Trump implements massive tariffs as concerns mount over market manipulation
Trump implements 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, 10% on China effective February 4, 2025, with plans for universal 10% tariffs. Senate Democrats later call for SEC investigation after Trump posts “GREAT TIME TO BUY” before announcing tariff pause in April, raising his net worth by $415 million in one day as markets surge 9.5%. Legal experts cite potential market manipulation.
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- Senate Democrats ask SEC to probe Trump and others for potential market manipulation in tariff pause (2025-04-11)
- What Is Insider Trading? Spike in Tariff Trades Sparks Manipulation Claims (2025-04-12)
- Trump's $1.4 trillion gamble with the economy and prices (2025-02-02)
- Did Trump engage in insider trading? Experts say he's unlikely to have legal troubles (2025-04-15)
- Member of Musk's DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface (2025-02-06)
- DOGE will keep limited access to Treasury payments system with 2 associates having 'read-only' view (2025-02-05)
- Bloomberg: 25-Year-Old Musk Aide Given Write Access to $6 Tri (2025-02-04)
- Trump's World Liberty Financial Appears to Buy Crypto Before White House Summit (2025-03-06)
- President Trump's World Liberty Financial Crypto Holdings Cross $388,332,996 Amid New Ethereum Purchases (2025-01-26)
- World Liberty Financial, tied to Trump, grows ETH holdings to $275 million (2025-07-23)
- 25-Year-Old Elon Musk Crony Has Total Control Over Treasury Payments (2025-02-04)
- Marko Elez Resigned the Day His Write Access to Payment Systems Was Discovered (2025-02-12)
- A 25-year-old with Elon Musk ties has direct access to the federal payment system (2025-02-04)
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