Trump brags to NASCAR drivers that friend Charles Schwab made $2bn from stock market chaos

WorldBusiness & Finance
11 Apr 2025 • 12:03 AM MYT
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Video captured by the White House shows Donald Trump bragging that friend and investor Charles Schwab made two billion dollars from the current stock market chaos.

In a video posted to X Wednesday (9 April), the president introduced NASCAR drivers to the founder and chairman of Charles Schwab Corporation, a multinational financial services company.

“It’s not just a company, it’s actually an individual,” Trump told the racing drivers.

The president added that Schwab “made two and a half billion today” from the stock market.

The market has experienced dramatic fluctuations since Trump announced historic reciprocal tariffs on foreign nations on 2 April. Global uproar and panic resulted in massive sell-offs in anticipation of the escalating trade war.

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