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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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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 | Newsworthy 1

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

#6 | Posted by Whatsleft
Dem "leadership" won't do anything that inconveniences Wall St.

#7 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-20 02:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Dem "leadership" won't do anything

Biden proved that.

Considering there are reports Obama knew Trump was being funded by the Kremlin, he's just as responsible.

This is where democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

They're slaves to AIPAC and the corporate elite.

Dems may win due to voter fatigue of Trump, like in 2020. But their lackluster performance made many wonder what the point was.

America deserves more than the 2 party system of the Oligarch Party vs the Corporate Elite Party.

By the way, they're the same people.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 03:02 PM | Reply

#7 You say Dem "leadership" won't do anything that inconveniences Wall St.

I suppose you mean then that America should keep electing Republicans because they will inconvenience Wall St.?

Is that what you're saying, Morris?

#9 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 03:04 PM | Reply

#8 Clown says, "America deserves more than the 2 party system of the Oligarch Party vs the Corporate Elite Party."

And just where is America supposed to find that "thing" that they do deserve?

#10 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 03:06 PM | Reply

Democrats have plenty of candidates available

The DNC shoots them down every chance they get.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 03:09 PM | Reply

#11 That's the most ridiculous comment I've read today, Clown.

Just how does the DNC shoot down candidates?

Didn't shoot down any of these recent Democratic success stories:

-> Georgia voters ousted two Republican members of the state's Public Service Commission in favor of two Democrats - the first Democrats to win statewide nonfederal offices in decades.

-> Democrats in Mississippi Break the G.O.P.'s State House Supermajority

-> Every single county in Virginia - even deeply red counties - saw shifts TOWARDS the Democrats, as opposed to how they voted 1 year ago.

-> Dems flip Wichita School Board from a 4-3 GOP majority to a 5-2 Democratic majority. Democratic candidates Amy Warren and Amy Jensen defeated Republican incumbents Hazel Stabler and Kathy Bond.

-> Two of Tuesday's school board elections were in Bucks County, Pa., which was considered "ground zero" for right-wing groups' takeover of school boards in 2021. A few years ago, conservatives on these boards in Pennbridge and Central Bucks districts were using their roles to pass policies targeting LGBTQ+ students and banning books.

---> Democrats flipped control of both boards in 2023, and on Tuesday, they ousted every Republican from both of these boards, except for one. The Pennbridge school board is now 8-1, with Democratic members in control. The Central Bucks school board is 9-0.

-> In Texas, we even won in Lockhart, which sits in a district so red that Democrats normally don't even run. We had a clean sweep in Cy-Fair ISD, another deeply red area that not even Greg Abbott could save your party.

-> In SD-9, another red district, we saw an 8 point shift for the Democrat

-> Eileen Higgins elected as first Democratic mayor of Miami in three decades

It seems like way too many on our side of the aisle seem bound and determine to see to it that the Democratic Party becomes pure... and permanently in the minority, incapable of stopping any/all GOP legislation and GOP judicial nominations.

As for me, the opposition isn't the DNC (or the Democratic Party, or any Democratic candidate that's brave enough to throw their hat into the ring).

The opposition is the RNC, the Republican Party, and every candidate with an (R) after their name.

Eye on the prize, Clown.

Eye on the prize.

#12 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 03:19 PM | Reply

Friend,

Currently Steyer is the leading Democrat in the polls for California governor.

The safe choice would be for all Californians to flock to him.

But many of us don't want a New York billionaire running our state, so we're pushing for Becerra.

Currently republicans are poised to win.

But we're gambling that our state is worth more than being bought by billionaires and run as a corporation.

Best of luck to California.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 03:20 PM | Reply

#13 Yeah?

So, work hard and campaign for and donate to Becerra.

But, come November, if it is Steyer versus Hilton, who are you going to vote for?

#14 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 03:23 PM | Reply

Just how does the DNC shoot down candidates?

Please, don't insult either of us with such questions.

They tried and failed with Mamdani. But have been successful in many other elections.

The Democratic Party is run by corporate elites who seek to prevent social democratic candidates from winning.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 03:27 PM | Reply

work hard and campaign for and donate to Becerra.

But, shouldn't we just all vote for Steyer? That's literally what your posts read like they're saying.

Also. I'm donating and helping get the word out for Becerra.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 03:29 PM | Reply

There are plenty of decent non-AIPAC Democrats to vote for: pdamerica.org

And the DNC-- like the Republicans and the FBI Epstein files-- still refuse to release the official autopsy report of why incumbent VPOTUS Kamala Harris and successful Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) lost 6,265,888 supporters that voted Democratic on Tuesday 3 Nov 2020, but not on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, costing the DNC the White House.

The catastrophe for the DNC cost them enjoying the spectacle of America250, FIFA 2026, and the 2028 Summer Olympiad.

Meanwhile, ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu still holds on to power in Israel, Kamala Harris is in the wilderness, and Tim Walz plans on retiring.

#17 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-20 03:31 PM | Reply

#18 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-20 03:34 PM | Reply

#16 Then you're not reading my posts.

I have often been disappointed that my preferred candidate didn't make it to the general election following the primary.

