Deliberately manipulating the stock market is going to get you negative attention from the media and government, yes.
Quelle surprise, Saddam has no idea what he's talking about, but has a strong (wrong) opinion anyway.
Hedge fund investors manipulating the market: I sleep
Private citizens buying retail amounts of stock because they spotted blatant market manipulation: oh no won't somebody please think about the children
Unfortunately, as amazing as this whole situation is, it'll probably result in nothing because, well, people like Saddam exist. The media will pump out their narrative, idiots will eat it up, the market will reset through questionable means, and the poor will continue to get poorer because capitalism good.