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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,267 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 05:24 PM 5 hrs ago

Fifteen minutes before Trump announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures.

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‪Adam Kinzinger
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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.
New piece ↓
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.
open.substack.com
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.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) 2026-04-21T15:59:24.708Z
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Fifteen minutes before Trump announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago OP
So many coincidences with these people. Remarkable. Amaryllis 5 hrs ago #1
Malcom Nance has frequently stated "Coincidence takes a lot of planning" AZ8theist 3 hrs ago #17
I'll take "Somebody is them" for $100, Alex Bluetus 5 hrs ago #2
The swindler at work. Passages 5 hrs ago #3
He doesn't even try to pretend PatSeg 4 hrs ago #10
Yes. 24/7 Passages 4 hrs ago #11
Was coming here Delphinus 3 hrs ago #21
Hardly unexpected. orangecrush 5 hrs ago #4
Elect a criminal Whip-poor-will 5 hrs ago #5
Is Trumps phone secured GusBob 5 hrs ago #6
Somebody will trickle it down if they only got some more tax cuts IronLionZion 4 hrs ago #7
Would it be safe to assume that in order to move sums of money like $500 million, one would have to be a billionaire? Wiz Imp 3 hrs ago #19
They probably know who it is IronLionZion 3 hrs ago #20
Something similar has happened a bunch of times this year. Wiz Imp 3 hrs ago #23
They do it because they know they won't face consequences IronLionZion 2 hrs ago #24
Kick - we can bet that Chump gets a cut from their "profits" every time he does this FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #8
Not sure how these essentially zero-sum futures trades Disaffected 4 hrs ago #9
Most corrupt admin in US history. BigmanPigman 4 hrs ago #12
I'm sure it's all just a coincidence COL Mustard 4 hrs ago #13
Quite Simply... BurnDoubt 4 hrs ago #14
Put out an APB to all media. miyazaki 3 hrs ago #15
It must be Tuesday OnlinePoker 3 hrs ago #16
They think they're immune from prosecution. They're not. Joinfortmill 3 hrs ago #18
I can't put down in print what I want to happen to every damn one of these crooks. NBachers 3 hrs ago #22

AZ8theist

(7,477 posts)
17. Malcom Nance has frequently stated "Coincidence takes a lot of planning"
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:27 PM
3 hrs ago

This is simply over the top crimeing.

Bluetus

(2,953 posts)
2. I'll take "Somebody is them" for $100, Alex
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 05:43 PM
5 hrs ago

Most likely Don Jr, , Barron, or Steve Bannon.

But it could be literally anybody who promised to split the gains with Trump.

PatSeg

(53,254 posts)
10. He doesn't even try to pretend
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:41 PM
4 hrs ago

he's not swindling the country anymore. It is all in-your-face all the time now.

GusBob

(8,269 posts)
6. Is Trumps phone secured
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:05 PM
5 hrs ago

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)
7. Somebody will trickle it down if they only got some more tax cuts
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:21 PM
4 hrs ago

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)
19. Would it be safe to assume that in order to move sums of money like $500 million, one would have to be a billionaire?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:47 PM
3 hrs ago

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)
20. They probably know who it is
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:54 PM
3 hrs ago

There are all types of records of transactions of that size

Wiz Imp

(10,183 posts)
23. Something similar has happened a bunch of times this year.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:11 PM
3 hrs ago

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)
24. They do it because they know they won't face consequences
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:31 PM
2 hrs ago

they probably share the proceeds with all the right people to prevent any investigation.

Disaffected

(6,479 posts)
9. Not sure how these essentially zero-sum futures trades
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:40 PM
4 hrs ago

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)
12. Most corrupt admin in US history.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:57 PM
4 hrs ago

No one else even comes close. Market Manipulation is tRump's middle name.

COL Mustard

(8,306 posts)
13. I'm sure it's all just a coincidence
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:15 PM
4 hrs ago

I only hope that we get a functioning government that will investigate this crap.

BurnDoubt

(1,821 posts)
14. Quite Simply...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:16 PM
4 hrs ago

This is how he pays them back for making him president. And it doesn’t cost him a cent.
Maybe the signal is when he touches his ear.

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