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Jan 1

🧵 THREAD: Trump’s Web of Power, Profit & Policy

The NYT published a map of Donald Trump’s second-term business universe including crypto ventures, foreign governments, real estate deals, defense and A.I. interests, all orbiting the presidency.

Unlike his first term, Trump re-entered the White House without agreeing to halt new international business deals. Since then, his family and closest allies have accelerated projects that monetize the Trump name while intersecting directly with U.S. policy decisions.

We’ll walk through this map piece by piece:
• how crypto became the family’s most lucrative venture
• how foreign governments gained unprecedented access
• how policy rollbacks align with private profit
• and how American norms around conflicts of interest collapsed in real time

This diagram captures a single thread in a much larger web, but it’s one of the most revealing.

Just weeks before his second inauguration, Donald Trump and his partners launched a memecoin, $TRUMP, reversing years of public skepticism toward crypto. Trump personally promoted the coin, driving retail investors into the market.

As investors bought $TRUMP, trading fees were routed through a series of Trump-linked entities, including Fight Fight Fight and CIC Digital, before ultimately benefiting a trust tied to Trump himself. Every transaction generated revenue upstream, regardless of whether investors won or lost.

While rolling back crypto enforcement, easing SEC pressure, and publicly championing the industry from the Oval Office, Trump was also positioned to profit directly from crypto activity tied to his name. And then there was the rug pull(s).....

This graphic zooms in on one of the clearest conflict-of-interest loops in Trump’s second term: cryptocurrency.

Just before returning to office, Trump and his partners launched a memecoin branded around his names, $TRUMP. Trump then actively promoted the coin, driving investor demand. As buyers piled in, trading fees flowed through a series of Trump-linked entities, ultimately benefiting Trump’s trust.

One of the largest buyers was Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron blockchain, who reportedly spent over $40 million acquiring $TRUMP. At the same time, Sun and Tron were facing regulatory scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Under Trump, the SEC has since eased crypto enforcement and frozen or slowed several high-profile cases, including actions affecting firms tied to major Trump-aligned investors. The visual shows how business actions (green), business ties (dotted), and government actions (orange) converge around the president himself.

In plain terms:
• Trump promotes a financial product
• Wealthy investors buy in
• Fees flow to Trump-linked entities
• Regulatory pressure on the industry eases

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Jan 1

Below is a non-exhaustive list of individuals who defrauded the American public, U.S. financial institutions, and taxpayer-funded systems out of billions of dollars through bank fraud, securities fraud, Medicare fraud, insurance fraud, and foreign-influence schemes.

They collapsed banks, looted public insurance pools, exploited federal healthcare programs, corrupted political processes, and wiped out retirement savings.

And they all share one thing in common.... Donald Trump pardoned or commuted them.

1. Sholom Rubashkin (Bank fraud, wire & mail fraud — sentence commuted Dec. 2017)

Born in Brooklyn, NY, to Haredi Jewish immigrant parents from Russia (his father Aaron was a kosher butcher who fled the Soviet Union). Rubashkin is part of a prominent Lubavitcher Hasidic family and served as CEO of Agriprocessors, once the largest kosher meatpacking plant in the U.S., based in Postville, Iowa.

In 2009, a federal jury convicted Rubashkin on 86 felony counts, including:
• bank fraud
• wire fraud
• mail fraud
• false statements to lenders
• money laundering

Prosecutors demonstrated that Rubashkin systematically inflated accounts receivable and falsified financial records to secure fraudulent loans, causing $26–27 million in losses to multiple financial institutions. He was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison, ordered to pay nearly $27 million in restitution, and placed under additional probation.

Despite the scale and duration of the fraud, Rubashkin became the focus of an intensive clemency campaign spearheaded by politically connected figures within the Chabad-Lubavitch network. The Aleph Institute, which advocates for Jewish prisoners, mobilized heavily on his behalf.

One of his most influential advocates was Alan Dershowitz who personally appealed to Trump, arguing Rubashkin’s sentence was “disproportionate.”

In December 2017, after Rubashkin had served just eight years of his 27-year sentence, Donald Trump commuted the sentence in full, his first major act of presidential clemency.

