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Eric Trump Tweets ‘GREAT DAY for the DOW’ As Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 100,000

The president's son was called out for posting such a celebratory message on a somber day.
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Eric Trump, one of President Donald Trump’s three sons, was criticized on Twitter on Wednesday night for celebrating the stock market’s performance on the same day U.S. deaths from the coronavirus reached 100,000. 

After the Dow jumped by 2.21% on Wednesday, Trump ― who runs the family business with his older brother, Don Jr. ― tweeted about the “great day”:

Given the mounting death toll, his message did not go over well:  

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