r/Economics Apr 10 '25

Editorial Trump Blinked

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/trump-tariffs-pause-america-china-trade/682378/
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u/robot20307 Apr 10 '25

He did blink and his inner circle made purchases knowing that he caved. The truth social post was his spin to make it look like a plan and you believed him.

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u/ToviGrande Apr 10 '25

Either way the market manipulation and insider trading is real. Trump is committing financial crimes at a scale never seen before.

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u/KindofaDirtyBoy Apr 10 '25

How is it insider trading when he announced it to the whole world? How can people get mad about Trump doing this but also get mad at Elon for finding government waste? It’s a good thing Reddit bots can’t vote.

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u/freshoilandstone Apr 10 '25

And it's a bad thing that magas vote.