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BumRushDaShow

(150,860 posts)
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 03:33 PM Tuesday

Trump Ally Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Tesla, Amazon, Blackstone Before Rally

Source: Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg

Updated Tue, April 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM EDT


(Bloomberg) — Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene sold US Treasuries and bought stakes in Amazon.com (AMZN) Inc., Blackstone (BX) Inc. and Tesla (TSLA) Inc. the day before President Donald Trump put a 90-day pause on retaliatory tariffs and prompted a market rally. Greene, the Georgia Republican who’s a close ally of Trump, revealed the transactions in a financial disclosure last week.

Greene’s trades were executed over two days, April 8 and 9. On the morning of the 9th, Trump posted on social media that it was a “great time to buy.” About four hours later, he announced he was suspending tariffs, propelling the S&P 500 index to a 9.5% gain, its biggest rally since 2008. Greene’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Greene, one of the first lawmakers to file a disclosure since Trump announced his tariffs, is an active trader in stocks, filing eight disclosures so far this year. She’s been particularly bullish on the semiconductor and tech industries. Her sale of Treasuries, though, was the first time she’s sold after buying more than $500,000 of the government-backed securities since the beginning of 2025.

Congressional Democrats have urged investigations into whether people connected to Trump profited from the timing of the tariff announcements. In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said she did not know which officials may have had advance knowledge, but called it “unconscionable” that insiders may have profited from the market volatility.

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-ally-marjorie-taylor-greene-184112118.html

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Trump Ally Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Tesla, Amazon, Blackstone Before Rally (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
Where did empty green get all that money? UpInArms Tuesday #1
But she did. ... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #3
Thanks UpInArms Tuesday #5
I think she inherited some money when her dad died. Haggard Celine Tuesday #7
SHe had 800k when age was elected...n/t Cetacea Wednesday #11
I feel a strong urge to use all kinds of dirty words Walleye Tuesday #2
Yes, I read that and 'c' what you mean. I mean 'u' are right... CurtEastPoint Tuesday #4
😆 Walleye Tuesday #8
I loathe that BigDemVoter Tuesday #6
She's one of the most disgusting...... SergeStorms Tuesday #9
Insider trading - Martha Stewart went to prison for it FakeNoose Tuesday #10

UpInArms

(52,585 posts)
1. Where did empty green get all that money?
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 03:42 PM
Tuesday

Am pretty certain she did not have big bucks in the beginning

Haggard Celine

(17,141 posts)
7. I think she inherited some money when her dad died.
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 03:57 PM
Tuesday

He owned a company, a construction company, I think. I don't think she even lives in her district. That district is probably too poor for her. She bet that the people there were too dumb to care if she represented them well. Maybe she was right.

BigDemVoter

(4,614 posts)
6. I loathe that
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 03:55 PM
Tuesday

POS so much. . . . She is one of the most disgusting members of Congress, and THAT says a lot.

FakeNoose

(37,150 posts)
10. Insider trading - Martha Stewart went to prison for it
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:03 PM
Tuesday

When does Empty Greene get served her federal charges?

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