Prof G Markets The $1.5B Insider Trade Before Trump’s Iran Post — ft. Anthony Scaramucci
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Mar 26, 2026 
Anthony Scaramucci, SkyBridge Capital founder and former White House communications director, joins Steve Eisman, the investor famed for calling the subprime collapse. They dig into suspicious trading around Trump’s Iran post, broader insider trading patterns, weak SEC enforcement, and the political fallout. Then the focus shifts to private credit stress, retail liquidity traps, software buyouts, and recession risks.
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Anthony Scaramucci Sees A Repeat Pattern Of Policy Trades
- Anthony Scaramucci argues the Iran-linked futures trades fit a broader pattern of market bets placed just before major Trump policy posts.
- He cites pre-Liberation Day shorts, pre-tariff-pause longs, and pre-China rare-earth shorts as recurring examples of informed trading.
Corruption Gets Worse When Deterrence Disappears
- Anthony Scaramucci says the core danger is not corruption alone but the disappearance of deterrence when enforcement agencies refuse to act.
- He contrasts today with Teapot Dome and Abscam, where prosecutions followed, arguing impunity now invites more manipulation and public cynicism.
Congress Has Already Shown It Won't Police Itself
- Anthony Scaramucci doubts insider trading will become a decisive election issue because Congress has repeatedly protected its own trading privileges.
- He says lawmakers passed the STOCK Act, then quietly reversed it by voice vote after eight months and resumed the racket.