Hawley's stock trading ban sparks drama with White House

[Airyaman]

Seems Trump and Vance don't like the idea of banning stock trades by them. I mean, why manipulate the market with tariff bullshit unless you can grift off of it?

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/29/white-house-lobbies-hawley-stock-trading-ban

So what to do...ah, look at this shit:



Trump can't run again, perfect!

But what about Vance? Poor guy.

 

[Mycroft]

Leave it up to the Congressional Democrats to turn a useful and needed bill into a weapon against Trump.

They really have TDS bad.

 

[Airyaman]

???

 

[Michael Cole]

Leave it up to the Congressional Democrats to turn a useful and needed bill into a weapon against Trump.

Bullshit. It includes the "president and vice president." Any POTUS and VPOTUS. It doesn't say "Trump."

They really have TDS bad.

This post sees and feels Trump's every tiny emotion, real or imagined. That's one helluva case of TDS.

 

[joluoto]

Leave it up to the Congressional Democrats to turn a useful and needed bill into a weapon against Trump.

They really have TDS bad.

This is a bill proposed by a Republican that faces opposition from the White House because it would stop the President and the Vice President from insider trading.
Why should it not stop them too?

 

[hooligan]

Leave it up to the Congressional Democrats to turn a useful and needed bill into a weapon against Trump.

They really have TDS bad.

If these restrictions should apply to members of Congress, why should they NOT apply to the President and VP, exactly?

 

[The Brad Dad]

Leave it up to the Congressional Democrats to turn a useful and needed bill into a weapon against Trump.

They really have TDS bad.

Leave it to Trump to see a bill aimed at hedging corruption as a problem.

 

[Michael Cole]

Separation of powers is the first thing that comes to mind.

Separation of powers has nothing to do with who can be included in law.

 

[Blue Dog]

This is folderol. Sen Hawley is promulgating an idea he knows will go nowhere. Its his puerile way of saying “I tried”

 

[Roadvirus]

Leave it up to the Congressional Democrats to turn a useful and needed bill into a weapon against Trump.

They really have TDS bad.

Why are you upset that the President and Vice President should be included in stock market bans? Why do you want them to be allowed to continue to engage in possible acts of insider trading (a crime) while they are in office?

 

[Airyaman]