White House Scrambles to Downplay Shockingly Well-Timed Bets

And when tariffs were announced several times

it's such a fuckin amateur hour over there that I wouldn't be surprised if the 'investigation' is as simple as checking his phone and finding messages to his rich buddies like "hey, I'm gonna make that announcement in a few minutes, so do whatever trades you need now."

What do you think the big “gift” was Trump was talking about. He’s padding his f****** pockets with this illegal war

The SEC is in his pocket. So …. “What’s your point?” -them

UAE $500m crypto deal, Truth Social stock, trump shitcoins pump and dumps.

Don't forget about the hoardes of covid money he was solely in charge of that is unnacounted for

Paul S. Atkins was sworn in as the 34th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2025, after being nominated by President Donald J. Trump in December 2024 and confirmed by the Senate on April 9, 2025. It was set up at the start of Trump’s term. And they act like we don’t know or see what going on! Such an f’ing disgrace!

It’s just a little stock market excursion.

SEC Securities and Exchange Comisson

Yep. Nobody places almost a billion dollars in bets unless they're sure.

Siphoning money straight from the average American's 401k into the pockets of billionaires. I can't handle all this winning!

F*** Kalshi

I dont think this reality has quite set in for most people. A lot of people are still arguing politics. From the day on when trump and his cronies discovered that they can manipulate the market and make billions that way, EVERY SINGLE DECISION has been made to help with that process. To boil it down: trump is quite literally bombing countries to place bets on sites like polymarket. Thats it. No further motives. No politics, no other goals. He figured out that he can make more than he has ever made in his entire life on a single bet and so this is all he is doing right now.

There needs to be trials and accountability after this administration ends otherwise it will just happen again and worse next time.

It'll take decades to fix all the shit they're breaking, and that's only if we get lucky and have principled leadership that whole time. The precedent they're setting is that any shit bag who gets elected can loot the coffirs if they so choose.

I don't understand why I have to follow the rules when they don't. I mean, I do get it, but you know....

[You People Made Me Give Up My Peanut Farm Before I Got To Be President.](https://theonion.com/you-people-made-me-give-up-my-peanut-farm-before-i-got-1819585048/)

and they did in just over a year, astounding, but let's not forget that congress and scotus are complicit as well.

I have zero faith in the recovery of properly functioning government anytime ever. How do you recover from this. You can't regain all the trust we lost. Especially since so many people continue to support this. We'll have a maga scotus majority for 30 years.

And 40% of the country is cheering it on.

Maybe less like N Korea. More like Turkey or Hungary,

Everyone in this administration is going to get a pardon when their time is up. Probably all of Trump's family too.

Not an American, but it is alarming that the Democrats are still acting like this is business as usual politics. The amount of damage and corruption will require concerted efforts to be undone. There are no check and balances.

And with this power they are literally killing (liberal) American citizens and laughing about how many holes they put into another US citizen and she was exhonerated from any crimes.

First term was the test. He knows if he won't be held accountable for actually trying to overthrow the government, then he'd be untouchable. He was right, I guess. We've barely even heard whispers of the word 'impeach' this time around.

LOL the conversative sub would have a melt down if pelosi even did 1% of what the Trump Crime family does

They’re making more on single trades than her and her husband’s combined net worth.

Pelosi's husband was an investment manager. Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi Cruz, is an executive with Goldman Sachs.

I am STILL getting ads about following Pelosi’s investment histories like she’s the single most corrupt politician of all time. (I know - but relatively… come on)

And Hunter Biden /s

Exactly. Scrambling for who exactly? The Daily Beast is click bait trash

Exactly this, they ain't scrambling for shit. Americans have shown they can get fucked over and over and they won't stand for anything at all. Why would these crooks worry about anything? They'll all get pardoned on their way out.

For some reason he’s very charming to stupid and evil people I struggle to understand how but my problem is I’m not evil or stupid enough

Have you seen the average conservative old man? Besides the shit hair piece, they aren’t that much different lol

He was even ugly when he was young. Everyone has hated him even since home alone

I'm in Australia, in one of the most isolated capital cities in the world and he has supporters here. I asked one what makes someone here in Australia admire this US politician. This was his response. Trump actually wants world peace and has a driving desire to free people held down by tyranny and living in oppression. Love him or hate him he actually does want a free world. The new world order is clawing it way into ever corner of the world and the 2030 deadline is approaching fast. Most people have little idea where this planet is heading but Trump actually has a handle on the direction the New World Order is taking. Do some study or keep Your head in the sand I don’t care. Look up 2030 Plan and the 15 Minute City then the Carbon footprint, end of currency all of it that is what Trump is going to stop the stripping of our freedom thanks to the United Nations. I’m not going to explain any more it’s a lot of reading and it’s Trumps doing that we are being made aware. You will have a very different view of the man when You are made aware 👍 just to add our f*** wit illustrious leader is right in the middle of The United Nations fence less prison also worth following up its all in the early stages of starting right now. He's obviously "done his own research", but what rabbit hole does this thinking get fed from?

He really is so chopped and always has been. No chin, a*** mouth, piggy eyes, raw chicken coloring, barrel ribcage, skinny flabby arms, birthing hips, knock knees…

Projection/they like his shitty smugness/latent racism/sexism. Basically, they see him as a permission structure for them to proudly be their worst selves.

He is a tribal “big man”. It’s the earliest form of human organization, before chiefs and proper leaders. When humans were organized as loose “bands”, basically groups of families that stuck together. There was literally a guy who was older and fatter than the rest, the “big man”, sometimes would take multiple partners and sire multiple children. He’s not a good leader, just has more stuff and becomes a default rallying point. Musk is similar. Interesting you can see humans devolving as we progress.

That's why my bet is on Kushner.

I don't understand why the platform pays it out. It's obvious insider info 

I care a lot about the security of our national secrets, and how Clinton’s email server may have put them at risk. That’s why I voted for the guy who kept boxes and boxes of Top Secret files piled up in his home bathroom. Then lied about having them.

Those people are us, at the ballot box. As long as that still works.

I miss hacking the Gibson. Now we are going to have heroin addicted AI dolphins instead. 

This time the market was the S&P500.