India, April 10 -- President Donald Trump was accused of 'stock manipulation' on social media after users noticed that the 78-year-old asked his followers to 'buy' hours before announcing a 90-day pause in tariffs for most countries. The Trump Media & Technology Group Corp stock, like many others, experienced significant gains after the president's announcement.

At 9:37 AM local time on Wednesday, Trump posted on Truth Social: "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT". Hours later, at around 1:20 PM, he announced the tariff pause. Soon all major indexes surged, with the S&P 500 rising to 8.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advancing 2,631 points, or 7%, and the Nasdaq Composite jumping 10.4%.

"Trump posted this five hours ago. How is this...