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Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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https://open.substack.com/pub/adamkinzinger/p/this-isnt-trading-its-theft-from
This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement.
Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.
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11:59 AM · Apr 21, 2026
Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved 0 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
— Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) 2026-04-21T15:59:24.708Z
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Amaryllis
(11,348 posts)AZ8theist
(7,477 posts)This is simply over the top crimeing.
Bluetus
(2,953 posts)Most likely Don Jr, , Barron, or Steve Bannon.
But it could be literally anybody who promised to split the gains with Trump.
Passages
(4,291 posts)PatSeg
(53,254 posts)he's not swindling the country anymore. It is all in-your-face all the time now.
Passages
(4,291 posts)Delphinus
(12,533 posts)to say something similar.
So gd tired of this effing bs.
orangecrush
(30,691 posts)Whip-poor-will
(346 posts)Elect a criminal expect some crimeing
GusBob
(8,269 posts)Thom Hartmann pointed this out today
The bad actors , even our enemies could be profiting off the pensions. That somebody
Putin is ex KGB
IronLionZion
(51,436 posts)there are a limited number of people who can casually move $500 million like that. SEC could find out who and prosecute them for insider trading if they weren't controlled by a corrupt administration of grifters.
Wiz Imp
(10,183 posts)There are less than 1000 billionaires in the US, so it should be extremely easy for the SEC to identify the culprit(s) .
IronLionZion
(51,436 posts)There are all types of records of transactions of that size
Wiz Imp
(10,183 posts)I wonder if its been the same person each time? Whoever has done it should be arrested along with Trump or whoever is feeding them the info. Of course that's not going to happen.
IronLionZion
(51,436 posts)they probably share the proceeds with all the right people to prevent any investigation.
FakeNoose
(41,977 posts)
Disaffected
(6,479 posts)affect pensions etc. The gainers are the crooks but the "losers" here are those also playing the futures market.
IOWs, if you don't want to get burned by insider trading, don't be a trader.
BigmanPigman
(55,324 posts)No one else even comes close. Market Manipulation is tRump's middle name.
COL Mustard
(8,306 posts)I only hope that we get a functioning government that will investigate this crap.
BurnDoubt
(1,821 posts)This is how he pays them back for making him president. And it doesnt cost him a cent.
Maybe the signal is when he touches his ear.
miyazaki
(2,664 posts)OnlinePoker
(6,139 posts)He TACOed again.