'Get what you pay for bro': Barstool Sports founder mocked after bemoaning stock loss
Businessman and Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy revealed last week that due to President Donald Trump's trade war, he'd lost $7 million. He later said that the amount had grown.
"I haven’t even looked, but if I had to guess, I probably lost $20 million in the last 3 days. 10–15% of my net worth — poof," he said,
At the start of Monday, the markets fell considerably, leading CNBC's Jim Cramer to call it "Black Monday." Portnoy, a huge supporter of Trump in 2024, said it should be called "Orange Monday" after Trump.
It led to schadenfreude and mockery of Portnoy for trusting Trump despite economic experts speaking out that his tariff strategy would be
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"Dave very heavily endorsed Trump so..." posted former Trump staffer A.J. Delgado.
"Womp womp … you get what you pay for bro," quipped News Nation host Kurt Bardella.
"I think you are trying to say...I was wrong to support Donald Trump," author and activist Don Winslow posted on X.
Entrepreneur and investor Mark Stopa posted on X, "My net worth has not changed. Why? * Buffett’s cash position was a tell * Jamie Dimon biggest ever sale in February 2025 was a tell. * Gold : Nasdaq ratio broke a long-term trendline, showing a capital rotation event was underway. The tells were there, if you were looking Remember: pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered."
Thomas Bowen, who worked on media and political campaigns, pointed out on Bluesky, "It's not about punishing Dave Portnoy or Bill Ackman or Elon Musk. It's about normal people seeing what they said politicians would do and then falling on their asses so that they'll be ignored next time."