Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Impeccable Timing on Tariffs and Stocks Is Definitely Just a Coincidence, Say Extremely Chill Journalists
April 2, 2025 – Washington, D.C. / Free Market Theater In what is surely one of the most statistically improbable—but absolutely innocent—sequences of events in modern political history, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene made two stunningly well-timed financial moves just hours before major White House trade policy announcements. And yet, the press seems content to call it what it most certainly is: “coincidence.” A beautiful, God-fearing, flag-waving, financial coincidence. First Stroke of Luck: T-Bills & Tariff Whispers Last Tuesday, Greene made a seven-figure purchase of short-term Treasury bills , mere hours before President Trump announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on a range of imports. The tariffs sent markets into a nosedive and drove investors to the safest haven available: Treasury bills . And who was sitting pretty in her camo-print congressional office chair, sipping sweet tea over a yield curve? “I just really like government debt,” Greene told reporters...