The Democrats are reaching a new level of desperation, clinging to their fading strategy of manufacturing scandals against Donald Trump rather than addressing their own declining approval numbers and failed radical policies. Despite clear signs that the public is rejecting their extreme agenda, they refuse to recalibrate or move toward the center. Instead, they double down, recycling smear campaigns in a futile attempt to distract from their mounting governance failures. Their previous attempt to manufacture a scandal was "Signalgate," and that petered out just as I said it would. And yet, they still haven’t learned from their mistakes.
Once again, the Democrats are trying to create a scandal. Their latest attempt? Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is demanding an SEC investigation into Trump's recent tariff pause announcement.
During a CNN "State of the Union" appearance, Warren claimed that potential insider trading occurred before Trump's 90-day tariff pause announcement. When pressed by Jake Tapper for actual evidence, Warren's response was telling.
"Well, there are people who have looked at what happened to purchases and to calls just before he made that announcement that caused the stock market to skyrocket," she said, notably providing zero concrete evidence.
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The Massachusetts senator's accusations stem from Trump's public announcement exempting electronics from the 145% reciprocal tariffs on Chinese imports. Warren characteristically twisted this into allegations of corruption, claiming Trump was giving "special deals" to CEO donors. I’m getting dizzy here, aren’t you? Democrats went from saying tariffs are bad to saying that Trump is bad for pausing tariffs.
“And now, in this trade war with China that basically tries to shut down all trade, and then, right out in plain view, as if the chaos weren't enough, he adds a nice layer of corruption for everyone to see, and that is a special, special deal for his CEO donor, and that is an exception to the China deal for iPhones,” she said.
You just can’t win with them, can you?
"You can't get an economy strong and moving forward when it's loaded with chaos and corruption," Warren declared, seemingly forgetting that public policy announcements affecting markets are a routine part of presidential communications.
Sen. Elizabeth "Lieawatha" Warren explains why she called for an SEC investigation into President Trump.
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She and her comrades are accusing him of "insider trading" after 90-day pause on tariffs.
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The demand for investigation appears to be little more than political theater. Warren's claim that Trump provided "advanced information" to his inner circle conveniently ignores that Trump publicly encouraged Americans to invest before implementing the pause.
Heck, didn’t we all buy the dip?
Warren attempted to deflect by suggesting broader reforms. "We should have a rule that no one in Congress can trade in any individual stocks. No senator, no representative."
Yeah, Republicans have tried to pass legislation banning the practice before. I wonder why it never happened? I’m looking at you, Nancy Pelosi.
But, of course, this pivot to congressional stock trading was a blatant attempt to distract from the weakness of her core allegations.
This new "market manipulation" narrative feels like a desperate attempt to keep the anti-Trump media machine churning, even after the “Signalgate” allegations fell apart. It’s the same tired playbook: When one smear doesn’t land, manufacture another. Democrats are so fixated on bringing Trump down that they’ll toss out any accusation, hoping something—anything—will stick. But just like the others, this one reeks of political theater, built more for headlines than substance. Give it a few news cycles, and they’ll quietly shelve it in favor of the next baseless hit job.
