Day Tripper*

 

In an almost pitiful aside in the grand scheme of things, it has been revealed that Donald Trump likes to dabble as a day trader between naps and insults. The included graphic shows instances where he bought stock and then tried to use his office to pump the stock. The amounts shown are paltry by billionaire standards but the mere fact that he is doing this in the first place is of significant concern.

For Dell, its stock surged to an all-time high of $263.99 following the Trump remark. The same can’t be said of his Thermo Fisher investment. Prior to the Trump visit, his son Don Jr. bought almost a quarter of a mil in stock options and Daddy Trump placed an additional buy order for up to $50k. Trump toured the medical equipment company and proclaimed it to be a “great company,” but their stock still floundered. Micron stock suffered a “correction” around the time of the Trump-Pump statement but rebounded into April and early May.

While this is all “Monopoly Money” for a billionaire, no president should be active in the stock market at any time while in office. These minor investments are certainly not where the real money is in the Trump Grift Machine, but just background noise in the cacophony of corruption.

*Note: The title Day Tripper references the term as in the Beatles 1965 song of the same name. In that instance it was a double entendre to describe someone who took casual, temporary "trips" on drugs but was not deeply invested in the lifestyle. Much the same as a president who dabbles at being president while his only commitment is to personal matters.