But, when November rolls around then, yes, the Democratic candidate is my choice.

Once again, come November, if it is Steyer versus Hilton, who are you going to vote for?

#19 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 03:40 PM | Reply

#18 Not possible.

Bernie Sanders isn't a Democrat.

Can't get screwed by a party that isn't yours...

...unless you allow them to do that.

And afterwards, wouldn't the person who was "screwed" disavow the party that wasn't even theirs, and then spend the rest of their time damning said party?

If I remember correctly, Senator Sanders is still caucusing with the Democrats.

#20 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 03:44 PM | Reply

#17 Caius Marcius Coriolanus again states, "And the DNC ... still refuse to release the official autopsy report of why incumbent VPOTUS Kamala Harris and successful Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) lost 6,265,888 supporters that voted Democratic on Tuesday 3 Nov 2020, but not on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, costing the DNC the White House."

And, again, I am pleased to offer my in-depth take on that question, with activities down to the county/precinct level, to demonstrate why the Harris/Walz team lost in November, 2024:

Throughout the month of October, 2024, the Trump campaign (and associated entities) spent $300,000,000.00 on ads in all 7 swing states during televised NFL and NCAA football games. The topic of all of those ads? Then-CA Attorney General Kamala Harris' 2019 response to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming (read: trans) care for federal inmates

click graphic above for actual She's for They/Them ad

And the amount of money the Harris campaign spent countering those She's for They/Them ads in the swing states during NFL and NCAA football games? You know, to point out the truth that she was simply responding to a question about a Trump administration dictate on gender-affirming for federal inmates? To counter the deceptive, the lying-by-omission ads run by Trump & company?

Zero dollars

The efficacy of this strategy was born out election night, 2024, when Steve Kornacki was calling individual counties (starting with Pennsylvania) and highlighting that the Harris/Walz ticket was falling short of votes as opposed to the votes in the 2020 election for the Biden/Harris ticket. His reporting was, in effect, a death by 1,000 cuts for Harris/Walz.

Trump & company knew that all it would take would be the suppression of Biden votes in 2024 by just a point or two for Trump to carry those counties, all 7 swing states and, ultimately, the election. They judged, correctly, that men - men of color and white - would be turned off enough by the "pro-trans" Harris that they voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.

Either way, mission accomplished.

Questions?

#21 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 03:51 PM | Reply

if it is Steyer versus Hilton, who are you going to vote for?
#19 | POSTED BY A_FRIEND

I'm a lot more pragmatic than you're giving me credit for.

What I see from you now though is objection to discussing the weaknesses and failures of the Democratic Party.

While I do agree that in the poll booth we need to vote against republicans. I'd rather go into the poll booth wanting to vote for the democrats.

That feeling has only existed once for me, Obama 2008, with his message of hope and change. Admittedly I was in my early 20s and fell for the propaganda.

But ever since then voting is simply an exercise not an opportunity.

#22 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 04:10 PM | Reply

Bernie Sanders isn't a Democrat.

It's too bad.

If the Democrats were more like Bernie we'd have a much happier, stronger nation.

#23 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 04:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Also. Insider trading has been rampant since Trump took office in January 2025.

He's not even hiding it.

He's bragging about it.

Even Baron is cashing in on it.

The entire family is corrupt.

The entire administration is corrupt.

The entire party is corrupt.

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-20 04:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Insider trading has been rampant since Dummkopf Trumpf and the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF) seized power on 20 January 2025.

#25 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-20 05:15 PM | Reply

Clown says, "What I see from you now though is objection to discussing the weaknesses and failures of the Democratic Party."

Ya think, Clown?

Yeah. Funny thing about the political status of the USA in late April, 2026:

The only reason to "discuss" the weaknesses and failures of the Democratic Party, at this time, is to weaken the Democratic Party.

And who benefits from a weakened Democratic Party?

The Republicans (see: zero-sum game).

And who loses from a weakened Democratic Party?

I'd argue, it is the American people who lose from a weakened Democratic Party.

But, apparently, to you (and others here), tearing down the Democratic Party is a fun game. You seem to salivate over the idea of damaging the only counter to the Republican Party.

Meanwhile, those on the right side of the aisle cheer you (and the others here) on, beside themselves over the stroke of good luck you're giving them by doing some of the heavy lifting (damning the Democratic Party) while they expend zero energy doing so.

And, as an added bonus, your posts become self-fulfilling prophecy for Democrats and made-for-television ads for Republicans.





#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 05:39 PM | Reply

Clown says, "What I see from you now though is objection to discussing the weaknesses and failures of the Democratic Party."

And just how many of these posters have openly, here, discussed the weaknesses and failures of the Republican Party:

shrimptacodan
fortfisher
oneironaut
scotts
robson
sheepleschism
visitor_
bellringer
lfthndthrds
thebull
john_savage2
fishpaw
humtake
billjohnson
And just how many of these posters have openly, here, discussed the weaknesses and failures of the Democratic Party (other than those mentioned above):
c0ri0lanus
speaksoftly
ClownShack
There's a theme here...

#27 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-20 06:30 PM | Reply

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