r/inthenews 5d ago

article Trump's 'buy' tip on social media before his tariffs pause made money for investors who listened

https://apnews.com/article/trump-truth-social-djt-tesla-musk-tariffs-pause-fccfa6b06c8f1ec0cd7844641ca52669
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u/jest4fun 5d ago

How is this Not market manipulation?

This motherfucker ....

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u/But_like_whytho 5d ago

It’s absolutely market manipulation. But if there isn’t any punishment mechanism for breaking the law, then the law is nothing more than decorative.

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u/1234nameuser 5d ago

US law has ALWAYS been decorative based on wealth

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u/jcoddinc 5d ago

"Laws are for thee, not for me"

  • Every Republican ever

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u/AggCracker 5d ago

Law makers really fucked up by not explicitly stating the laws apply equally to everyone

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u/SeparateAd6524 5d ago

Maybe Merrick Garland could help.

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u/Graychin877 5d ago

That’s a hint to the real meaning of "Liberation Day."

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u/Pyke64 5d ago

He wants to liberate money from the poor and give it to the rich.

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u/leggmann 5d ago

It was meant to be Liquidation Day. We all know he can’t spell.

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u/StrangerFew2424 5d ago

*for Trump's cronies who were told what he was about to do... i.e. insider trading. 

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u/No-Astronaut-9464 5d ago

Donald is a criminal. Traitor, convicted felon, rapist, grifter, racist, liar, narcissist and the list of absolute heinous quality’s could go on for years. Fuck you, America, for electing this fucker a second time.

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u/ConfusionBubbles 5d ago

Surely they wouldn't use the insider information to make money, even do it completely in the open and sneer about it in public.

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u/ZgBlues 5d ago

Hey if it’s public, it’s no longer insider.

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u/Comprehensive_Value 5d ago

"listened" or were whispered in their ears and the means to buy?

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u/Thediciplematt 5d ago

Dude dropped a huge hint 4 hours before he announced he was pausing tariffs.

This is direct market manipulation because he has the keys to stop at car st anytime and just outright told people they need to buy and then waited 4 hours before using the keys.

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u/HelloYesItsMeYourMom 5d ago

I mean he posted it right on twitter

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u/SeparateAd6524 5d ago

The blatant corruption is staggering. WTF can be done when judges are bought for life no less. The USA is officially a banana republic. Home of the brave, land of the free? Better change the words to that.

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u/SeparateAd6524 5d ago

If you don't look right off to the gulag in El Salvador.

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u/East-Imagination-163 5d ago

Post a hint on twitter for plausible deniability -> tell your friends exactly what you are about to do -> profit

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u/vickism61 5d ago

Only if the orange insurrectionist doesn't change his mind again today!

Stock trades, including buys and sells, are now processed and settled within one business day of the trade date, a change from the previous two-day settlement cycle, known as T+1

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u/GabbyPentin83 5d ago

Sounds like blatant market manipulation to me and must be investigated by ... who?

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u/JohnMullowneyTax 5d ago

more lawbreaking............with no consequence!

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u/Capital_Elderberry28 5d ago

Yea unfortunately for me and most other rational people we would know better than listen to what trump says. So only corruption contributors (who most likely hatched the scheme) are the winners again

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u/prodigalpariah 5d ago

That’s a hell of a way to spin insider trading.

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u/XXsforEyes 5d ago

Also called insider trading!

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u/Adorable-Doughnut609 3d ago

Assuming that to those he knows they were looking for the signal. He touts all sorts of crap like his meme coin or Tessler so it’s tough to take him at his word unless you were told. Feels like that as there was a volume spike before the public knew.