"GREAT TIME TO BUY" — 90 minutes before the tariff pause that sent the market up 9.5%
April 9, 2025, 9:37am ET: Trump posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" signed "DJT" — which is also the ticker of his own company, Trump Media. At 1:18pm ET he announced a 90-day tariff pause; the S&P 500 closed up 9.5% (its biggest day since 2008) and Trump Media (DJT) jumped ~22%. Senators Schiff and Gallego asked the Office of Government Ethics to investigate whether the president, his family, or administration officials traded on the timing. No finding of wrongdoing has been made; the contr