he did his tax cuts and then he did his tariffs. And he had some of his advisers — most of them outside of the White House, but not only outside the White House, saying to him, these are creating cross currents. And this is potentially a problem. He would say the stock market’s doing great. The stock market’s doing great. And he often looks to some tangible and often. It’s miracle sign that he can say, look, see, I was right.

And so, look, he has set this up a bit where it’s heads, he wins, tails, everyone else loses. You know, he says if there’s a crash —

BASH: (LAUGHS) That’s shocking, Maggie!

HABERMAN: –There’s a crash, it’s because, you know, he was right. And if it’s — if there isn’t a crash, it’s because they want him back and they know he might be coming back.

But I do think to John’s point, voters — it’s not Main Street, but there are a lot of voters who understand this, and they can see on their TV screen. This is not good news.

BASH: Yeah. No question.

Watch above via CNN’s Inside Politics .