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@gleick@mas.to

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 (28)

  • @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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  • @pedro_mateus@mas.to 2026-07-02 22:12

    @gleick@mas.to Is it still called insider trading if it's out in the open like that?

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  • @starraven@mastodon.scot 2026-07-02 22:15

    @gleick@mas.to Remember when a President was forced to resign because some members of his party (not even him!) broke into a hotel room? Seems so quaint now, doesn't it?

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  • @clickhere@mastodon.ie 2026-07-02 22:19

    @gleick@mas.to Oh, well.

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  • @Huntn00@mastodon.world 2026-07-02 22:24

    @gleick@mas.to He wears his corruption on his sleeve and dares the sheep to do something about it. Que the sheep transforming into wolves, but that’s more of a fantasy as sheep don’t seem to mind being fleeced. 🤔🐑

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  • @michaelgemar@cosocial.ca 2026-07-02 22:48

    @gleick@mas.to Drain the swamp!

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  • @solownh@mstdn.party 2026-07-02 23:21

    @gleick@mas.to Will the real Jim Comer please stand up? What? Never mind!

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  • @johndgriffith@twit.social 2026-07-02 23:22

    @gleick@mas.to This from the guy who went on and on about Hunter Biden.

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  • @MokhtarStork@zirk.us 2026-07-02 23:45

    @gleick@mas.to I used to think that Harry Houdini was the greatest magician until I got to know Trump. I wonder how all those grassroots Republicans can go along with poverty while he makes money? #US_politics

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  • @MaxG@theblower.au 2026-07-03 01:28

    @gleick@mas.to Where is the FBI raid on Trump HQ???

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  • @humourmetom@newsie.social 2026-07-03 01:36

    @gleick@mas.to Trump's actions make sense only when you imagine him squeezing the US for every penny it's got

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  • @Only_Exception@mstdn.plus 2026-07-03 02:43

    @gleick@mas.to "It is a great time for you all to buy my stock!"

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  • @samueljohnson@mstdn.social 2026-07-03 04:00

    @gleick@mas.to "A Republic, if you can keep it."

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  • @Luuk_Aalders@mastodon.nl 2026-07-04 22:02

    @gleick@mas.to Accept you live in the most corrupt country in the world or.......... do something about it! Unite, fight for your democratic rights, kick those assholes out of your government.

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  • @MissGayle@urbanists.social 2026-07-03 01:07

    @NoBookBanMom@mastodon.social @gleick@mas.to Gotta say Anonymous has been terribly disappointing.

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  • @gleick@mas.to When will trump face consequences for insider trading? Make him an example for all the other members of Congress. Go after Lyndsey Graham next. It would be great if hackers cleared out trump's crypto account too.

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  • @xs4me2@mastodon.social 2026-07-02 23:16

    @gleick@mas.to It is high time to drag this grifting megalomaniac out of the White House. Tarred and feathered…

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  • @gleick@mas.to americans presidents are above the law.

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  • @obscurestar@mastodon.social 2026-07-03 00:59

    @gleick@mas.to Let's all give a big round of thanks to Mitch McConnel and the GOP for not impeaching this idiot when they had the chance and stealing two SCOTUS seats to get his cut. I hope Mitch is enjoying clinging to life, unable to move or speak as he watches the nation burn for his vanity, unable to revel in the Hell he foisted on the rest of us.

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  • @zapradon@mastodon.social 2026-07-03 01:20

    @gleick@mas.to Frankly, I doubt it. Remember when Obama refused to prosecute the Bush cabal and the banksters? And I thought there'd be a massive backlash when Biden and the rest of the Dems came out in favor of genocide. Both sides have been setting the precedents for this since the 70s.

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  • People go to prison for trading on information they should not use. A president has more market-moving information than almost anyone on earth. The rules should be stricter at the top. @gleick@mas.to

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  • @gleick@mas.to Lock him up!

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