White House Scrambles to Downplay Shockingly Well-Timed Bets

Huge bets keep surfacing on prediction platforms right before President Trump jolts the markets with surprise announcements—but the White House insists there is nothing to see here.

The latest flashpoint came early Monday, when an abrupt burst of oil-futures trading hit the market about 15 minutes before Trump announced he was delaying threatened strikes on Iranian energy targets.

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