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Also insider trading

• javagram 6y ago
  The insider trading argument was proven to be nonsense. He had a <$5000 interest in a mutual fund that fractionally owns the drug manufacturer . For multi-millionaire to care about this would be like dumpster diving for pennies. If anything the drug magically curing coronavirus would make the entire stock market, and his re-election chances, go up dramatically, so there is no need to look for an insider trading argument when plain old wishful thinking/stupidity explains it all.
  • hajile 6y ago
    This is the issue with front-page lies and 9th page retractions.
    • javagram 6y ago
      More like an issue with social media I think. What front page carried an accusation of “insider trading” over the HCQ? It appears to have been a story spread by twitter and facebook posts. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/facebook-posts/trump-has-tiny-financial-stake-company-manufacture/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/facebook-p... Using the “Front page” of a newspaper or reliable news source is much more likely to get real news than social media...