Trump’s family and friends are making millions illegally

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Observers have since scrutinised what happened in financial markets in the minutes leading up to the president's post.

At 06:49 ET, traders placed 734 bets on WTI crude oil contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex).

One minute later, that number had jumped to 2,168. That's equivalent to about $170m.

Just before he posted on social media, quite a lot of people took out contracts that would allow them to profit from the oil price falling," said Rachel Winter, a partner at the wealth management firm Killik & Co.

Data for previous Mondays shows that far fewer trades are normally made at that time of day.