Trump Accused of 'Market Manipulation' in Tariff Reversal Shocker!

[bendejo]

7 hours ago, Donga said:

Everyone knew it when he advised before his announcement, "This is a great time to buy" so no insiders!

Had he not said this, there might be grounds for insider trading, yes?

 

It is known as market manipulation, falls under the same category and handled by the SEC all the same.  It's like the difference between a hold-up and a mugging.  If you don't understand this, well . . .

Save the inane and pointless hair splitting for your Fox friends.

 

[Suetape]

He makes me want to puke!

[still kicking]

[Tug]

17 minutes ago, still kicking said:

The magga types could care less the cruelty and spectacle are part of the (show) meanwhile the market is still shedding value we are down more than 2,000 points from the start of bevis oops ment trumps disastrous/ tariffs/insider trader / stock manipulation fiasco hey magga tired of winning yet?

[Cryingdick]

8 hours ago, WDSmart said:

Facebook...

So the market only surged after a tweet made to the public. 

[TedG]

11 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Keep it in your pants, sugar.

 

You are the anti-erection. 

[JustinT]

13 hours ago, John Drake said:

NASDAQ call volume spiked minutes before the 90 day tariff pause was announced. Not a good look at all. 

And I would bet those calls were bought by Trump's billionaire Saudi friends he was golfing with last weekend.

[SiSePuede419]

The official explanation for Trump’s pause is hilarious.

 

"He actually planned this all along, to get other countries to the negotiating table"

 

Then what he said on "Liberation Day" was total B.S. as his real plan was to back down.. ?!?

 

Equally preposterous is his contention that he is giving other countries a break because they refrained from retaliating.

 

Wasn’t the whole point to levy "reciprocal" tariffs to compensate for the fact that other nations were supposedly screwing the U.S. economy?

 

What a crock. 😆

[Donga]

5 hours ago, bendejo said:

 

It is known as market manipulation, falls under the same category and handled by the SEC all the same.  It's like the difference between a hold-up and a mugging.  If you don't understand this, well . . .

Save the inane and pointless hair splitting for your Fox friends.

 

Haha bendejo I've a global finance career behind me and don't need to follow Fox when I can get all the light relief I need from ABC, BBC, Guardian, Washington Post and New York Times amongst my serious media of Politico, Al-Monitor and The Australian. But I still read the left/green shrills to get some balanced perspective and you?

As for market manipulation, hardly hair splitting when it either is or isn't. The SEC won't find a  case to answer, while all the petty benign luvvies and legacy media can knock themselves out.

[TorquayFan]

20 hours ago, TorquayFan said:

Whilst some will have benefitted from these market movements, and some will have lost, I don't go along with this theory of conspiracy. . . .

 

. . . . The theory looks unlikely to me. But if Trump told anyone before he reversed on the tariffs, the possibility exists. Let's see if any facts emerge.

 

How did I get that so wrong? It appears that Trump may be immeasurably worse than I thought he was. Thanks to Stephen for this - "No facts will emerge since there will be no investigation". 

 

I fear you are right Stephen - it will be an almighty task to get any independent evaluation, given the state of the Trump DoJ.

 

At first I missed the Trump tweet about the tariff suspension - "A good time to buy". Trump's USA looks more of a mess every day.

 

 

[PomPolo]

[SiSePuede419]

 

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[SiSePuede419]

2 hours ago, PomPolo said:

Red Coats: Fighting for the King to Rule Over America, 1775 – 1783

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It's a resume of fighting against America. 😃

[SiSePuede419]

5 hours ago, TorquayFan said:

"A good time to buy". Trump's USA looks more of a mess every day.

I was going to say Trump is a Russian Martha Stewart insider trading, but smoking weed with Kanye is just plain weird when he starts talking that Nazi stuff and Trump's idea of a garden is a fountain that people throw money in that he can collect and deposit into his bank account. 😄

[BLMFem]

8 hours ago, TedG said:

 

You are the anti-erection. 

I was hoping for anti-Christ but it'll have to do for now I guess.

[WDSmart]

13 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

So the market only surged after a tweet made to the public. 

The US "market" has "plunged" three times now and "surged" twice in the past couple of weeks (as of the time I'm writing this). I'm sure a few people (Trump insiders) have made a lot of money on this. But, of course, that should not be a surprise to anyone. That's what Trump is all about. 😡  

[SiSePuede419]

Stoic defiance in ‘trinket town’ echoes Beijing’s insistence that nation can prevail against Donald Trump’s tariff blitz

 

A Trump baseball cap, for instance, cost only Rmb7.50 ($1) to produce.

 

Tariffs might raise that cost to Rmb20, but the caps were being sold for $50 in the US.

