The only winner of the tariff war! In just 6 days, they made a profit of $160 billion, and Trump benefited greatly from his visit to the United States.

Wow, it seems that Trump started the tariff war just to line his own pockets. What he called "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) should actually be "Let the Trump family become great again."

According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, during this tariff war, the Trump family and its followers actually reaped a staggering fortune of $160 billion. Among them, the Trump family's personal gains exceeded $40 billion.

As early as three months before announcing reciprocal tariffs, they had already laid out their plans in advance, purchasing $5 billion worth of S&P 500 put options. When the tariff war began and financial markets became volatile, the S&P 500 index plummeted significantly. That $5 billion instantly turned into $300 billion. What industry on Earth is making money like this?

In summary, the first gain came when Trump announced global tariff hikes and shorted U.S. stocks; the second gain came when Trump released a message at 8 PM saying that tariffs would be suspended for 90 days, causing a rapid surge in U.S. stocks. However, just minutes later, he denied the message, causing U.S. stocks to plummet again. This caused the largest fluctuation in U.S. stock market history within the shortest time frame.

The third gain came when Trump first tweeted that it was a good time to buy, followed by him announcing at a meeting later that evening that tariffs would be suspended for 90 days. While he was speaking behind closed doors, someone quietly bought stocks. It was another huge gain, achieving the highest historical return on a full S&P 500 transaction — 1457 times.

What's even more outrageous is that, ahead of the stock market volatility, the Trump family transferred the Trump Media and Technology Group shares to the eldest son to avoid losses from the crash, with an amount as high as $1.5 billion.

Many people say that Trump changes his words twice a day, and his words don't match up. We underestimated him. Clearly, this was planned. Through the tariff war, he intended to cash out on a large scale. Trump can truly be described as calculating everything. He isn't even discreet about it; he directly urged people on social platforms to buy his stocks. This move left even veteran Wall Streeters stunned: the president's tweets are more effective than the Federal Reserve's rate hikes. When journalists questioned whether Trump was manipulating the stock market, he took pride in it.

The behavior of Trump closely linking political power with capital operations and treating global stock investors as韭菜to be harvested can only be described as: the United States will eventually suffer.

Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1829120956421195/

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