Also now would be a great time for Congress to pass a law limiting his ability to do tariffs. He still needs to lift tariffs in China otherwise we are still in trouble.

Somebody just got filthy rich and it wasn't you or me.

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 9 April 2025 at 18:26

Yeah...

Is Trump a coward or was this plain old market manipulation, or both? Lol.

It's almost a certainty that he told his friends and family beforehand to buy because he's pausing the tariffs.

I told everyone this was a scam the whole time.  He just stole unbelievable amounts of money.

His Republican buddies are probably being given heads up too.

Earlier today he was literally telling people to buy on Truth Social, Lmao.

Breaking out the meme again.

Time to repeat the same shit in 90 days from now. Lmao.

And his MAGA fanbase won't be the ones getting rich but his billionaire friends.

But yeah those China tariffs are still nasty, Lol.

Markets may recover a decent amount but the American people will be hit hard if they aren't reversed soon and when small businesses start closing, the economy will be fucked either way, not instantly but overtime.

one of the most accurate memes out there

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 9 April 2025 at 18:30

REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here?

BESSENT: No

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 9 April 2025 at 18:43

Hahahaha.

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 9 April 2025 at 19:18

Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.

You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls

RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.

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— Unusual Whales (@unusualwhales.bsky.social) 9 April 2025 at 19:21

Don't worry, I'm sure there are many who will investigate this. Or maybe there is nobody left who could investigate it lol

TL;DR: The new U.S. tariff rate against our two largest trading partners is either 10%, 25% or 35%, and so far no one I've reached out to at the White House is able to tell me which.

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— Megan Cassella (@megancnbc.bsky.social) 9 April 2025 at 19:38

Nobody knows what is happening.

Trump on why he announced a tariffs pause: "I thought people were jumping a bit out of line. They were getting a little bit yipee."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 9 April 2025 at 20:08

I thought it was because they were being nice by not retaliating?

Trump on the markets: "Up 2500 points. Nobody has ever heard of it. Gotta be a record."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 9 April 2025 at 20:01

Bruh. Cause you fucking crashed it in the first place, Lmfao.