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mdbl

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15. Who in the market made money on this last little fiasco
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:59 PM
12 hrs ago

They probably were told what he was going to do ahead of time.

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Pure market manipulation. bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #1
The monkeys all dance for the organ grinder. You nailed it. Thank you. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #2
Agree that it's market manipulation Renew Deal 18 hrs ago #3
At this moment nitpicked 18 hrs ago #8
I don't believe it at all. no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago #4
Oh they're still going to attack... IrishAfricanAmerican 15 hrs ago #13
From AP live update thread nitpicked 18 hrs ago #5
He probably will speak again after 1300 EST nitpicked 18 hrs ago #6
trump Whip-poor-will 18 hrs ago #7
Yes, it is pure market manipulation blue-wave 17 hrs ago #9
Yepper...6:04am it started dropping like a rock. Went down $13.00 on Trump BS lies Bengus81 17 hrs ago #11
Why does this sound like a load of horseshit? Ray Bruns 17 hrs ago #10
How many Oil futures contracts did the Trump family buy when it tanked to $86?? Bengus81 17 hrs ago #12
He ran out of ammo. republianmushroom 14 hrs ago #14
Who in the market made money on this last little fiasco mdbl 12 hrs ago #15
$1.5B notional worth of S&P500 (ES) futures are bought in a single clip 5 minutes before Trump announcement muriel_volestrangler 11 hrs ago #16
Some traders have all the luck. NT mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago #17
Funny how he announces this just before the markets open. BlueTsunami2018 7 hrs ago #18
MaddowBlog-Pointing to talks that might not exist, Trump's Iran rhetoric becomes even more incoherent LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #19
Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before Trump's market-turning post LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #20
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