Recent trading activity involving Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) has drawn scrutiny following significant stock fluctuations ahead of major corporate announcements. Market analysts and ethics experts are examining whether non-public information regarding a potential acquisition of the cryptocurrency platform Bakkt influenced trading patterns. As the President-elect maintains a majority stake in the parent company of Truth Social, the situation highlights unprecedented concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest and the effectiveness of regulatory oversight for a publicly traded company tied directly to the presidency.
- Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group and the crypto-firm Bakkt saw substantial price increases immediately before reports of a potential merger became public.
- Donald Trump holds an approximately 53% stake in TMTG, a position valued at several billion dollars despite the company’s limited revenue.
- Legal experts point to the difficulty the Securities and Exchange Commission may face in investigating a company owned by the sitting President-elect.
- The volatility of the “DJT” stock is frequently linked to political developments rather than traditional financial metrics, making it a unique asset in the public market.
- Ethics advocates are calling for the President-elect to divest his holdings to prevent the perception of “pay-to-play” schemes or insider trading among associates.
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Add it to all the other suspicions of him and his co-conspirators making billions off this royal scam. But as long as he has a Republican Congress (who are also likely cashing in) to protect him nothing is going to stop it.
The MAGA faithful in their silly hats have been so thoroughly fleeced they don't know which end is up.
But it was fine for Nancy Pelosi ,right ??
Why even bother reporting nobody will do anything
YEA, WE ALL KNOW HE IS A CROOK, HE IS DEFINETELY CONTROLLING THE MARKET, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT EVERY TURN
I’ve given up investing in shares and cashed them in until this crook leaves office.
Oh come on… this is like suggesting Trump wanted his supporters to break into the Capitol Building on January 6, or that Trump was a Co-conspirator of Epstein… He would have to put corrupt people in charge of the FBI and DOJ to cover up behaviour like that. 😂
Trump has told everyone in his administration they will get proactive pardons, so there is little chance of effective prosecution.
The dictator dictates how much he intends on reaping.
Something taught in advanced business and economics courses.
BBC IS SO DEEP NEGATIVE FEELING TO POTUS💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩
Martha Stewart was sent to jail but Trump will get away with it as usual. Its so obvious its him and his family profiting
How is this a surprise?
NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT A REGULARLY OCCURING EVENT
Glad finally someone is reporting this. Good job bbc
Never choose a businessman as your country leader but almost half of the world leaders are businessmen
Corruption at its finest!!!
Doesn't matter anymore. Plus Presidents can all just claim immunity now, use Trump as the precedent for it, and abuse the system anyway they want. All thanks to Mitch McConnell and SCOTUS. Just watch and see. 🙂
What’s New!? All they need is 20 mins to notify accordingly….
The trump/kushner crime families.
The Pelosi's AGAIN?
How many truckloads of cash were delivered as ransom to Trumpstein
for the release of the last drug baron released by Trumpstein ???
Money is his god. He likes gold.
I've suspected that for ages. Very convenient for people to profit, including Donald Trump & his cronies, due to Trump-caused market fluctuations. So obvious, but hard to prove against the President????? (Is it hard to prove? Not if this pattern is followed through logically!) Interesting times we live in!
There is SO much corruption and blatant law breaking going on, there is no way anyone will keep up with it all (flood the zone, as Bannon called it) Trump will be long gone (or will have destroyed the entire World) by the time any judge rules on any of this. It is absolutely out of control and the congressional republicans are sitting on their hands watching it – and most likely are being enriched by it.
They stopped worrying about hiding the corruption after the ethics watchdogs and DOJ white-collar crime people were fired. Jared took $2 billion back in 2021 – does anyone really think he negotiated with MBS to have the US bomb the h*** out of Iran in 2026 for nothing?
Various Democrats got Rich doing this stuff. Call them out first since they were first to do it.
Seems more like gambling then trading to me
I Saw That Nothing Can Change Since the Last Fall to Earth
💩Trump Pumps … Trump Dumps💩
🇺🇲 All His Friends Make Money 🇺🇲
🤬The rest of us are Fcuked🤬
This has been obvious since the start. Should have been investigated
Does anyone think that his family and friends aren't in the know before he gives the markets a kick? He's been doing it since day one with his "tarrifs". FFS.
Trump is a CRIMINAL
They will get away with it all
That’s what he’s been doing this whole time.
Everyone knows they are pumping and dumping. This is not a surprise to anyone
I am shocked, shocked that gambling is occurring among our government. Your winnings, sir!
This isn’t breaking news 😂
What happens when a convicted felon is elected
Is anyone surprised? The whole Trump regime is corrupt to the core.
Many of us guessed this was happening as early as Feb – Mar 2025.
This sleazeball has always behaved like a petty trader, not a statesman.
His world ends at the end of his nose. He does everything for personal gain and glory.
Is the bbc still on dial up.
At the Exit Was the Vowel Breath With a Marked Sign
Stock markets, commodity markets totally manipulated… by TACO
we all know it is pure coincidence…..🙄, these persons are just "very very lucky".
open corruption
The smoking gun here is the posts that are untrue like the straight being reopened. congress and the senate need to demand an explanation if not other western countries will see this as predatory insider trading affecting the world economy and start to decouple their financial systems from the US. The effect of this will be bigger than the blowback from actually starting the war.
The Corrupt States of murica…
He wants to buy Epstein island. He needs to do more market manipulation to get the money.