What Doordash, Dell and Palantir all have in common
The Indicator from Planet Money

What Doordash, Dell and Palantir all have in common

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 24, 20267 min

President Trump and his money managers made more stock trades since his second term started than all members of Congress combined. The White House says there is no conflict of interest. Today on the show, we look at three companies he’s traded in that raise ethical flags because of their relationship with the federal government. Fact checking by Sierra Juarez. Your Next Listen — Did Trump enable insider trading? Connect with The Indicator — Sign up for The Indicator’s weekly newsletter! — Buy the Planet Money book — Find our socials, YouTube and more! — F...

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NPR. This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Waylon Wong. And I'm Adrian Ma.

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President Trump loves talking about the stock market. And when he gets going, let's just say he sounds more CNBC than C-SPAN. We have a hot country. It's going to go up.

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I think the market's going to go through the roof. I don't know how many of you people watch the stock market, but if the stock market's good, that's good for everybody. It's good for you. Good for everybody.

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