While American forces were preparing for possible conflict with Iran, somebody else appeared to be preparing for payday.
Federal investigators are now digging into what could become one of the largest insider trading scandals tied to national security in modern U.S. history after a series of massive oil market bets correctly predicted sensitive Trump administration decisions with near-perfect timing.
The numbers are staggering.
More than $2.6 billion in trades were placed ahead of four major Iran-related announcements tied to President Donald Trump’s military and diplomatic strategy. Each trade landed minutes before market-shifting news became public. Every time, the traders walked away with enormous profits.
Now the Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are reportedly tracing the money trail — and attention is turning toward people who may have had access to highly classified conversations inside the White House itself.
The first eyebrow-raising move happened March 23.
At the time, there had been no public sign that Trump was considering holding off on planned strikes targeting Iran’s power infrastructure. The administration’s rhetoric remained aggressive, and tensions in the Middle East were escalating rapidly.
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