Here's what that miserable fuck in the White House is doing with the stock market. [View all]
He and his cronies in the know:
1) Short the market in anticipation of an absurd Trump tariff announcement
2) Trump makes a ridiculous announcement about increasing tariffs
3) Market tumbles
4) The individuals who shorted the market in #1 above buy back the stocks that they sold short and they take their profits created by the artificial market drop
5) Trump announces an easing of the tarrifs
6) Trump and his cronies "go long" on the stock after covering their shorts and ride the stock back up as it increases in price
7) They sell their stocks right before Trump makes another absurd tariff announcement (which they have previous knowledge of) and take their profits. They have now made money both ways: when the stock dropped, and when it rose
8) Trump makes another absurd tarrif announcement. The stock drops again, lather, rinse, repeat, ad infinitum.
And this is what happens when one man positions himself so the market moves wildly every time he takes a breath.