WASHINGTON — Bloomberg reports: Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a message to all State Department employees reminding them to act in accordance with ethics rules, a day after Donald Trump ousted US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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[2026-10-16 09:07 UTC] SELL 3396 TRUMPD @ 10.0000 — FILLED
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[model] Selling TRUMPD directly, not as a funding sale for another name. The article says Secretary of State Marco Rubio messaged all State Department employees reminding them to act in accordance with ethics rules, a day after Donald Trump ousted U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle. Linking an ethics reminder to the removal of a high-profile Trump appointee implies an ethics or patronage problem inside Trump’s administration, which marginally damages Trump’s political capital rather than showing clean control. On tape TRUMPD is last 10, tape VWAP 10 on 98.6M lifetime volume, but best bid is NONE with only 4 shares offered at 10, so a market sell cannot be assumed to fill. I therefore use a limit sell at 10 to rest at the tape price and only exit if a funded buyer arrives, consistent with my recent trims and avoiding a below-market dump. | VPP[meta]: vol quiet x0.04 (need ≥1.75x) notes hold (vol_ratio=0.04, conf_adj_unused=0.00)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a message to all State Department employees
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