Crucially, this decision came after Agriprocessors had already become nationally notorious. In 2008, the facility was raided in the largest single ICE workplace operation in U.S. history, uncovering widespread wage theft, unsafe labor conditions, immigration violations, and the exploitation of undocumented and underage workers. While legally distinct from the bank-fraud case, these abuses formed the broader context

2. Michael Milken — “The Junk Bond King”
(Securities fraud, mail fraud, tax violations • Full Presidential Pardon, Feb 2020)

Michael Milken, born in Los Angeles to a middle-class Jewish family, rose to prominence in the 1970s–80s as the architect of the modern high-yield (“junk”) bond market while working at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Operating largely from Drexel’s Beverly Hills office, Milken transformed junk bonds into a powerful financial instrument, fueling hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts, and corporate restructurings across Wall Street.

At his peak, Milken was reportedly earning over $500 million per year, becoming one of the highest-paid individuals in financial history.

In 1990, following a sweeping federal investigation led by Rudy Giuliani’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, Milken entered a plea deal and was convicted on six felony counts, including:
• securities fraud
• mail fraud
• tax violations
• conspiracy related to insider trading and stock manipulation

The investigation exposed a sprawling insider-trading network involving figures such as Ivan Boesky, with practices including stock parking, bid rigging, and market manipulation. Milken was initially facing up to 98 criminal counts and decades in prison.

He was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison (later reduced), served 22 months in minimum-security custody, paid $600 million in criminal fines, and an additional $200 million civil settlement with the SEC. He was permanently barred from the securities industry, one of the most severe financial penalties ever imposed on a Wall Street executive. Drexel Burnham Lambert collapsed shortly thereafter.

Despite the scale of the fraud, Milken launched a long-term rehabilitation campaign centered on philanthropy, healthcare funding, and elite political access. He became a major donor to Jewish and pro-Israel causes, including Chabad-affiliated institutions, medical research initiatives, and education programs. Over time, Milken was re-embraced by powerful sectors of finance, academia, and politics.

A broad coalition of elites pushed for his pardon, arguing that he had “paid his debt” and that his innovations had benefited the U.S. economy. Supporters included Wall Street executives, former prosecutors, politicians from both parties, and influential legal advocates including Alan Dershowitz, who publicly supported Milken’s clemency while also defending other controversial financial and criminal figures.

In February 2020, Donald Trump issued a full presidential pardon, completely wiping Milken’s criminal record. Trump cited Milken’s charitable work and claimed his original prosecution reflected excesses of the 1980s financial crackdown.

Milken’s pardon became one of the most significant white-collar financial exonerations of the modern era not because new evidence emerged, but because sustained elite pressure reframed systemic fraud as “innovation” and criminal accountability as “overreach.”

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Dec 19, 2025

🇵🇸🇺🇸 Kushner and Witkoff Unveil New, Sinister Plan for Gaza

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. has drafted a 32-page reconstruction blueprint for Gaza, called “Project Sunrise,” aimed at transforming the destroyed enclave into a high-tech coastal metropolis.

According to the WSJ, the plan was developed over the past 45 days by a team led by Ivanka's Twink and Trump's real estate agent, with involvement from senior White House aide Josh Gruenbaum, input from Israeli officials, and consultations with private-sector contractors.

The proposal, circulated as a “sensitive but unclassified” PowerPoint presentation, has already been shown to prospective donor governments, including wealthy Gulf states, Turkey, and Egypt, U.S. officials told the Journal.

The plan envisions moving Gaza’s population “from tents to penthouses” and “from poverty to prosperity,” but notably:
• It does not specify where Gaza’s ~2 million displaced residents would live during reconstruction
• It does not name which countries or companies would ultimately fund the project
• It assumes a post-war political and security environment that U.S. officials themselves say may never materialize

The total projected cost is $112.1 billion over 10 years, with the United States positioned as an “anchor” backer, committing to roughly 20% of total costs through grants and debt guarantees.

The WSJ reports that Project Sunrise explicitly reimagines Gaza as a “digitally-driven smart city,” with tech-centric governance at its core, not just reconstruction.

According to the draft presentation, the plan prioritizes:
• Modern telecom and satellite systems
• Secure digital identity and “trust frameworks”
• Shared digital platforms for payments, data exchange, signatures, and notifications
• Smart-city services spanning utilities, transportation, mobility, and urban management
• A centralized Chief Digital Office to set standards and guide policymaking

This is a permanent, full digital governance model, designed before basic questions, like where Gaza’s displaced population would live during rebuilding, are answered.

