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applegrove

(125,686 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:48 AM Apr 2

Trump Files to Sell His Shares in Trump Media

Trump Files to Sell His Shares in Trump Media

April 2, 2025 at 10:18 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 51 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/02/trump-files-to-sell-his-shares-in-trump-media/

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“Donald Trump’s social media company on Monday filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange commission that could allow the president’s trust to sell more than $2 billion of shares,” ABC News reports.

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Trump Files to Sell His Shares in Trump Media (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2 OP
Right before his tariffs kick in. Tommy Carcetti Apr 2 #1
DJT stock has been ticking down for months. He won't be able to sell any before his tariff tax day (today) Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #2
Trump is now cashing out of his fundamentally worthless social media company LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2 #3
This is just another way of collecting bribes edhopper Apr 2 #4
Exactly. bluestarone Apr 2 #6
Trump washing machine. Irish_Dem Apr 2 #7
They certainly have developed a lot of ways to collect bribes Walleye Apr 2 #8
RATsnov smells the shit in the water BoRaGard Apr 2 #5

Tommy Carcetti

(43,849 posts)
1. Right before his tariffs kick in.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:50 AM
Apr 2

And the potential of a resulting Dow downturn.

Transparent as glass.

Bernardo de La Paz

(54,675 posts)
2. DJT stock has been ticking down for months. He won't be able to sell any before his tariff tax day (today)
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:04 PM
Apr 2

I think it is simply that he thinks the stock will only go down further, so might as well close out the grift now.

There is only a filing. It needs to be processed, which doesn't happen instantly.

The stock market might not go down after the tariff taxes are announced. 1) They don't seem to be pricing in the synergistic effects of layoffs, deportations and spending cuts. 2) Sentiment has swung to a mood of slight pessimism on net, it seems to me this past month; stock markets often go against sentiment on the idea that by time sentiment gets exposed, people have already made their buys or sales.

I think the sentiment has swung back slightly to a bit more positive than a week ago. I don't know about the actual tariff taxes to be imposed, but I think they will be a bit harsher and broader than people have been hoping (and buying stocks on the hope). I think the market will go down some, but I keep in mind point one above. I do know I sold out of stocks almost three months ago.

LetMyPeopleVote

(161,617 posts)
3. Trump is now cashing out of his fundamentally worthless social media company
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:33 PM
Apr 2

trump media is a meme stock that is way overvalued. This stock will crash as trump bails on it




edhopper

(35,772 posts)
4. This is just another way of collecting bribes
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:39 PM
Apr 2

If the major buyers are ever made public we will see the billionaires are just funneling money.

bluestarone

(19,549 posts)
6. Exactly.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:43 PM
Apr 2

We ALL know this, and the people in our judicial system KNOW IT. It was so easy for these monsters to achieve what they wanted.

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