Trump understands that tariff threats like the ones he posted this morning move markets downward. He's not ignorant about that dynamic. The question is which person or interest around him is gaining from it.
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I use an iPhone….now, I always WILL use an iPhone!
I will always support the companies that refuse to bend the knee, and boycott those that don’t refuse
Total market manipulation and the grift of all grifts. I want everyone of these bastards to go to jail when this is all over, everyone of them….including Clarence and his complicit gang! Sick fuckers!!!
I have heard everyone talking about how Donald Trump is deliberating manipulating the financial markets from his position in OUR WHITE HOUSE to make massive personal/family profits and who is using this as a method to pay off political favors & to buy support. I hear this everywhere.
It has to be! How can the market go down and Tesla go up? The company is posting sinking sales, losing the public respect, and is run by a nazi. This has to be good old fashioned fraud.
There’s also the possibility he’s trying to get people to buy stuff before prices go up when he has no intention of actually imposing a tariff but only he and advisors know that. People did it with cars and consumer spending makes up a big part of the economy
Probably people from that meeting that he did on crypto and a couple days he’ll change his mind in the market to go back up. I don’t know why people don’t see what he’s doing attack it. The mainstream press is crap.
Crook is such a petty word here. He's not a crook if we let him do it. It is us who are the suckers. Unless we fight back this cancer will grow in our ass and kill us.
I have a feeling that in the coming years Americans are going to become experts in the art of corruption, inside trading, extortion schemes, treason, quid pro quo, Maybe Trump will teach these fields at new Harvard in Canada as a Dishonoris causa.
The oligarchs that get private audiences with him, that happen to be the same people that will benefit from his tax cuts. They need those tax cuts to maximize their profit from his market manipulation
No coincidence that it happened after his secret corruption dinner where everyone paid a million-plus for a dirty plate of favors from the Profiteering FOTUS.
They are gaming the markets to make money. Pretty sure I'm just preaching to the choir here lol
Trump is just the distraction from what Vought and company are doing behind the scenes. Owners of the news are complicit in keeping the public focused on Cap'n Cheetoh's sorry ass.
Wonder how many of the $1 million dollar invitees last night received advanced notice that he would make these statements such that they were able to invest/divest before the market dived.
It’s looks like an obvious ploy from those people of interest to try and dip the EU market (in addition to US Markets) so that they can “buy low.” The EU market looks ripe for a bit of a boom (see @profgalloway.com). It’s market manipulation on multiple levels to help the rich get richer smh
DJT knows full well what he's doing. HE'S HAVING FUN BEING A BULLY! He is ruining international relations with allies. He is picking fights with South Africa, Ukraine, the EU, China, Greenland and with his own countries Judicial Branch and EVERY DEMOCRAT in the land! He's not right in the head! 🤬🤬🤬
This is why we have an emoluments clause.
This is why Presidents divest in personal businesses.
This is why we have oversight committees.
This is why we have inspectors general.
So that we don't have to ask the question you just asked.
But all those precautions have been neutralized. Now what?
We all need to understand that Trump doesn’t care - about anything or anyone - unless it personally affects him. Right now he’s just playing a single-player videogame, having fun just pushing buttons and fucking things up. Because none of this is hurting him personally. And NO ONE IS STOPPING HIM.
Every country he threatens needs to walk away. Don’t offer talks, we all see the game so they can make millions.
The world needs to stop paying attention until he has a serious delegation for talking, or move on without us…SOMEONE has to punch the bully and apparently no one here is willing. 🤬
I would guess shorting started around 9 pm. I heard Trump read the tweets in the open with SEC director present laughing and said "now go and short apple and Eu stocks and use the profits to buy more $trump. Thank you for your attention.
Wait for it to go down, purchase, then make changes to make it rise, significantly. Insider trading, tell all your buddies. After all he can get away w everything apparently. We don’t do anything to stop him, while we watch him repeatedly break laws. Yippee!!
“Insider” trading works when no matter how much you make personally it is still a relatively minor blip in the market. The insiders can’t keep taking money out or the market at scale indefinitely though, surely?
I’m not sure he is ignorant. I am pretty sure he knows exactly what he is doing. Market manipulation and making money for himself and those who are loyal to him. Corruption at its finest.
Anyone who cares about comprehensive, well-researched, nonpartisan journalism that holds power to account, this is who you should be contributing to. ProPublica isn’t afraid of Voldemort nor built on a pro-profit media model.
There's also the possibility that he did it purely because he soiled his nappie after being told that Greenland signed a 30 year mineral right deal with an EU company on Wednesday.
Even though Papa thinks Devlin Ivy looks great on the petting zoo pony he told her he still isn't getting her a pony…Yet!
She has him so wrapped around her finger. I understand this isn't on topic but I thought Mia would like the photo.
That'd likely be a great question to ask the attendees of his super duper secret supper club from last night! I'd be willing to bet that they are all rubbing their grimy, slimy, shady little paws together in anticipation of the profits they'll make from this!
He's manipulating the Markets. It's a video of him explaining if the Housing market is crashing, he does better when the prices are coming down. He swoops in buys, failing businesses & real estate at a low cost to him.🤷🏾♀️
I have another theory. He's back ranting that Ukraine "doesn't have the cards" and screaming about tariffs. It's as if the first 3 months of his term never happened.
Only MAGA poor are clueless here. This is totally calculated. He knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s trying to drive crypto investment and manipulate the markets to enrich himself and his cronies.
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I will always support the companies that refuse to bend the knee, and boycott those that don’t refuse
Trump First
Anyway the point is congress must act
Trump is just the distraction from what Vought and company are doing behind the scenes. Owners of the news are complicit in keeping the public focused on Cap'n Cheetoh's sorry ass.
He grifts by with a little help from his friends…
You think there’s any way he’s not getting a piece?
Every Time.
People aren’t taking his cry wolfs seriously after repeated backtracking
But Leavitt says we can’t have the guestlist because it’s his “personal time”.
So, if it’s unofficial conduct we can’t have the list. But it isn’t protected by the SCOTUS immunity ruling.
If it IS an official act, can we get a FOIA?
This is why Presidents divest in personal businesses.
This is why we have oversight committees.
This is why we have inspectors general.
So that we don't have to ask the question you just asked.
But all those precautions have been neutralized. Now what?
The world needs to stop paying attention until he has a serious delegation for talking, or move on without us…SOMEONE has to punch the bully and apparently no one here is willing. 🤬
Like any victim in a hostage situation, we're now just numb to it.
Unbelievable he's not in prison yet.
If you knew.
And you shorted APPL.
And it hits your mark.
Bingo.
The insiders make bank going down and up.
And. It’s a felony. Insider Trading.
Just guessing? 🤷🏽♀️
given his short attention span something from last night's crypto dinner! lol
Last nights din̈ner could be the catalyst..
... but even he's not that dumb.
Logical conclusion is... ?
She has him so wrapped around her finger. I understand this isn't on topic but I thought Mia would like the photo.
He has always profited from people's pain🤷🏾♀️
A genuine question should be asked.
Does he remember them?
It's not like an average Joe type person can benefit with 1k.