#Trump has said that he would soon nominate #JeromePowell's successor, w/ nearly a year left before the #FederalReserve chair's term ends. #Investors said that could present a risky proposition for #markets.
Trump has made no secret of his displeasure w/ #Powell & the #Fed for not lowering #InterestRates since Trump began his 2nd term in Jan.
#StockMarket #MarketManipulation #economy
https://www.reuters.com/business/early-fed-chair-nomination-could-rattle-markets-2025-06-18/
There goes the #StockMarket, again.
#Trump turns to the workers & tells them #JeromePowell "is not a smart person ... we have a stupid, frankly, at the #Fed."
#Trump has spent years…[wanting to be seen as a a tough guy]. So when he was asked by a reporter in the Oval Office on Wednesday whether the term might be a valid description of his approach to #tariffs, Trump, [of course, attached the reporter] reacted with ire.
“I chicken out? I’ve never heard that,” he said. “Don’t ever say what you said,” he told the reporter. “That’s a nasty question. To me, that’s the nastiest question.”
#Fraudster #Trump said on Sunday that he would delay imposing a 50% #tariff on all imports from the #EU until July 9 to allow more time for #trade negotiations [or to make money by shorting the market].
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that he had spoken to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, about his recent #threat to enact the #tariffs on June 1 if a trade deal could not be reached in the next week.
#law #securities
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-european-union-tariff.html?smid=url-share
It’s STILL a huge #TrumpTax! #MarketManipulation
"US stocks surged on Monday after #Trump’s top trade officials brokered a surprisingly dramatic de-escalation in trade tensions with #China over the weekend, dropping tariffs to much lower levels, which some economists say could stave off a US recession."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/investing/stock-market-dow-trade-deal-china?cid=ios_app
#Trump signed 2 #ExecutiveOrders reversing course on some of the #tariffs he imposed on imported #cars & #CarParts. Among the changes: #Carmakers that pay a 25% #tariff on vehicles will not be subject to other levies, for example on #steel & #aluminum, & they will be able to qualify for relief on imported components for the next 2 years.
#chaos #uncertainty #LackOfConviction #Economy #Trade #InsiderTrading #law #geopolitics #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-auto-tariffs-executive-order.html?smid=url-share
“Trump’s own words may have just exposed the real motive behind his tariffs: insider trading and market manipulation. A dangerous precedent for corruption in plain sight. #TrumpTariffs #Corruption #MarketManipulation #TrumpWatch” @schiff.senate.gov @coons.senate.gov
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's 17 Stock Buys in the Market Crash Turn to Profits After Trump's Tariff Pause
#DonaldTrump #stockmarket #manipulation #InsiderTrading #marketmanipulation
We are all saying it....
Illinois Senator #DickDurbin, the No. 2 #Democrat in the #Senate, warned that the negative impacts of #tariffs would persist far beyond a 90-day period.
"The chaos, uncertainty, & real damage of the #Trump Tariff Tax will not disappear in 90 days. Bottom line: the President has created a global mess at the expense of American families & businesses,” Durbin said in a statement.
Inexplicably, #Trump seems to have added another 10% tariff to #Canada & #Mexico. Asked earlier if the 10% tariff extends to those countries, Scott Bessent, the treasury secretary, said that it did. And a White House official clarified that that is the case. Previously Canada & Mexico had been exempted from this round of “reciprocal” #tariffs, though they still face a 25% tariff on many of their goods that the president imposed last month.
#Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to spin the pause as part of #Trump’s strategy & not a capitulation, saying that the #tariffs had worked to get some of #China’s closest neighbors to seek deals with the #UnitedStates [prove it Bessent]. “Do not retaliate, & you will be rewarded,” he said.
Because his billionaire cronies have informed him of how much they're profiting from his #MarketManipulation
“This is amateur hour,” shouted Rep Steven #Horsford, D–NV, at Jamieson Greer, #Trump’s top #trade rep. “It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you.” News of Trump’s plan to #pause most of the reciprocal #tariffs that went into effect this morning was just reaching Capitol Hill. “This is not a game. This is real life,” Horsford yelled as he pressed Greer about whether or not the move amounted to #MarketManipulation by the admin.