Posted on 04/10/2025 9:36:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump began his Wednesday with some advice for those rattled by his steep tariffs.
“BE COOL,” Mr. Trump told his followers on social media after the markets opened. Just a couple of minutes later he wrote, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT”
Hours after that, Mr. Trump sent the markets soaring when he paused the levies for 90 days. The S&P 500 climbed several percentage points in a matter of minutes and was on its way to its best day since the recovery of the 2008 financial crisis.
Soon after Mr. Trump’s pause, Democrats and government ethics experts asked the perhaps obvious question: Did Mr. Trump give the green light to his followers to cash in on a forthcoming rise in stock prices?
“How is this not market manipulation?” Representative Mike Levin, Democrat of California, said on social media, referring to action that is potentially illegal. “If you’re a Trump supporter and you did what he said and you bought, then you did great. On the other hand, if you’re a retiree or a senior or somebody in the middle class over the last few days that didn’t have the tolerance for risk and you decided to sell, you got screwed.”
The news of Mr. Trump’s pause came as Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, was testifying on Capitol Hill. Representative Steven Horsford, Democrat of Nevada, pressed him on Mr. Trump’s aim.
“It’s not market manipulation,” Mr. Greer said. “We’re trying to reset the global trading system.”
“How have you achieved any of that?” Mr. Horsford asked. “So if it’s not market manipulation, what is it? Who’s benefiting? What billionaire just got richer?”
White House officials have rejected such accusations as they have claimed that Mr. Trump’s post was meant to reassure Americans. They have tried to...
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Sounds very serious. 🤡
From Adam Schiff and the New York Times.
There’s not a person who plays the market that didn’t think “buy” all by themselves. Ye old....Buy low...
He made a public announcement giving EVERYONE a chance to make any trades before the changes, unlike Princess Pelosi telling her husband not only hours, but days before her/Dimocrapt public announcements on changes.
Well the S&P 500 is down over 4% today. This ain’t over until whatever tariff agreements are made and the market can see how it settles out. And this is only one variable the market is looking at.
Trump went too far. Insider trader is clearly an article 1 power reserved for members of congress 🤣
This is some fake red meat for the scavengers and bottom feeders who are trying to catch Trump in some kind of trap using his own actions.
What looks like a freshly cut red beefsteak has been heavily laced with a very highly intensified form of red pepper and marinated in some powerful fruit acid marinade. They may not want to take a second bite.
Fun to watch.
DemonicRATS are losing their touch. Not too long ago, insider-trader-in-chief Nanzi Pelosi would be front and center screaming bloody murder.
Lighten up, Frances. The stock market is back down today. Okay? See, everything is fine.
And give it away the next day?
They took a cue from Musk?
Chart needs updating :-)
Only because the stock market went the direction they were not expecting. They thought it would go up up up. Sadly it’s going down down down.
Since Trump never specified what exactly to buy.
I went out and purchased a 6-pack of beer.
Well whatdayaknow...joey and nappy magically trolling on the same thread. Total coincidence I tell ya...
Kind of makes we want to sing...how about that McCartney and Wonder song? Yep...perfect.
Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don’t we?
We all know
That people are the same wherever you go
There’s good and bad in everyone
We learn to live when we learn to give each other
What we need to survive
Together alive
Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don’t we?
(Ebony, ivory)
(Living in perfect harmony)
(Ebony, ivory, ooh)
We all know
That people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad, mmm, in everyone
We learn to live when we learn to give each other
What we need to survive
Together alive
Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don’t we?
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don’t we?
(Ebony, ivory)
(Living in perfect harmony)
(Ebony, ivory)
(Living in perfect harmony) Ivory
(Ebony, ivory) Ebony
(Living in perfect harmony) Ivory
(Ebony, ivory) Ebony
(Living in perfect harmony) Ivory
(Ebony, ivory) Ebony
(Living in perfect harmony)
Meanwhile, congressional insider trading draws...crickets.
The NYT is really grasping at straws with this one. I think "Make America Great Again" was also a shadowy, coded signal to his "followers" to cash in on rising stock prices as well.
Hahahaha from the second I posted it, I saw that. I was using Photoshop, and to preserve the URL, I tried to edit the original...but it wouldn’t let me.
I had to change the indexed color mode to RGB, fix it, then change it back to indexed mode to save it with the same file name. Ugh...I forget those things. Couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t edit or add a layer.
Heh, love that sketch. Back when they were funny!
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