President Trump claimed Friday that his economic policies and the roaring stock market improved the “sex life” of an NYPD officer whose wife previously treated him “like a dog.”
“This wonderful, tough policeman from New York — he’s taking good care of us — and he said, ‘Sir, it’s so good. My married life has gotten so much better,’” Trump told rally-goers in Texas.
Trump quoted the cop as telling him: “My wife thought I was a loser financially. I couldn’t make any money because my 401k was dying for years. And now she thinks I’m the smartest financial genius ever. It’s made my sex life good… it’s given me a tremendous boost in life.”
The president’s colorful account was an appropriation of his frequently told laugh-line about rising stock values making husbands appear to be geniuses to their spouses.
“So this is a big, tough cop. He said, ‘My wife treated me like a dog, and now she admires my financial genius, and I haven’t done anything. My 401k has gone through the roof,’” Trump went on.
“So I said, ‘Thank you very much.’ But everybody’s there, right? Everybody’s up. Has anybody gone down with their 401k?”