Don’t let your hatred for Trump cloud your judgment on the market and make you invest with your emotions

Reddit overwhelmingly hates Trump and with good reason. That being said you can't have that hatred of Trump cloud your judgment.

Fundamentally, those who hate Trump believe that his policies and tariffs will tank the market. If the market doesn't tank or dip as much as Reddit expects, it causes cognitive dissonance because Trumps economy is not as bad as people thought it would be. This fundamentally causes an internal conflict because it means you're wrong about Trumps impact on the economy.

So far the tariffs impact haven't been fully felt but in addition the market has bounced back a lot better than this sub thought it would. There are two possibilities:

- It's totally possible that we're in for a lot more pain in the future once tariffs really go into effect and it crashes the market.

- It's also possible that Trumps tariff rhetoric and implementation isn't as harmful to the market as people think and perhaps Wall Street think/is confident that the tariff thing will stabilize and be figured out. This naturally will not tank the market as much.

None of us are smart enough tbh to know what is more likely, but emotionally Reddit will have a natural inclination to believe the first option because it reinforces their view that Trump is horrible for the economy and country. I implore you to not let this bias cloud your judgment because the second option is also possible that the worst is over with the tariff stuff.

Also remember time in the market always beats timing the market. You should dca regardless because none of us are smart enough or at privy to info to know how the market will go.