Thursday, March 13, 2025

Hiltzik: Insider trading at the White House?

In what may be a sign of the times, and not an especially healthy one, my readers and friends recently have been filling my email inbox with questions about whether Donald Trump and White House insiders have been manipulating the stock market with his vacillating announcements about tariffs and the economy. Speculation along those lines broke into the open Tuesday when Fox News reporter Peter Doocy referred to the overall slide in the stock market since President Trump's inauguration and asked White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, "You're sure nobody here at the White House shorted the Dow?"

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" Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm.bsky.social) March 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM

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the speculation is unsurprising. It may owe more to public doubts about Trump's integrity than about any facts related to his or his circle's trading.

#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-13 02:10 PM

What's next, gambling at Rick's Cafe Americain?

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-03-13 02:12 PM

Manipulating the Market while oozing the bestest drugs the WH has to offer is the New 'Murica!

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-13 03:43 PM

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