Fox reporter denies 'pumping stocks' after scoop on 'significant' White House trade deal

A veteran Donald Trump reporter Sunday denied "pumping" the stock market after dropping a "scoop" about a purported White House trade deal in the works.

FOX Biz senior correspondent Charles Gasparino, who reports on Trump often and earned the ire of MAGA when he recently reported that conservatives were wrong to suggest Trump outsmarted the world with tariffs, on Saturday took to social media to issue a breaking alert about the president's willingness to risk financial crisis in order to enact his biggest agenda items.

On Sunday, he turned his attention to a new scoop.

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"Scoop: A Wall Street exec with ties to Trump White House says the word is that [Scott Bessent] is close to announcing a significant trade deal, likely to be with Japan," he reported. "Now I have not gotten this independently confirmed with the White House (it is Easter) and just from covering the trade drama, I must stress the situation is always fluid; what looks like a deal can unwind."

He added, "And timing is always suspect. That said the word from the White House is that they’re approaching a significant deal."

Richard Field, Director Institute for Financial Transparency, replied, "Incoming ... stock/bond market pump ...."

Gasparino then hit back, saying, "One day I’m pumping stocks, the next I’m bashing them. Can't win or maybe this guy didn’t read what I wrote."