Hey, here’s a thing.

One way to appear young and sharp – and Joe Biden is young and sharp, especially at his age – is to use fast humor directed like a spear at your opponent’s butt.

So it was great to see Dark Brandon make an appearance today and use the opportunity to get under Trump’s skin and nothing gets under Trump’s skin as fast as teasing Trump about his money, or lack thereof.

For those who have lives and haven’t paid attention, Trump’s stock in Truth Social has been in a nose dive. If the Navy SEALs did a HALO (High altitude, low opening – most dangerous jumps), their “drop” might match the speed at which Truth Social has fallen. Once again, proving the proverb, “Everything Trump Touches Dies.”

As the Daily Beast aptly reports:

Stock in Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) has tumbled a staggering 68 percent since its initial offering in late March. Widely viewed as a meme stock, it was nevertheless snapped up by MAGA-loving day traders and quickly peaked at $80 a share on the second day of trading.

At close on Tuesday, the share price was down to just over $22, a figure that slices the company’s valuation by more than half compared to its first week on the market.

And now the kicker. Trump owns 78 million shares, so just keep cutting that 80-22 by 78 million to get a feel for where Trump stands. And he can’t even blame Letitia James for this one.

Given that everything Trump touches dies, one can only imagine how many people “shorted” DJT stock. They are getting rich while Trump is getting much poorer.

That is where Biden comes in. Perhaps it was going back to his Scranton roots that got Joe riled up a bit while giving a speech in Scranton. You see, Joe Biden believes in cutting taxes for the middle to low classes while raising them for the rich. But Joe might have some good news for Trump. Trump may no longer be rich!

President Biden: If Trump's stock in his Truth Social company drops any lower, he might do better under my tax plan than his pic.twitter.com/WElHDI5YoO

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 16, 2024

And that, dear readers, is why it is always a bad idea to bet against Joe Biden. He has been doing this politics thing for a lot of years and knows exactly how to hit the right notes.

He wasn’t particularly mean. He was on target with sticking with policy. And yet, he was devastatingly accurate in his assessment, while also surely infuriating Trump.

Last, Joe is just getting warmed up. He has to go from being president to being a candidate again and he hasn’t fully turned the corner. But what out when he does!

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Jason Miciak is Executive Editor of Political Flare and Editor at Large for Occupy Democrats and can be reached at [email protected].