So here is something that I have not seem discussed in depth. It seems pretty clear that Trump is going to use the POTUS for profit. He can most easily do so by encouraging foreign governments and foriegn and domestic contractors to stay at his hotel and buy membership at his golf courses, or even dress is his family clothing lines, but how about more subtle means.
So far Trump has had insider knowledge of at three major corporate events. Boing stock went down 1.4% after Trump tweeted negatively about them. He probably profited directly from his Carrier bailout. And today Lockheed stock went down about 4% after Trump Tweeted that he was going to go after military waste, particularly the plane they are building.
So what is to prevent him from using one of his many shell corporations to profit off these tweets. Say short stock the day before, send the tweet before shortly before the market opens, then watch the money roll in. No one is seriously going to end the F-35 program. A conservative congress has always loved wasting money on military projects, it is the only kind of welfare they like. It is possible, even likely, that someone put a piece of paper in front of him and he disrupted the market just for entertainment purposes. It is also possible that this is going to be a pattern with him. Profit through insider trading.