By Stephen Zogopoulos, USNN World News

Wall Street is not your friend.
Behind the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan, beneath the buzzwords of “stability,” “growth,” and “sustainability,” lies a very real, very organized effort to subvert the will of the American people. That effort is now laser-focused on President Donald J. Trump, who—after a historic political comeback—returned to the White House in January 2025 determined to finish what he started: reviving the American middle class and reclaiming U.S. sovereignty from globalist hands.

But the same power structures he rattled as the 45th President are back with a vengeance, and they’re not fighting with ballots—they’re fighting with short positions, market panic, interest rate manipulation, and economic sabotage.

Trump’s Populist Movement: Then and Now

When Donald Trump first ran for President in 2016, he struck a chord that no other politician had the courage—or integrity—to touch: the betrayal of the American worker. For decades, the working and middle classes had been systematically sacrificed on the altar of globalism. Jobs were shipped overseas. Wages were suppressed. Borders were erased. Washington got richer, Wall Street got fatter, and Main Street got left behind.

President Trump’s first term (2017–2021) delivered undeniable results:

Record-low unemployment, especially among minorities and blue-collar workers.

Tax cuts that returned money to families and small businesses.

Deregulation that ignited domestic energy production and entrepreneurship.

Tariff policies that rebalanced decades of unfair trade.

Withdrawal from job-killing international agreements, including the Paris Climate Accord.

Despite relentless attacks from the media, the intelligence community, and globalist politicians, Trump forged ahead. But his 2020 reelection was interrupted under a cloud of chaos and pandemic-fueled voting irregularities. Now, after being reelected in 2024 with a clear mandate, President Trump has returned—more determined than ever—and Wall Street is panicking.

Wall Street’s Retaliation: Market Sabotage in 2025

Now, in his second term as the 47th President, Trump is once again enacting bold reforms to restore American industry and self-reliance. But the moment he took office, signs of deliberate market manipulation emerged:

Targeted Short-Selling of Key Sectors

Industries central to Trump’s America-first platform—manufacturing, steel, energy, and construction—have faced sudden, unsubstantiated downturns. Hedge funds and institutional investors have aggressively shorted companies poised to benefit from new pro-American policies. The timing isn’t coincidental; it’s coordinated.

Media-Induced Investor Panic

Wall Street-backed networks like Bloomberg and CNBC push daily narratives of “economic instability” under Trump, despite solid jobs numbers and improving GDP forecasts. These manufactured headlines are designed to shake confidence and manipulate algorithm-driven markets.

Federal Reserve Resistance

Despite a clear economic rebound driven by Trump’s policies, the Federal Reserve continues dragging its feet on interest rate cuts. Instead of supporting growth, the Fed appears committed to slowing it—raising questions about its political neutrality and exposing how deeply the institution is entangled with global finance.

Corporate Blackmail Through Investment Freezes

Multinational corporations have quietly delayed or canceled domestic investment projects, citing “uncertainty” created by Trump’s aggressive trade and immigration policies. In reality, this is nothing more than economic blackmail designed to pressure the administration into abandoning its agenda.

The Globalist Model Trump Threatens

President Trump’s presidency represents an existential threat to the globalist model—a system where the wealth of nations is extracted and redistributed upward into the pockets of multinational elites, central banks, and technocratic billionaires.

That system depends on:

Cheap foreign labor.

Open borders.

Centralized control over currency and interest rates.

Outsourced manufacturing and suppressed American wages.

Endless wars to protect economic “interests.”

Trump’s second term is reversing that in real-time—and the elites are retaliating in ways they believe the average American won’t notice.

But we see it. And we must call it out.

Wall Street Is Not Betting Against Trump—They’re Betting Against You

Let’s be absolutely clear: this isn’t about Wall Street fearing Trump personally. It’s about fearing what he represents—a middle-class revolt against a rigged economic system that treats patriotism as a liability and working Americans as expendable.

Wall Street is not betting against Donald J. Trump. They’re betting against the American truck driver. The single mom. The welder. The farmer. The small business owner.

They’re betting that you’ll go back to being too busy, too tired, too distracted to fight back. They’re betting that economic sabotage will make you question the very man who is trying to liberate your future from their grip.

They want another cycle of dependence, inflation, and fear. But you’ve already awakened—and that genie isn’t going back in the bottle.

We the People Hold the Line

President Trump is doing what no president in modern history has dared to do—confront the Wall Street cartel head-on while holding the line for American workers. And make no mistake: this war is not about spreadsheets or stocks. It’s about sovereignty, freedom, and economic justice.

Wall Street elites want to crash the system if they can’t control it. But this time, Main Street is watching. And Main Street is rising.

As we move further into 2025, remember this truth:

Wall Street is not your friend.

They’ve shorted your wages, your future, and your freedom long enough.
Now they’re shorting your President.
But they will not win.

Disclaimer: This is an opinion-based article reflecting the views of the author, Stephen Zogopoulos, CEO of USNN World News Corporation. While based on facts, the interpretations and conclusions drawn are subjective and intended to spark discussion, debate, and further inquiry into the current economic and political dynamics facing the United States.