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$580 million in oil trades placed minutes before Trump suddenly shifted course on Iran.That’s the timeline Paul Krugman is pointing at. Massive bets hit the market around 6:50 a.m. betting oil would drop and stocks would rise. About 15 minutes later, Trump posts about “productive conversations” with Iran and pauses strikes, which is exactly what those trades were positioned for.Krugman’s takeaway is that using advance knowledge of military decisions for profit isn’t just shady, it’s “treason.”Iran says those “conversations” never even happened, calling it fake. So now you’ve got perfectly timed trades, a market-moving announcement, and a denial from the other side.Big money moved, policy flipped, markets reacted. That sequence is why this isn’t just another headline.#Trump #Markets