The world is a huge rat trading.

Author: Deep Tide TechFlow

From Wall Street to blockchain, "mouse warehouse" is not a new term.

It's just that in the past, the mice were somewhat ashamed and kept things hidden, but now they've completely laid their cards on the table and are no longer pretending.

In early 2025, Trump issued Meme coins and manipulated the market under the name of "cryptocurrency strategic reserves." Now, Trump waves the tariff big stick and plays the Sichuan opera, repeatedly changing faces, pushing this conspiracy of power and capital to a historic high.

When the president transforms into a manipulator and regulation becomes a fig leaf, the world has seemingly turned into a giant rat trading arena—while you and I are merely prey in this game.

The White House Turns into a Casino: Trump's Flip-Flopping Skills

"Due to the fact that over 75 countries have contacted the United States expressing a willingness to negotiate, and at my strong suggestion, there has been no retaliation against the United States in any way, form, or shape, I have authorized a 90-day pause, during which the reciprocal tariffs on other countries will be significantly reduced to 10%, effective immediately."

During the US stock market session, Trump's social media remarks caused a dramatic turnaround for the previously anxious three major US stock indices, which surged across the board.

The Dow Jones surged over 2900 points, with a rise of 7.87%, marking the largest increase since March 25, 2020; the S&P 500 index rose by 9.52%, the largest increase since October 29, 2008; the Nasdaq soared by 12.16%, setting the second-largest single-day increase in history.

The "Big Seven" tech giants in the US stock market surged across the board, with a total market value increase of $1.85 trillion (approximately 13.4 trillion yuan) within just one day, and all of this happened in just a few hours.

Interestingly, shortly after the U.S. stock market opened, Trump himself posted on his social media platform Truth Social, stating: "Now is a great time to buy." He also encouraged his followers to "stay calm" and predicted that "everything will be resolved smoothly."

At the time, this statement seemed to be an encouragement to the market, but in light of everything that followed, it inevitably leads to more associations.

According to market data disclosed by Unusual Whales, traders had already opened a large number of call options on $QQQ, $TQQQ, and $SPY before Trump made his "buy" suggestion. Even more shocking is that at a crucial moment just before the announcement of the tariff suspension, someone opened same-day expiration call options on $SPY 509, which skyrocketed an astonishing 2100% within just one hour!

All trading volumes were opened on the same day, which seemed particularly unusual given that the market volatility index (IVR) reached as high as 82 and the implied volatility (IV) was extremely high. Traders appeared to be confident about the market direction and made directional bets with determination.

Using net premium data tracking, it is clear that after these opening operations, more investors followed suit, loading up on call options and betting on a market reversal. All of this points to a disturbing conclusion: someone knew about this significant policy shift in advance.

On X, many people express dissatisfaction but feel helpless.

"Trump used his presidential position to make millions for his family and friends."

"The market is like a casino for those with connections, and we are just the fools at the table."

Ironically, just a few days ago, CNBC reported that Trump was considering suspending tariffs for 90 days on certain countries. At that time, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt quickly came out to debunk the claim, calling it "fake news."

A few days later, this "rumor" actually turned into a "far ahead prophecy."

Trump Plays with the Cryptocurrency World

This is not the first time Trump has manipulated the financial markets this year; he has previously toyed with the crypto world twice.

On March 2, 2025, Trump announced on social media that he would establish a "cryptocurrency strategic reserve," directly driving up the prices of tokens like XRP, SOL, and ADA.

As everyone is curious why BTC and ETH are not mentioned, Trump once again posted on social media, stating, "It is clear that BTC and ETH, along with other valuable cryptocurrencies, will be at the core of reserves. I also like Bitcoin and Ethereum."

Ethereum surged.

However, these measures and actions seem more like the work of Trump's son, with his second son Eric Trump cheering on social media:

I like to announce the genius move of strategic reserves on Sundays, as that is when traditional markets are closed and Wall Street is asleep. Retail investors win for the first time. Traditional finance better catch up, or it will soon become extinct. The world no longer operates from Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.

