that's exactly what it is actually

Because the man has no filter, he felt the need to say the quiet part out loud about his buddies profiting from this grift.

It's probably other stupid things as well, but it's definitely market manipulation.

Uh, it is all market manipulation. Tarrifs, subsidies, grants, hell, even tax breaks on selected things, sectors, etc.. China. The EU and the USA, well most countries do it.

Anyway, the point here is that no one who knows how to play the market should have moved a dime through the fluctuations but many people get overly jumpy for no reason. This crap will pass but the media is fear mongering a bit too much.

Yes, those who wanted to play with risk, could have bought into the dip. You do not have to be a millionaire/billionate to know or do any of this. You just have to be in the market as to make some money. Like Google is not going out of business, if the stock went down then yeah why not buy into it?

I recall that when the Iraq war broke out, tons of soulless stockbrokers went nuts into American weapon manufacturers, specifically corps that made missile parts.

It is always the same and the same thing happens all the time. Same with the Ukrainian war. Guess who invested in weapon manufacturers again?

Of course it is. His two primary characteristics are that he is a Traitor, and breath-takingingly Corrupt.