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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Niloy Chakrabarti

Market Manipulation Suspicions Grow as Abnormal Trading Detected Minutes Before Trump's Tariff U-turn

Marjorie Greene Taylor bought stocks in the latest market dip, making serious profits. (Credit: Energepic.com/Pexels.com)

Some US investors made profitable stock trades minutes before President Donald Trump deferred the reciprocal tariffs last week, fueling suspicion of insider trading and market manipulation.

The US stock market crashed last Thursday through Friday as Trump was determined to impose exorbitant tariffs on scores of nations. However, benchmark indexes surged to set the biggest single-day rally after he announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs via a Truth Social post on 9th April.

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