JD Vance confused internet users after comparing the state of the U.S. economy to the Titanic in a speech in Toledo, Ohio.
“You don’t turn the Titanic around overnight,” he said about the current economic situation in the U.S., attempting to blame the high cost of living on former President Joe Biden.
Many users were confused by JD Vance’s comparison, since the Titanic is a ship that became famous for its size and for sinking a few days after its launch in April 1912.
“At least he admitted which ship we’re on,” one user joked in a comment on X, formerly Twitter.
“The Titanic sank, just like our economy under Trump,” criticized another.
A third, more outraged user made a meme of the scene where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character holds Kate Winslet’s character on the bow of the ship, but instead, JD Vance was holding Trump.
Vance on the economy:
“You don’t turn the Titanic around overnight” pic.twitter.com/eknSoXWkj8
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