U.S. officials told the Journal the plan depends entirely on Hamas “demilitarizing and decommissioning all weapons and tunnels,” a condition highlighted in bold red on the proposal’s second page. Yet the smart-city architecture is already mapped in detail.

Political control and digital infrastructure are being designed in parallel, even as U.S. officials privately doubt the security conditions will ever exist to implement the plan.

The Executive Summary of Project Sunrise

At the very top (highlighted in red) the plan states that all reconstruction is contingent on Hamas “demilitarizing and decommissioning all weapons and tunnels.”

The document frames Gaza’s devastation not as a humanitarian catastrophe, but as an “opportunity” to create a gateway of prosperity and a global model of renewal, positioning Gaza as a commercial corridor connecting the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.

Key financial facts outlined in the summary:
• $4.2 billion per year in grants
• $1.5 billion per year in sovereign debt guarantees
• Sustained over 10 years, covering humanitarian aid, security, cleanup, and reconstruction
• Gaza is expected to self-fund remaining reconstruction and repay debt
• The United States commits to anchoring at least 20% of all total costs across workstreams

In other words, humanitarian aid is paired from the outset with long-term debt obligations, sovereign guarantees, and donor returns, what the plan itself calls “value creation for both citizens and donors.”

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Dec 8, 2025

🇺🇸THE CONSTRUCTION OF CANDACE: A THREAD🧵

Earlier this year we reported that Candace Owens was introduced to her husband George Farmer by Allie Hanley, wife of William Lee Hanley Jr, who ran the CIA's media arm the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Let's dig deeper! (1/x)

The CPB is essentially the domestic version of Voice of America (the CIA's international media arm which was ran by Tucker Carlson's dad). Lee Hanley, who ran the CPB under the Reagan administration, was also best friends and a donor to CIA director Porter Goss. (2/x)

Tucker Carlson's dad, Dick Carlson, not only ran Voice of America, but he became the CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1992, just a few years after Lee Hanley ran it, what a small world Candace and Tucker have been a part of! (3/x)

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Nov 3, 2025

🇺🇸🇮🇱Trump addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition on Saturday. It’s… a wild ride.

Delusion, self-worship, and open pledges of loyalty to his biggest donors, let’s take a closer look at what he said:

Trump opens by congratulating the RJC on “40 amazing years” and immediately launches into self-congratulations, calling his 2024 win “the most important election victory in the history of our country.”

He thanks RJC leadership, Norm Coleman, Matt Brooks, and his “friend” Miriam Adelson, the Israeli-born billionaire megadonor behind hundreds of millions in Trump funding and credits the RJC for helping him “win all seven swing states by millions of votes.”

Then comes the punchline:

“I can’t imagine we didn’t do better than that after all I’ve done for the Jewish vote.”

What exactly have you done for the Jewish vote Trump?

Trump continues his tirade of word salad, jumping from “we were a dead country” to “the hottest country anywhere in the world” in the same breath. It’s part motivational speech, part fever dream.

He claims wages are rising “at the fastest rate in 60 years,” that $18 trillion is “pouring into the U.S.” He doesn’t say whether he means real wages vs. inflation or what the $18T even refers to (FDI? market cap? government revenue?).

He’s “ended eight wars in nine months.” None of this is substantiated. The war in Gaza is not over, and neither is Ukraine and he's threatening new military actions in Venezuela, Colombia, and Nigeria. Not to mention Israeli airstrikes on Gaza dn Lebanon CONTINUE DAILY.

"I terminated the disastrous Iran nuclear deal." Here he is once again admitting that the termination of the JCPOA was done for Israel and it set the ball rolling for Operation Midnight Hammer. Trump all but admits that had he been re-elected in 2020, an attack on Iran FOR Israel was certain.

“Israel has never had a better friend than President Donald J. Trump.” Yes we know, even though he and JD Vance insist his moves are “America-first.”

Trump nearly slips here, starting to say, "I also recognized Israeli sovereignty over the—" before cutting himself off. THIS sounds like he began to say something that either wasn’t scripted or would’ve been politically explosive. If he were referring to the Golan Heights, he wouldn’t hesitate, that’s already U.S. policy, and he’s bragged about it countless times. The fact that he stops himself strongly suggests he almost said “West Bank” or “Judea and Samaria.” Or maybe he forgot what the Golan Heights were again.

