Insider trading in the Trump administration? What the experts say

If it walks, talks and quacks like a duck… is it insider trading? Journalist Lachlan Keller joins the podcast to explain a pattern of questionable behavior that has led experts and analysts to believe that people within the Trump administration are using insider trading to place large, lucrative bets on global news events.

We discuss the massive oil commodity trade that took place just hours before Donald Trump announced the US-Iran ceasefire, how prediction market platforms like Polymarket can influence the behavior of White House staffers, and why the $TRUMP memecoin is an excellent case study of how the Trump family is profiting from his presidency.

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