The markets had some real volatility, particularly on April 9th when at 9:37 in the morning, the President put out on his social media, this is a great time to buy, and initialed it so the minute came from him. And then Later that day, the announcement of tariff pauses came about four hours later at 1:18. Since then, there was just today. Secretary Duffy supposedly that morning traded in 34 companies, including companies affected by tariffs like John Deere and Shopify. Attorney General Bondi also did some trading that morning. (01:15–01:21)
CLAIM
Asserts that a tariff pause announcement was made four hours after the President's social media post.
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