A financial news anchor is catching heat for her seemingly insensitive comments about President Donald Trump’s threats against Iran.
On Tuesday morning, Trump wrote on Truth Social, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!”
Sara Eisen, co-host of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” discussed the implications of his genocidal threats and mused about what the situation could mean for investors.
“This deadline that President Trump has set, 8 p.m., has threatened to destroy a civilization,” Eisen said. “How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?”
Political pundits and social media users scoffed at Eisen for asking about how investors should be looking to profit off the potential deaths of millions of innocent Iranian civilians.
“Pod Save America” hosts and former Obama administration staffers Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau opened their breaking news episode on Wednesday by discussing Eisen’s comments.
“Well, Sara, you’re always gonna want to short civilizational collapse,” Favreau said.
“I’m long war crimes, but I’m short genocide,” Vietor said. “The political version of this is Trump did a genocide, where’s the bounce?”
While Trump’s threats didn’t come to fruition Tuesday evening, due to a two-week ceasefire agreement, many social media users took particular issue with Eisen’s comments.