Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took to social media to dish some economic advice to President Donald Trump, saying that it “pays to listen” to cratering markets in their response to tariffs.

Paul made the comments in a post to X on Monday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 890 points and Nasdaq saw its worst day of trading since 2022.

“The stock market is comprised of millions of people who are simultaneously trading. The market indexes are a distillation of sentiment. When the markets tumble like this in response to tariffs, it pays to listen,” Paul said in the post.

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