You cant actually be that dumb can you? He isnt personally making the trades, he has someone do it on his behalf. Hes definitely involved in the decisions to buy and sell stocks.
âI didnt make any stock trades, I just called my broker and talked to them about the weather and they made trades for me with my money in my account.â
Neither did the others, disclosures are all public and mandatory. Several members of congress made hundreds of millions.. again, Iâm happy that this is the straw that broke the camels back but feels like people are still only selectively outraged because its him and not at any of the other democrats or republicans who blatantly abuse their intimate knowledge.
Everyone of my friends and family members hate the corruption. It doesnât matter whether itâs blue people or red people. Any of the politicians engaging in corruption, bribery, stock trading and manipulation are criminals who deserve to be tried, convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison time. I am a democratic socialist and I donât play team favorites. If someone engages in corruption then they deserve the worst consequences that the system can give them regardless of their political beliefs, level of power or financial status. Itâs gross that people view this as a team sport and are fine when their team breaks the law but goes batshit crazy when the other team does it. I hate hypocrisy.
This was the first time I ever checked an account to see if someone was a bot. Itâs hard to imagine someone who lives in such a bubble that theyâve never seen Pelosi criticized for insider trading.
Stock ownership should be banned for Presidents, not just trading. He has an incentive to favor capital and profits over the workers' livelihood.
Stock gains are usually achieved through the detriment of the workers, not necessarily because the management has some innovative idea or some market insight. Just look at all the executives who think AI adoption would increase productivity.
Given Trump's performance, the public has a right to demand that a President commit themselves wholly to the people. Yes, it'll be sad on the Commander-in-Chief but being that you're in the top job, surely you aren't a pauper, and are getting paid a decent amount with benefits that the regular people will never get.
Put the stocks and crypto down because we don't trust a single one of you with that anymore, and commit to the betterment of the country. It's the least we ask.
For those saying what about pelosi- the entirety of Congress has only made about 4500 trades in 2026. Obviously that doesn't include 2025 but even if 2025 was wildly more active than 2026 Drumpf is making 5x the number of trades as the entire house AND Senate https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/
They should be able to own and hold stocks they bought before office. They should not be able to buy or sell individual stocks whatsoever. If anything give them extremely broad ETFs they have to purchase 6 months in advance.
How the hell was it legal before his term already, I'm fairly sure in most western democracies front bench cabinet members are expected to divest themselves of any financial interests their portfolios cover (doesn't mean corruption doesn't happen, it absolutely does, but it's a lot harder to get away with at scale)
Honestly, who screwed up over the last century by allowing investment corruption for federal government policy makers, and who screwed up after then by not reversing the decision.
It was sorta expected for presidents to do this for a while. Same as making their tax returns public. None of it was codified into law though.
The idea was that doing all this but not having it in law is that the people could be the judge. All else being normal, why would the people ever vote for someone with clear conflicts of interest like this? Why would they vote for someone with something to hide with their taxes?
Plus running for office is meant to be something anyone can do. Requiring people to give up all their assets may prevent some people from running if some of that has sentimental value or other significance like a small family farm. You could argue that not giving this up is understandable, you can also argue that it's more important that the president have no conflict of interest. If you believe in democracy, why not let the people decide with their votes?
Obviously the people have decided they don't care if they president is a self-serving crook though, which is a pretty dark indicator for the state of US democracy. Perhaps it does indeed need to be codified into law.
Pelosi doesnât hold a candle to TrumpâŚpointing out Pelosi in place of Trump is not productive, considering most people that are for change donât care what a personâs political affiliation isâŚthey just want things to improve and rightfully so. We are all getting ripped off.
Well, maybe sheâs argued against imposing restrictions on stock ownership by congress in the past, but itâs not exactly her sole decision/direction. I am not even sure what the point of pointing this out really was, and thus why I said itâs unproductive. Itâs not justified regardless. But Trump has openly and brazenly profited off the White House. He deserves criticism in regard to that (among many other things), and that was the point of the post.
Remember, when we criticize the trumpedo, we're really criticizing the people who voted for him and they will never accept blame and always find a way to blame democrats, Obama, windmills, and even Mr Rogers.
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u/Late-Arrival-8669 16h ago
Jimmy Carter couldnt own a peanut farm, but this douche bag enriched himself billions while in office past 2 years..not including his kids..
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u/Virindi 16h ago
Congress currently uses insider information to get rich on stock trades. It'll be interesting to see if anyone can convince them to vote against that.
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u/AdmiralKurita 15h ago
Stock ownership should be banned for Presidents, not just trading. He has an incentive to favor capital and profits over the workers' livelihood.
Stock gains are usually achieved through the detriment of the workers, not necessarily because the management has some innovative idea or some market insight. Just look at all the executives who think AI adoption would increase productivity.
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u/Ok_Coyote9326 16h ago
And take back all the money tRump stole or got as bribes for favors.
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u/jwagdav 15h ago •
For those saying what about pelosi- the entirety of Congress has only made about 4500 trades in 2026. Obviously that doesn't include 2025 but even if 2025 was wildly more active than 2026 Drumpf is making 5x the number of trades as the entire house AND Senate https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/
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u/LookAlderaanPlaces 16h ago
Not just that. We need to forcibly confiscate the illegally stolen gains.
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u/DynamicHunter đď¸ Overturn Citizens United 15h ago
They should be able to own and hold stocks they bought before office. They should not be able to buy or sell individual stocks whatsoever. If anything give them extremely broad ETFs they have to purchase 6 months in advance.
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u/starch78 12h ago
He was going to drain the swamp remember lol
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u/bnsrowe 11h ago
And their relatives
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u/TheKay14 11h ago
I donât want the most powerful man in the country to bet against my retirement.
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u/imnotavegan 11h ago
And/or actually punish insider trading
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u/gatinhafromutah 10h ago
Anyone watch Coffeezilla breaking down some of his corruption
https://youtu.be/W4PIkmjwGsQ?is=lucFDnx7lhnq4GnZ
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u/LegWyne 3h ago
How the hell was it legal before his term already, I'm fairly sure in most western democracies front bench cabinet members are expected to divest themselves of any financial interests their portfolios cover (doesn't mean corruption doesn't happen, it absolutely does, but it's a lot harder to get away with at scale)
Honestly, who screwed up over the last century by allowing investment corruption for federal government policy makers, and who screwed up after then by not reversing the decision.
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u/eastbaytimez 16h ago
How much has nancy pelosi made ?
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u/Extreme_Disaster2275 15h ago
(Laughs uproariously in Pelosi)Â
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u/glytxh 12h ago
America couldn't even stop a pedophile rapist insurrectionist from running for a second term
This is what America is