The Zen Lady1d ago
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Show threadLux 1d ago

@vicfroh Hi ! would you mind adding an alt text to the image ? It'll make your toot accessible to everyone.

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Let me explain what just happened 👇
5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil.

5 minutes…

These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch.

There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made.

Someone in that room picked up a phone.
And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars.

American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it.

#alt4you

Edit : Thanks a lot !

Show threadMurdoc Addams 🧛🏻 🇨🇦1d ago
@vicfroh
As they say, the business of politics is business.
😞
Show threadTanek Rune1d ago
@vicfroh
We've reached the part of capitalism where the rich are waterboarding the populations of entire countries just to milk a little more profit out of them. What progress.
Show threadI_give_u_worms1d ago
@vicfroh #Graft
Show threadSimon1d ago
@vicfroh The post does not share a single source or evidence for this claim and I couldn’t find any reports on this. While I won’t dispute that the trump regime is a bunch of corrupt grifters, sharing probably false rumours doesn’t seem very helpful.
Show threadMFreeze1d ago
@smrqdt @vicfroh Hi, here are some sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/volume-in-stock-and-oil-futures-surged-minutes-before-trumps-market-turning-post.html, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/2-billion-mystery-bet-who-invested-just-five-minutes-before-trumps-comment-on-us-iran-talks/articleshow/129772501.cms. I guess that, if it happens to be confirmed, a little bit more sources wille be available...
Show threadRastal1d ago
@vicfroh "War is a racket" - Smedley Butler.
Show threadTheRiver20101d ago

@vicfroh

Selbst in den USA gibts noch Regeln gegen Insiderhandel.

Even in the USA there are still rules against insider-trading.

Show threadCourt Cantrell does not comply1d ago

@TheRiver2010 @vicfroh

So isses, aber anscheinend gibt es niemanden, der diese Regeln tatsächlich durchsetzen wird.

That's true, but apparently there's nobody who's actually going to enforce those rules.

Show threadBuds_Always_Have_Elbows_Up 🇨🇦1d ago
@vicfroh
I say again for those in the back.
HOW THE FUCK DO THEY NOT KNOW WHO THIS IS!! #Corruption #USpol #USA #ffs
Show threadDoomstrike1d ago
@vicfroh
That post is bullshit, there was evidence of a lot of additional trading in the lead up to it, but that post greatly exaggerates it and makes it then easier to just declare this "fake news"
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cg547ljepvzo
Oil traders bet millions ahead of Trump's Iran talks post

Market data shows the amount of oil trade rose before the US President said he would postpone attacks on Iran's power plants.

Show threadgrrl_aex1d ago
@vicfroh
This sort of grift, along with many other varieties of grift, has been going on since this guy took office. It's been _continuous_. This is just the latest (that we know about).
Show threadVon Xylofon6h ago
@vicfroh Everybody in this so-called administration (if it can so be called) is so ostentatiously above the law that I would be surprised if they didn't do this.