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If you claim credit when things are good, should you be blamed when things go bad?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33177points) February 5th, 2018

I’m referring to the stock market.

Two weeks ago in the SOTU message, Trump took credit for the market reaching new highs as a testament to his presidency. (Whether that’s true or not is debatable)

Now the market is down around 1700 points in the last two sessions. Again, how much of this is due to Trump? Who knows?

But the point of my question: If you claim credit for something when it is positive, is it not ethical to take the blame when things turn negative?

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