Trump? Maybe. Someone (or many someones) in his cabinet? 100% chance.

considering the amount of grifting he has done so far, absolutely

Shorted the stocks before they crashed the market.

With all these false starts, probably. Trump or anyone of his ghouls have had plenty of time to see what the tariffs were going to do.

If you have to ask if Trump is involved in a scam or a crime, the answer is always yes.

I was just thinking about this earlier. It seems like a very good opportunity to get money now, and the consequences from what the regime is doing is likely to leave many more much more vulnerable to be stolen from, including other billionaries, soon as well.