Trump plays with fire
And using privileged information is very dangerous; it is playing with fire. Especially when someone feels absolutely invested by the grace of God and the majority of the people and feels all-powerful to do and say whatever they want and, above all, whatever is in their best interest and brings them the most profit of any kind.
This is the case of Donald Trump. It is hard to believe that in an administration like that of the United States the possible consequences of decisions are not planned, studied and foreseen down to the smallest detail, but from what we have seen in recent days, appearances indicate that Trump makes and undoes as he goes along. But we must not rule out the possibility that he could have a serious problem because he not only does what he wants, but also boasts and gloats about what he does, but his arrogance takes its toll because he cannot repress the urge to shout it from the rooftops, always with a defiant and rude attitude.
He wasn't thinking about the famous anecdote of the bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín with the diva Ava Gardner: the most important thing is to tell it. In this case, Trump's greatest pleasure lies in crushing his opponents and appearing as the smartest and most powerful. And it's not about the very intellectual reflection he made: ‘Now they're all kissing my ass’. His eccentric tastes are well known. It's about money, a lot of money that some lose and others win. And here Trump can have a very dangerous sword of Damocles because he has played with fire and the counterpowers in the United States fortunately work.
When Trump claims that we have made a lot of money from the political and commercial management of the announcement of the application of tariffs, he is not just referring to the coffers of the US state, he is referring to a scene recorded on video and broadcast on television, a very obscene scene, by the way, in which several supposed friends are seen gathered in the Oval Office of the White House.
And you, how much have you earned? And you and you? Millions of dollars. The problem for Trump may be the message he sent out on social media recommending the purchase of shares a few hours before announcing the decision to postpone the application of sanctions for 90 days. The reaction of the stock markets after multi-million dollar losses was a sharp rise, so that those who had bought not only made up for what they had lost, but also made a lot of money. Insider information because he made the decisions afterwards.
The immediate question is, have Trump himself and his companies also done this, have they also made millions of dollars? It is assumed that everyone put pressure on him, especially the tech moguls, to end the tariff stunt that had caused them to lose billions of dollars.
In short, beware because in these matters, American justice and the tax authorities tend to be very demanding, and, above all, those who have lost a lot of money and not only tycoons but also ordinary citizens with their savings in the stock market, in investment funds, something common in the United States, because lawsuits may start to fall.
Meanwhile, we have Pedro Sánchez with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, a rather inopportune visit that will have its consequences. At the moment, thinking of China as an alternative to the United States is a very serious mistake. It's like cutting off your nose to spite your face, warns US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. China may be a trading partner but not a strategic partner, for many very obvious reasons.