Stock markets, which have fully devolved into a circus animal responding to the one stimulus they know, bought the dip hard on the president's word. Even before this insane AI rally where stock markets are doing their best crypto impression, the concept of smart money in finance was not defined by the number-go-up traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Taking centre stage is Josh Paul, former director of congressional and public affairs at the US Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. In 2023, Paul resigned in protest over the US's role in enabling Israel's war on Gaza. Since then, he has co-founded A New Policy, a political organisation pushing for change in US policy towards Palestine and Israel.