In response to this "call for orders", the crypto industry is filled with skepticism, also questioning whether members of the Trump family may have engaged in significant insider trading.

In January 2025, during the issuance of the Trump Meme coin, a large amount of insider trading was also lurking.

The data analysis platform Bubblemaps pointed out that an address starting with 6QSc2 received funds 4 hours before the launch of the TRUMP token, and within the first minute of the token's release, spent 1 million dollars to purchase 5.9 million TRUMP.

Subsequently, the entire amount of TRUMP will be transferred from that address to the ff.sol address, and then distributed to 10 addresses in batches for sale, cashing out tens of millions of dollars.

This is just the "tip of the iceberg" of insider trading; the Trump family has publicly cashed out over a hundred million dollars through Meme coins like $TRUMP. In the largely unregulated cryptocurrency market, Trump is even more unscrupulous.

Those familiar with Trump may not be surprised, as he was also questioned during his previous term for allegedly using insider information he created for personal gain.

In 2019, the American magazine "Vanity Fair" published an exclusive report stating that behind Trump's series of seemingly chaotic statements on China-U.S. tariffs lies a highly lucrative insider trading secret.

For example, on June 28, during the last 30 minutes of trading that day, someone made a large bet on going long on S&P futures contracts.

Subsequently, Trump announced the resumption of China-U.S. negotiations in Osaka, Japan. Stimulated by this positive news, the U.S. stock market experienced a significant surge. This mysterious fund that heavily bet on the market made nearly 1.8 billion dollars in profits in just one week.

All crows under heaven are equally black; it's not just Trump, most other officials in the White House are also experts who dominate the financial markets.

For example, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is known as the "Stock God of Capitol Hill" and has many impressive achievements:

In January 2021, before the Biden administration announced subsidies for electric vehicles, Pelosi's husband Paul purchased Tesla stock worth millions of dollars;

In March 2021, Microsoft received a $22 billion order for AR combat helmets from the U.S. Department of Defense, and before the stock price soared, Paul bought Microsoft shares at a low price.

In July 2021, amid antitrust investigations into major U.S. tech companies, Paul went long on Google, which ultimately remained unaffected, leading to a surge in its stock price, and Paul made a fortune.

In July 2022, the U.S. Congress voted on a subsidy bill for chip manufacturing, which aims to provide $52 billion in subsidies to the U.S. chip industry, while Paul had purchased between $1 million and $5 million worth of NVIDIA stocks weeks earlier.

According to OpenSecrets statistics, in 2021, the investment return rate of the Pelosi couple reached 56.15%. In 2024, Pelosi's investment portfolio gained 70.9%, significantly surpassing the 25% increase of the S&P 500 index, as well as the returns of investment legends such as "Oracle of Omaha" Warren Buffett (return rate of 26%), Wall Street "King of Quants" David Shaw, and "Father of Quantitative Investing" Jim Simons.

The Arrogance of Power: The Ultimate Bullying in Financial Markets

Why do we hate front-running so much?

Because this is the bullying of ordinary people who follow the rules by the privileged class.

In the financial market, ordinary investors work hard to research, take risks, and what they pursue is nothing but: fairness, fairness, or fairness.

When a head of state can manipulate the market at will through policy declarations and allow their confidants to position themselves for profit in advance, this is no longer just a matter of insider trading, but a complete distortion of the market mechanism by power.

In the traditional sense, insider trading mostly relies on insider information to profit, acting covertly, and at least being aware that their actions are not honorable.

Nowadays, Trump not only directly creates insider information but also openly promotes it, unabashedly displaying an attitude of "What can you do about it?"

In this era deeply hijacked by power and capital, if even the most basic market fairness cannot be guaranteed, then the so-called globalization and free market economy are nothing more than a one-man show for the power elite.

Perhaps this is the ultimate form of contemporary capitalism - power directly manipulating the market, the elite class openly harvesting global wealth, while the majority can only serve as ignorant pawns in this massive rat trading game.