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Coolgoober

(424 posts) Tue Jun 16, 2026, 11:56 AM 14 hrs ago

So it (Iran war) was all about market manipulation.

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Trump Says the most important thing now is that the stock market is going up (Original Post) Coolgoober 14 hrs ago OP

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1. Well that was Bondi's excuse when she basically told us to get over the Epstein files. -nt

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:13 PM

13 hrs ago

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2. The stock market will always go up when the billionaires are making money...

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:53 PM

13 hrs ago

They have the power to drive the market up or down. It's one of their favorite places to put their capital.