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6. I'm pretty sure they are manipulating the stock market as well.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 02:15 PM

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Market performance has seemed inflated for months. I think we're in a Greece type situation where eventually everyone will find out that the government was cooking the books. Bessent just hasn't figured out how to manipulate the oil market yet.

The most important thing for Trump and his people is for the world to not figure out that his actions have significant negative consequences. This is especially true for oil but also for deportations and tariffs.

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