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struggle4progress

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3. manipulating stock markets?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 10:19 PM

Apr 2025

... The scrutiny started with a tale of two social-media posts. On Wednesday, shortly after the U.S. stock market opened, Trump posted on his Truth Social network in all caps: "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!"

Less than four hours after his post, Trump said on Truth Social that he would pause the harshest of his tariffs on most countries.

Stocks immediately skyrocketed in relief, with the Dow closing up almost 3,000 points — meaning that any investors who had followed Trump's advice in the morning and bought into the stock market right away would have made quite a bit of money by the end of the day ...

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5360062/why-some-are-accusing-trump-of-manipulating-stock-markets

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Dow slides 1,000 points, Nasdaq, S&P 500 clobbered as stocks resume tariff sell-off [View all] struggle4progress Apr 2025 OP

'Losing money costs you nothing' struggle4progress Apr 2025 #1

US stocks, dollar tumble struggle4progress Apr 2025 #2

manipulating stock markets? struggle4progress Apr 2025 #3

What many are missing, including Trump, is tariffs are the trigger not the whole mechanism. Individual consumers now... dutch777 Apr 2025 #4