Local time on April 9th, Trump called for investors to buy into the stock market, urging them to purchase US stocks and stating that this was a great opportunity to buy.
Four hours later, Trump announced a temporary suspension of certain "reciprocal tariffs", causing US stocks to soar in response.
His billionaire friend, Charles Schwab, Chairman of Charles Schwab, made 2.5 billion USD in one day on the stock market.
On the same day, Trump's company surged over 21%, Tesla rose over 22%, marking its highest single-day increase since 2013. Musk's net worth increased by 36 billion USD that day.
American public opinion questioned whether he and his associates were manipulating the stock market or engaging in insider trading to reap huge profits, accusing him of "profiting from the pain of the American people".
All his actions were out in the open, making Trump quite the tough character.
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