Traders Profit from Trump's Announcements

0:00It's April 19th. Global news today starts now, AI powered and always on. Traders have been dropping millions in bets right before President Trump's big announcements during his second term, and the pattern is raising red, flags for insider trading. Data from financial markets shows huge spikes in trades, sometimes minutes or hours ahead of his social media posts or interviews on stuff like the US Israel, war with Iran and global tariffs. For instance, on March 9th, 2026, oil futures surged 47 minutes before Trump said the war was nearly over, leading to a 25% price drop that netted those early betters millions. Then there's the April 9th, 2025, tariff pause announcement, traders piled into stock bets 18 minutes early, riding a nine point, 5% S&P surge for up to 20 million in profits, analysts call it textbook insider trading, with Democrats pushing the SEC for probes, but the agency in White House states silent.

1:01Prediction markets like Polymarket saw shady accounts pop up too, $11436,000 when Maduro got seized on January 3rd, 2026, and 6 others pocketed 1.2 million on Iran strikes. Even Trump's son invests in these platforms, sparking more questions, though they claim strong integrity rules now, experts say, proving it is tough since regulators need the exact info source, and no one's been charged yet, despite law since 1933. This trading frenzy highlights how unpredictable Trump moves keep markets on edge, with watchdog circling, but no big bust so far.