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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Monday, April 20, 2026

Throughout US President Donald Trump's second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements. The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets and matched them to some of the president's most significant market-moving statements. It found a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a social media post or media interview was made public.

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Insider trading has been illegal for most Americans since the Securities Act was passed in 1933.

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It does have a certain smell to it...

OCU

#1 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-04-20 11:18 AM | Reply

"Suspicions"?

LOL

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-20 11:18 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

Ya think?

#3 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-04-20 11:31 AM | Reply

No way such activity can be considered part of the president's normal duties, which is the gist of the hall pass granted by SCOTUS to Der Dotard. Typical in the punishment of those convicted of insider trading is disgorgement of profits, on top of a fine. Trump will fight like hell to not give back any of his ill-gotten gains. And there is no way he didn't know of this activity, and wasn't part of the scheme...

#4 | Posted by catdog at 2026-04-20 12:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

An administration comprised of billionaire sociopaths, staffed with a gaggle of grifters and con-artists means this was an inevitability.

His proclivity to sell pardons to every fraudster sitting in jail or on appeal will give the low level staffers engaging in this insider -------- false security.

How far down will his pardons go? Only as far as the people who can afford them.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-20 12:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I hope I'm wrong, but I'd bet a Benjamin that nobody is ever prosecuted for it.

#6 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-04-20 01:22 PM | Reply

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