 

“American sellers could even use the tariffs as an excuse to raise the price to $60 — yet the extra cost will still be borne by the US consumers,” said Qi.

 

Now who on God's Green Earth would be stupid enough to pay $60 for a $3 Trump cap?

 

Oh.  Wait. 😄
 

[Luuk Chaai]

Senator Schiff is adamant about uncovering any wrongdoing, vowing to hold the administration accountable. He stresses the need for transparency, asking who might be cashing in on the market’s wild ride.

 

Let's start with Pelosi .  she has the most experience in this type of matter !

[candide]

1 hour ago, Luuk Chaai said:

Senator Schiff is adamant about uncovering any wrongdoing, vowing to hold the administration accountable. He stresses the need for transparency, asking who might be cashing in on the market’s wild ride.

 

Let's start with Pelosi .  she has the most experience in this type of matter !

But but..MAGA propaganda! 

[GroveHillWanderer]

[SiSePuede419]

2 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

Let's start with Pelosi .  she has the most experience in this type of matter !

Maybe we can get Martha and Snoop in together with Pelosi for some insider stock trading tips and brownie recipes. 

 

He first appeared on Martha's show in 2008, putting cognac in his mashed potatoes, teaching her the phrase “fo shizzle.” 😄

 

[SiSePuede419]

China raises duties on US goods to 125%, calls Trump tariff hikes a 'joke'

 

"Very Smart Man": Trump Praises Xi Jinping Amid US-China Trade War

 

Tarrifs good.

Trump is smart.

Because he like good.

Oh oh.

Xi like good, too.

Xi like more good.

Xi is very smart man.

Sigh. 😄

[Cameroni]

8 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Maybe we can get Martha and Snoop in together with Pelosi for some insider stock trading tips and brownie recipes. 

 

He first appeared on Martha's show in 2008, putting cognac in his mashed potatoes, teaching her the phrase “fo shizzle.” 😄

 

 

Another intelligent, substantive political thread  from the reliable sources of serious comment.

[GroveHillWanderer]

Trump isn't even trying to hide this. He's even bragging about how much money his friends made from his actions. 

 

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President Donald Trump gleefully recounted how much money his billionaire pals made on the stock market after he suddenly suspended most of his worldwide tariffs.

 

Trump brags in Oval Office that his billionaire pals made a killing in stocks after he pulled the plug on tariffs

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-billionaire-profits-dropped-tariffs-b2731386.html

[LosLobo]

On 4/11/2025 at 3:49 PM, WDSmart said:

The US "market" has "plunged" three times now and "surged" twice in the past couple of weeks (as of the time I'm writing this). I'm sure a few people (Trump insiders) have made a lot of money on this. But, of course, that should not be a surprise to anyone. That's what Trump is all about. 😡  

A dead cat will bounce more than the US ‘market’ has—if you drop it from high enough.

Doesn’t mean it ain’t already dead.

[Luuk Chaai]

On 4/11/2025 at 1:36 AM, still kicking said:

you can try and spin it any way you wish    ....  repeat after me ...     as soon as you enter the USA "illegally"  you ARE a criminal  

 

[SiSePuede419]

1 hour ago, Luuk Chaai said:

you can try and spin it any way you wish    ....  repeat after me ...     as soon as you enter the USA "illegally"  you ARE a criminal  

you can try and spin it any way you wish    ....  repeat after me ...     as soon as you drive over the speed limit  in the USA you are doing so "illegally" and you ARE a criminal, which is no different than any other crime.  

 

You've a criminal.

 

Just one that hasn't been arrested , booked, jailed and prosecuted yet.

 

You like Law and Order?

Great.

When are you turning yourself in? 😃

[SiSePuede419]

10 hours ago, Cameroni said:

Another intelligent, substantive political thread  from the reliable sources of serious comment

Trump as Bond Market Craters: ‘BE COOL!’

 

"Be Cool"

Who yo Daddy?

He can't come home now, cuz he stuck in traffic.

BEEP BEEP OUTTA MY WAY

Foshizzle, Foo'. 😄

 

[bendejo]

1 hour ago, SiSePuede419 said:

 

This pic will be in circulation long past his lifetime.

And that other president with the chain saw.  The one with the sink, too.

 

[SiSePuede419]

Charles Schwab made two billion dollars. 👍

 

In a video posted to X on Wednesday, 9 April, the president introduced NASCAR drivers to the founder and chairman of Charles Schwab Corporation, a multinational financial services company.

 

“It’s not just a company, it’s actually an individual,” Trump told the racing drivers.

 

The president added that Schwab “made two and a half billion today” from the stock market.

 

Can I call you Chuck? 😃