How do we know Drumpf's attack on Nordstrom isn't part of an ersatz pump and dump scheme?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

He alerts his pals he is going to attack the company and consequently its stock will go down.

They sell it and buy it back cheaper.

[lame54]

1. explain

[bettyellen]

2. Stock manipulation

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. He alerts his pals he is going to attack the company any consequently its stock will go down.

They sell it and buy it back cheaper.

[Orrex]

3. He's attacking Nordstrom as a precursor to invading Sweden

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Nordstrom's stock bounced right back.

"Pump and dump" is a scheme that attempts to boost the price of a stock through recommendations based on false or exaggerated statements. Trump did the opposite: he tried to harm Nordstrom's by criticising them for not selling Ivanka's crappy lines (which weren't selling). The stock dipped but then quickly recovered. Are you suggesting that Trump tweeted his insult then bought Nordstrom stock after it dipped, then sold it when the stock bounced back? I don't think he had anything like that in mind; he just wanted to cause trouble for them.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. See Post Three... He has given an appearance of impropriety.

Are you suggesting that Trump tweeted his insult then bought Nordstrom stock after it dipped, then sold it when the stock bounced back? I don't think he had anything like that in mind; he just wanted to cause trouble for them.

Perhaps. He opens himself up to that charge. Maybe he tipped off a few of his pals.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I just don't think Trump thinks strategically like that.

He shoots from the hip without thinking anything through. Nordstrom's dropped Ivanka's line and they had to be punished. It's all personal for him.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I agree but an informed person could see how he opens himself or herself to that charge.