BY SRH
In the fifteen minutes beginning at 6:49 AM on March 23, 2026—just fifteen minutes before Trump announced on Truth Social that he was stopping strikes on Iran—a total of $580 million worth of oil futures contracts were executed. This incident exemplifies the phenomenon of individuals seemingly knowing what’s going to happen before it really does. At 6:50 AM, the trading volume was six times higher than usual. It may have been “one of the largest instances of insider trading in history,” according to Representative Ritchie Torres. What he actually said:
Insider trading is the only reasonable explanation for that inquiry. It is statistically impossible to consider any other option. Fifty freshly created Polymarket accounts (polymarket is partially backed by Donald Trump Jr.) gambled heavily on a ceasefire before it was declared on April 7, so it happened again.
A staff-wide email warning employees not to insider trade was sent by the White House in response. This kind of email is typically sent after someone has already done it. At the same time that Trump has envoys from the Persian Gulf states engrossed in the conflict to negotiate with Iran, Jared Kushner is busy soliciting billions of dollars for his private equity fund. There are now only two attorneys working out of the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, which was established after Watergate to bring corrupt officials to justice. Closed is the police station. With the intention of doing so.
In order to avoid the financial press catching up with me, I will tell you right now that the conflict in Iran is not about oil. The question is who governs the supply chain that is responsible for the production of the computers that will be used to rule the planet for the next fifty years. And at this very moment, China is the only nation that is in a position to dominate that supply chain. In every aspect of this, China is the beneficiary. A lack of available helium.
Trump and the tribulation
