On April 9, 2025, Trump posted 'THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT' roughly four hours before announcing the tariff pause
The S&P 500 closed up 9.5% — one of its strongest sessions in decades — after the afternoon announcement.
Press release: Sen. Schiff joins Sens. Warren, Schumer to call on SEC to launch investigation
Office of Sen. Adam Schiff (schiff.senate.gov) · Primary record
- Link
- https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-joins-sens-warren-schumer-to-call-on-sec-to-launch-investigation-into-possible-trump-tariff-market-manipulation-insider-trading
- Publication date
- Not captured — April 2025; exact release date not captured in the research pass.
- Accessed
- 2026-07-21
- Last verified
- 2026-07-21
- Type
- government_press_release
- Excerpt used
“Before pausing the tariffs that threw markets into disarray, President Trump appears to have previewed his plans to do so on Truth Social: at 9:37 am, he announced, 'THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.' His official announcement of the tariff pause came roughly 4 hours later at 1:18 pm.”
- Notes
- Senatorial press release; includes the timestamps of the April 9, 2025 post and announcement.