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Post #3542196

2026-07-02 20:45 UTC

Imagine if Biden or Obama had made 327 stock purchases in a single day and then, the next day, announced a policy change guaranteed to boost those stocks, while announcing “GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!” Any previous president would have been quickly impeached and convicted, by both parties. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/trump-stock-trades-before-tariff-pause-rcna352723

Replies (7)

  • @LiuFahua@fairy.id 2026-07-03 00:28

    @gleick@mas.to This counts as a politician manipulating the stock price, right

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  • @Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-07-02 22:47

    @gleick@mas.to The billionaire oligarchs who own & operate Trump & his regime are shielding him from consequences & accountability. Why? They benefit from those policies & insider knowledge. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/05/06/billionaires-may-be-allowed-stock-donations-with-tax-benefits-to-trump-accounts/ https://apnews.com/article/michael-dell-susan-trump-accounts-stock-market-poverty-inequality-7e2615d50a3fc0563109ed0eeb4c41e1 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/trump-money-financial-disclosure-crypto-billions.html https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5951517-wall-street-journal-trump-family/ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trading-on-trump https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/us/politics/inside-trumps-stock-trading-surge.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-trump-blows-deadline-to-disclose-stock-trades-worth-millions/

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  • @Kletskous@mastodon.social 2026-07-02 21:04

    @gleick@mas.to Paywalled, but why isn't he? #Trump #corruption

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  • @Brendan@twit.social 2026-07-02 21:07

    @gleick@mas.to @lisamelton@mastodon.social They lost their minds because Michelle Obama planted some broccoli at the White House.

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  • He needs to be locked up with no electronics, no visitation, no nothing but total solitude for the rest of his life.@gleick@mas.to

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  • @Haikyoneko@famichiki.jp 2026-07-02 21:42

    @gleick@mas.to would they though? I mean so many senators and members of Congress are at it.

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  • @gleick@mas.to And hung

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