Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point was a “political move” and that a smaller cut would have been preferable.

Trump attributed the rate reduction to either a "very bad" economy or to the Fed's "playing politics" to help Democrats.

President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows that inflation has eased

Donald Trump has vowed not to sell his Trump Media shares after a lock-up period expires Thursday. The company's shares are down 81% from their peak.

Donald J. Trump, the company’s largest shareholder, has said he won’t sell when a lockup agreement expires on Thursday. But other large investors could.

More investors have been shorting Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.’s stock in the past 30 days, in a sign of negative sentiment ahead of the lifting of a ban on insider stock sales on Friday. The increase in short interest in the stock — which gauges the amount of open short positions that have yet to be covered or closed out by a sale — has grown by 40%,