How do political figures like Trump profit from the market volatility they create? Examples inside.

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At this point it feels like the strategy is simple:
Create massive political/economic waves
Markets panic or overreact
Pre-position trades before the announcement
Bull market? Profit.
Bear market? Profit.
Tariffs, sudden policy reversals, Truth Social posts, threats, hype cycles — the volatility itself becomes the asset.
You don’t even need to predict direction when you control the wave.
Everyone else debates politics while someone somewhere is trading the reaction before the public fully catches up.
Make waves → trigger volatility → collect gains → repeat.
Boom. Richer than yesterday. 💰

NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/trump-stock-trades.html