Trump filed a disclosure showing he dumped up to $25 million each in Microsoft and Amazon stock in July. The sales happened when the Mag 7 stocks rallied on July 20, adding $291 billion in market value that day. He sold over 1,100 positions total. Impeccable timing.
The man who made a career telling everyone else they were fired just fired his own portfolio at what appears to be the exact wrong moment. The Mag 7 had their best day in months. He sold into it. Not after. Not before. During.
Technical analysis would have told him nothing because technical analysis tells everyone nothing. The charts said buy. The charts said sell. The charts said a golden cross was forming in the shape of a bald eagle. None of it mattered. He sold anyway.
You spent July watching your three shares of Amazon wondering if this was finally the breakout. You held through every dip. You read the earnings reports. You subscribed to a Discord that promised alpha. Trump sold $25 million and walked away.
The disclosure listed more than 1,100 trades. One thousand one hundred. He was busier than a retail trader with a Robinhood account and a stimulus check. Except he was moving real money while you were calculating if you could afford the Wendy's four-for-four.
Nobody knows why he sold. Nobody knows if it mattered. The market ripped higher without him. Microsoft kept climbing. Amazon kept climbing. The Mag 7 added nearly $300 billion in value and his shares were already gone, probably sitting in Treasury bonds earning three percent like a retiree in Boca.
The lesson here is that even people with $25 million positions have no f*cking clue what comes next.
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