Summary
Donald Trump is facing insider trading accusations after urging followers to buy stocks hours before pausing global tariffs—sending markets soaring.
His Truth Social post, signed “DJT” (also the ticker for his media company), preceded a surprise 90-day tariff pause on all countries except China.
The S&P 500 jumped 9%, Nasdaq 12%, and Trump Media stock surged 22%.
Lawmakers including Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are demanding investigations and disclosures, calling the timing suspicious. Critics say the sudden policy reversal created a profit window for insiders with prior knowledge.
So he crashed the economy, ignores calls from other countries, goes out on the golf course with no mics, tells his friends something like “only I know the truth”, publicly posts the time to buy on a site only his most loyal sycophants are on, then when his friends buy, they’ve got plausible deniability as they were just going with the public. Why set all that up if he’s got the SEC on a leash anyways?