According to BBC report, suspicious deals worth millions of dollars took place just before Donald Trump’s big announcements. This raises suspicion of insider trading, in which someone is earning illegal profits from the market by leaking inside information. Many such incidents have come to light in the oil and stock markets.
If US President Donald Trump is about to make a big announcement and just a few hours or minutes before that, a game worth millions and billions of dollars happens in the stock market, then it is natural to be suspicious. A new BBC report has made some such sensational revelations, due to which the genie of ‘insider trading’ has once again come out.
According to the report, just before every major announcement by Trump, unusual deals worth millions of dollars are taking place in the international markets. This has deepened the suspicion that some ‘inside’ person is leaking intelligence related to the announcement. Using this information, some people are making big money within minutes by investing money in the market even before the announcement. This is called ‘insider trading’, which is an illegal act. BBC found in its investigation that whenever Trump is about to give a social media post or interview, the flow of money in the market suddenly increases.
There was panic in the oil market
This matter becomes even more serious due to two incidents that happened last March…
March 9, 2026: Trump said in an interview that the Israel-Iran war is about to end. Just 47 minutes before he said this, someone bet a large amount of money on the oil market. As soon as the interview came out, oil prices fell by 25%. Whoever played this bet earned crores within minutes.
March 23, 2026: Trump posted on his ‘Truth Social’ platform that issues with Iran have been resolved. Just 14 minutes before this post appeared, there was another strange movement in the markets. Within moments, oil prices fell by 11%.
Big game in stock market too
Something similar happened in April 2025 also. Trump announced a temporary halt to tariffs on foreign goods. Minutes before this announcement, some people bet about $2 million on the idea that the stock market would go up. As soon as the announcement was made, the market jumped and these people made a profit of about 20 million dollars.
Prediction Market and Trump Jr.’s Connection
This dubious game is not limited to just the stock or oil markets. Such deals have also taken place in online prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. These are websites where people place bets on the outcome of political or other events.
Surprisingly, Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. is also an investor and advisor in these platforms. In one case, someone predicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s ouster from power a day in advance and made a profit of more than $400,000. Similarly, in February, just before the military action against Iran, about $1.2 million was benefited from six accounts.
What does the law say?
Insider trading has been a crime in the US since 1933. In 2012, this law was changed to include government officials also under its purview. However, experts believe that it is very difficult to find out from where the information is leaking. The White House or the US market regulatory body SEC has not commented on these allegations. However, earlier a White House spokesperson had termed such allegations as baseless. Now when the eyes of the world are on Trump’s every move, these financial deals related to his announcements can become the cause of a big political storm in the coming days.