Analysis of Trump's Stock Trading and Allegations of Unprecedented Corruption
By
Ryan Bort
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The article argues that Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in U.S. history, citing evidence such as his stock portfolio making 3,600 trades in the first quarter of the year (nearly 60 per day), with many trades suspiciously timed to benefit from his own administration's actions. It also alleges he established a $1.8 billion slush fund to funnel taxpayer money to his cronies, positioning this corruption as potentially his political undoing.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledThere has never been a president as corrupt as Donald Trump. There is no close second in our history.
His stock portfolio made 3,600 trades — an average of nearly 60 a day.
This is a rapacious pace that would make a day trader on meth blush.
Many of these appear suspiciously timed to benefit from actions approved by the president himself.
His Nvidia stock surged after Trump announced the company would be permitted to sell its cutting-edge AI chips to...
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