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greymattermom

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1. So do you think Trump makes money every time he does this?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 08:17 AM

May 2019

It seems he does it as a distraction, and he probably sells a lot of stock first, does the threat, then buys back the same stock after it drops, then backs down on his threat and sells the stock when it recovers.

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