He finishes by revisiting the Jerusalem embassy move, framed as a “promise kept.” The question, of course, is: promised to whom? and when?

Trump constantly frames himself as the only president with the “guts” to do what others wouldn’t. But there’s a reason those before him didn’t, those norms existed to keep America’s foreign policy predictable and lawful.

Acting like a maverick for the sake of ego has destabilized entire regions. Being the only one “brave enough” to ignore precedent isn’t strength, it’s recklessness dressed up as leadership.

Trump closes his address by bragging about tearing the U.S. out of international human-rights bodies, cutting funding to UNRWA, and silencig free speecg in the US, for Israel.

“I withdrew the United States from the anti-American, anti-Israel UN Human Rights Council.”

— The UN Human Rights Council is not “anti-American.” It’s the main international body that investigates war crimes and human rights abuses, including those committed by U.S. allies. What Trump means is that it’s critical of Israel. This statement exposes how he conflates Israel’s interests with America’s, implying that anything opposing Israeli policy is automatically anti-U.S.

“Terminated funding for the extremely corrupt United Nations Relief and Works Agency, a totally corrupt operation.”

— He’s referring to UNRWA, the agency providing food, medical aid, and schooling for millions of Palestinian civilians. Israel demanded this cut, and Trump delivered. The result? Starvation and humanitarian collapse in Gaza. There was no proven corruption scandal, the “corruption” claim was political cover to dismantle Palestinian civil society under Israeli pressure.

“We’re also defending our Jewish citizens here in America … we’re deporting the foreign jihadist sympathizers and Hamas supporters from our country, and it’s happening very quickly.”

— This line should alarm anyone who believes in civil liberties. Trump is bragging about mass deportations based on ideological affiliation, not crimes, without due process, investigation, or evidence. “Hamas supporters” could mean students protesting genocide, journalists, or anyone critical of Israel. It’s collective punishment imported to U.S. soil.

“My administration has filed historic civil rights laws and cut off funding to colleges and universities that refuse to defend their Jewish students.”

— Translation: universities that allowed campus protests or anti-Zionist organizing were threatened with losing federal funding. “Defending” Jewish students meant censoring speech, firing faculty, and policing thought. Again, Trump is turning the Department of Education into a political instrument for one foreign cause.

“We have secured some of the largest discrimination settlements in modern times.”

— Those “settlements” are payouts to people claiming emotional distress from campus debates about Israel. They’re not justice, they’re intimidation tactics meant to make universities and students afraid to ever question Israeli policy again.

“In just nine months, we have done more to protect Jewish Americans than any administration in history.”

— That line is incredibly revealing. He’s openly saying his government prioritizes one small demographic, not Americans as a whole, not civil rights in general, not equality under law, but one politically powerful constituency with deep financial and lobbying ties to his campaign. If you're listening he's telling you.....

"Together we will make America stronger, safer, richer, prouder, and greater than ever before.”

— The classic Trump closer, but by this point, it’s clear what he means by “we.” His America is not a pluralistic nation of citizens; it’s a political alliance between his administration and the same donor network that funds Israeli expansionism abroad and political enforcement at home.

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Oct 26, 2025

As Islamophobia explodes across X and Western media, remember this leaked Israeli government study, a $million PR project designed to make people fear Muslims to rebuild Israel’s image.

In recent months, a leaked report commissioned by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and executed by Mark Penn’s Stagwell Group (the same PR conglomerate tied to U.S. politics through SKDK) was published.

It’s pure psychological warfare disguised as market research.

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The study ran across the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, and Spain, testing what messages could make Western audiences “rethink” their views on Israel.

The findings were damning: most Europeans saw Israel as genocidal and apartheid. But the PR firms found a much easier way to shift that, by weaponizing fear of Islam.

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The leaked data shows just how bad Israel’s image had become:

🔹 Across Europe, over half of respondents were unfavorable toward Israel 72% in Spain, 59% in France, 58% in Germany.
🔹 Meanwhile, Palestinians scored higher favorability than Israelis in nearly every country surveyed.

Faced with this, Israel’s PR advisers found one reliable tool to reverse it: fear of Islam.

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