India, April 5 -- President Donald Trump on Friday shared a video link on Truth Social, which claimed that he was 'Purposely CRASHING The Market'. The partially AI-generated clip was posted on X by a user named @AmericaPapaBear. Trump did not say why he was sharing the link or what it actually meant.

The video has gone viral as the Dow crashed over 2,000 points and the S&P 500 tumbled 5.7% on Friday, reacting to the president's reciprocal tariffs announcement.

The video shared by Trump was originally posted on TikTok on March 15 and predates the 78-year-old's tariff announcement on Wednesday. It claims that 'Trump is crashing the stock market by 20 percent this month, but he's doing it on purpose'.

"Here's the secret game he's playing,...