Trumps buy tip on social media before his tariffs pause made money for investors who listened [Video]

When Donald Trump offered some financial advice Wednesday morning, stocks were wavering between gains and losses.

But that was about to change.

“THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT,” he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social at 9:37 a.m.

Less than four hours later, Trump announced a 90-day pause on nearly all his tariffs. Stocks soared on the news, closing up 9.5 per cent by the end of trading. The market, measured by the S&P 500, gained back about US$4-trillion, or 70 per cent, of the value it had lost over the previous four trading days.

It was a prescient call by the president. Maybe too prescient.

“He’s loving this, this control over markets, but he better …