BAES 153: Is Trump the Best Stock Picker of All Time?

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Comin' at you LIVE from SPOTIFY STUDIOS in NEW YORK CITY! So please excuse Ben being blurry. Anyway this week we're analyzing the quarterly filings of the biggest names in finance, including and especially our dear old president. Surely there's nothing sketchy going on! Watch and decide for yourself. Also our newest acid video is out now so check it out! https://youtu.be/7vkFY3f5kkw Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it! And please leave us a comment! It helps us! NEW MERCH OUT! Get 10% off when you sign up and also get bonus content, ad-free versions and more plus your first 7 days free at https://benandemilshow.com ***THE SOUTHWEST COMPANION PASS IS BACK GET IT HERE: https://www.cardratings.com/bestcards/featured-credit-cards?src=691608&shnq=520080,4028088,4048122,4028085,3006151,4048149,4028089,4048084&var2= ***Go check out Ben's movie podcast! https://www.youtube.com/@UCtwCDeHuJTBWUkeQKlLeXhA **CHECK OUT EMIL'S LIVESTREAMS HERE: https://www.youtube.com/emilderosa __ SOME OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY ENJOY: That's Cringe of Cody Ko: https://youtu.be/dTbEk0pVh2w Our AUSTIN VIDEO: https://youtu.be/yGSs56bFzRU Our episode with Kyla Scanlon: https://youtu.be/cIHWkY35cuc Big Tech is out of ideas (ft. ED ZITRON): https://youtu.be/zBvVGHZBpMw Arguing with a millionaire (ft. Chris Camillo): https://youtu.be/1ZUWTkWV_MM We bought suits HERE: https://youtu.be/_cM1XqA9n2U ***LINK TO OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/CjujBt8g ***Subscribe to Emil's Substack: https://substack.com/@emilderosa ***Trade with Ben at https://tradertreehouse.com __ SUPERPOWER: Head to https://superpower.com and use code BAES at checkout for $20 off your membership. Unlock your new health intelligence with 100+ biomarkers tested every year. MUDWTR: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code BAES at https://mudwtr.com/BAES ! #mudwtrpod QUO: Try QUO for free and get 20% off your first 6 months at https://www.quo.com/BAES TIMESTAMPS: 00:00-08:15 Intro, Spotify logo, our shirts, plane crash, crine 08:15-15:25 Leopold's trades, everyone is wrong, Logan brothers 15:25-17:36 Superpower ad 17:36-31:08 Trump's filings, blind trust, who is trading for Trump, pumping Dell 31:08-33:36 Mudwtr ad 33:36-39:00 What Trump owns, Palantir, MAGA's perspective 39:00-45:35 Ben's Jr. impression, MSNBC moms, sk8er boi, lawfare 45:35-47:10 Quo ad 47:10-56:00 the MAGA slush fund, Obama did it, Jan 6ers, sympathy for congress 56:00-1:04:00 lawmaker salaries, Cramer's response to $INTC and Trump, Pawnstars guy 1:04:00-1:17:17 Elon trial update, China trip, Trump with an alien __ Follow us on instagram! @ benandemilshow @ bencahn @ emilderosa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention all passengers. The Uber ride for Jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from Platform 15.
0:10.0	Your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshments carriage that you'll empty within five minutes.
0:16.0	Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
0:19.0	Trains on Uber.
0:22.0	All the quarterly filings have come out.
0:24.2	And the biggest one that everybody be talking about is none other than our president of the United States.
0:33.1	3,700 trades over one quarter.
0:35.0	That amounts to an average of 59 per day, nine per hour.
0:38.4	He claimed that some pharmaceutical companies were building their own U.S. manufacturing facilities, but said they can get here a lot faster by using this great company. Isn't that nice? Did anything happen on that same day that he took a tour of thermo-fisher? No, it's just a nice tour he did. Actually, wait, I'm seeing... Trump did not mention that the same day of the tour, March 11th, he purchased between $15,000 and $50,000 of Thermo Fisher stock.
0:59.9	He did break the law.
1:01.8	He didn't report these within 45 days.
1:04.4	He missed the deadline for those trades.
1:06.7	So he was fined $200.
1:09.5	So that's good.
1:28.5	That is good. That'll probably stop it from doing it again. We're going to get to the DOJ Slush Fund. Mm-hmm. When you think about it, the January 6ers are kind of like our Native Americans. How so? They deserve every pay. How so? Oh, you mean because the one guy was wearing that headdress? They're fighting to get their country back.
1:28.8	Yeah.
1:29.3	Uh-huh.
1:30.7	There was a guy in a headdress.
1:31.2	Uh-huh.
1:33.2	There's got to be one more.
1:39.3	I'm looking down to talk with baby on me. Tell me what's going on.
1:41.9	Tell me what's going on. Tell me what's going on.
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