"Before the announcement of major Trump policies, there were multiple instances of suspiciously timed trades."

From completely reversing tariff policies to launching military strikes, the sudden policy shifts of US President Trump have repeatedly disrupted the market. In several of these events, unusual trading occurred in the market before Trump's announcements. The most recent incident was on Monday morning, when Trump posted on the social platform Truth Social, attempting to ease tensions with Iran. Just about 15 minutes before that, mysterious large trades occurred in the oil and S&P 500 index futures market. After the post was published, oil prices fell and the stock market rose. Trump's critics immediately speculated that someone was profiting from insider information. Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy questioned on X: "Who did this? Trump? His family? White House staff? This is corruption. Shocking corruption."