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Democrats Call for Insider Trading Investigation Over Trump Tariff Pause
Above: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, during a confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2025. Image copyright: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Spin
Democratic narrative
It's very likely that Donald Trump and his administration carried out the biggest-ever insider trading and market manipulation ever, pushing the country further into recession to allow his cronies to make a lot of money. With trust in financial markets on the line, Congress must assert its investigative powers now.
Republican narrative
It's absurd to claim that President Trump manipulated the market as his post on Truth Social was aimed at reassuring Americans and the markets about their economic security amid nonstop media fearmongering. Democrats know that. It's clear that their call for investigations is just them playing partisan games.