Trump profiting from Syria attack

[WOT?*]

He owns shares of Raytheon, manufacturer of the Tomahawk missiles deployed yesterday. Stock is up 2.1%. Lockheed Martin is also up.

bipartisanreport.com/2017/04/07/trump-caught-profiting-from-missiles-used-in-syria-stock-price-skyrockets/

fortune.com/2017/04/07/syria-airstrikes-tomahawk-missile-boeing-raytheon-stock/

[sugarbear]

Saw this earlier. I'm not sure, still, what was the "right" thing to do, but this sickens me.

[lilac05]

Not surprised, but still sickened. And there's nothing that can convince me that his own personal gain didn't play a part in this decision. I'm sure his ratings will go up and he knew he'd financially profit, too. Scumbag.

[isabel]

There aren't curse words appropriate for how I feel about this.

[mbcdefg]

[sushi]

Apr 8, 2017 0:04:20 GMT -5 isabel said:

There aren't curse words appropriate for how I feel about this.

I've run out of words. And I have have words. A lot of words. Tremendous words. Fuck

[WOT?*]

Apr 8, 2017 1:10:12 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Because emotions are saying what words can't.

[curbsideprophet]

Of course he is

[Jalapeñomel]

Trump has business dealing with things happening in the WH and could possibly be informing his decisions? Didn't see that one coming.

[aurora]

If only anyone could have anticipated he might have conflicts of interest.

[starlily]

Oil prices also went up post-attack, so ....

[Deleted]

Never would have imagined this, what with his reputation for honest business dealings and all.

[sofamonkey]

Apr 8, 2017 9:04:31 GMT -5 starlily said:

Oil prices also went up post-attack, so ....

Well, let's just bomb them too! #MAGA

Flickers.
ETA - that's supposed to say fuckers. Lol. Thanks AC!

[sparrowsong]

Trump, just shut up. I mean, really.

[iammalcolmx]

You guys , I looked into this a bit more and think this story is unfair. If you look at the Business Insider article and look at the actual breakdown of his assets you will see he owns a tiny bit of stock in Raytheon. So small I would argue he doesn't even know it's there.

[AAM2012]

Apr 9, 2017 10:16:13 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

You guys , I looked into this a bit more and think this story is unfair. If you look at the Business Insider article and look at the actual breakdown of his assets you will see he owns a tiny bit of stock in Raytheon. So small I would argue he doesn't even know it's there.

But how much do his kids/friends/whatever own?

Mind you, I don't think this is why he made the decision he made (I'm being generous in saying he made the decision) but I still have a huge problem with his profiting in going to Florida every weekend and all the other shit going on.

[iammalcolmx]

Apr 9, 2017 16:26:44 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

Apr 9, 2017 10:16:13 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

You guys , I looked into this a bit more and think this story is unfair. If you look at the Business Insider article and look at the actual breakdown of his assets you will see he owns a tiny bit of stock in Raytheon. So small I would argue he doesn't even know it's there.

But how much do his kids/friends/whatever own?

Mind you, I don't think this is why he made the decision he made (I'm being generous in saying he made the decision) but I still have a huge problem with his profiting in going to Florida every weekend and all the other shit going on.

Who cares what they possibly own?? That's not the point of this thread. This is not a Dick Cheney and Haliburton situation. His trips to Florida don't have a damn thing to do with this. FOCUS PEOPLE!

[WOT?*]

I will be the first to admit that I loathe him, probably unreasonably. But HE DIDN'T DIVEST, so any move he makes will likely be a motive or method to profit from the Presidency. It's not likely that his first thought was "hey, I can make a buck" but with this band of millionaires and billionaires who profit off every move and whose motives are pure dollars-and-cents, it's not UNlikely that this occurred to someone in the chain of decision-making here. Even if it wasn't The Donald making the decision, he profited and it's likely the multiple members of his cabinet did as well.
And they have the balls to call Hillary a war-monger and profiteer. That's my beef.

[sugarglider]

Apr 9, 2017 10:16:13 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

You guys , I looked into this a bit more and think this story is unfair. If you look at the Business Insider article and look at the actual breakdown of his assets you will see he owns a tiny bit of stock in Raytheon. So small I would argue he doesn't even know it's there.

Thanks for digging this info up! Trump is going to do so many problematic things, it's important to stay focused.

[iammalcolmx]

Apr 9, 2017 17:56:27 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

I will be the first to admit that I loathe him, probably unreasonably. But HE DIDN'T DIVEST, so any move he makes will likely be a motive or method to profit from the Presidency. It's not likely that his first thought was "hey, I can make a buck" but with this band of millionaires and billionaires who profit off every move and whose motives are pure dollars-and-cents, it's not UNlikely that this occurred to someone in the chain of decision-making here. Even if it wasn't The Donald making the decision, he profited and it's likely the multiple members of his cabinet did as well.
And they have the balls to call Hillary a war-monger and profiteer. That's my beef.

The breakdown I saw had him owning at most 15k worth of stock in this company where the stock rose 2% as a result of the launch.  If this is the case the money he made seems negligible. If there is proof of anything else you feel is a possibility I am happy to change my stance.  Of course they are hypocrites when it comes to HRC however with the information provided this isn't  good example to use. 

[iammalcolmx]

Apr 9, 2017 19:04:34 GMT -5 sugarglider said:

Apr 9, 2017 10:16:13 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

You guys , I looked into this a bit more and think this story is unfair. If you look at the Business Insider article and look at the actual breakdown of his assets you will see he owns a tiny bit of stock in Raytheon. So small I would argue he doesn't even know it's there.

Thanks for digging this info up! Trump is going to do so many problematic things, it's important to stay focused.

I wanted to do some digging before posting on Facebook. I have seen the story taken off of one on my liberal Facebook groups because the story seems to be a did.