Economist: 'People Close to Trump Are Trading Based on National Secrets'

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American: This morning, economist Paul Krugman came right out and said it: "People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets." Another word for that, he said, is "treason."

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As I have stated, America has become a nation of grifters.
Lumpers will claim its only Trump, but there's plenty of evidence the grift is everywhere.
You just can't admit your side is doing it as well.

Its every person for themselves. Good luck!

#1 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-25 09:36 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#1. Man, you're pathetic. Even with when faced with daily evidence of rampant corruption and abuse by the entire T***p team, the best you can come up with is, they're all doing it.

#2 | Posted by cbob at 2026-03-25 10:28 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

you gotta hand it to 1IQirony, he gonna pump that disnfo no matter how obviously absurd. I hope the CCP is paying you well.

#3 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-03-25 10:48 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Lumpers will claim its only Trump, but there's plenty of evidence the grift is everywhere.

Duhhhhhh LUMpErZ!!

STFU idiot. You're not saying of value and you never peg the opposition correctly. Ever.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-25 11:29 AM | Reply

The pendulum always swings...

#5 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-03-25 12:25 PM | Reply

Traders bet $500 million on oil price just before Trump's post on delay to Iran attack
www.reuters.com

... Traders bet half a billion dollars on the price of crude only 15 minutes before U.S. President Donald Trump announced a five-day delay to attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure that sent the market plunging, exchange data and Reuters calculations showed. ...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 12:27 PM | Reply