1🧵 Just 4 days before inauguration, UAE's Spy Sheikh, the UAE's National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon secretly bought 49% of Trump's crypto firm [World Liberty Financial/WLF] for $500M.
$187M went to Trump and $31M went to his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.⚠️
...then months later:
✅ UAE got restrictions lifted on AI chips.
✅ UAE signed Pax Silica
✅ UAE' MGX got 15% of TikTok U.S.
✅2 of the Sheiks senior aides were appointed to President Trump's personal WLF Board of Directors.
||| No Congressional approval. Ever. |||
$187M went to Trump and $31M went to his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.⚠️
...then months later:
✅ UAE got restrictions lifted on AI chips.
✅ UAE signed Pax Silica
✅ UAE' MGX got 15% of TikTok U.S.
✅2 of the Sheiks senior aides were appointed to President Trump's personal WLF Board of Directors.
||| No Congressional approval. Ever. |||
2🧵I think there's a strong legal argument for the
Trump/WLF/UAE/Witkoff scam being potentially Illegal.
📜The Constitution explicitly prohibits a president from receiving payments from foreign governments or state-linked entities without Congressional consent. This is under the Foreign Emoluments Clause [Art. I, §9, cl. 8].
👉The claims that this incidence violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause are:
🔹Sheikh Tahnoon = UAE's National Security Adviser = agent of a foreign sovereign.
🔹$187M flowed to Trump-controlled entities from that foreign sovereign [Tahnoon].
🔹No Congressional consent was sought or obtained.
⚠️No criminal charges filed. No court has ruled. The clause has no independent enforcement mechanism, it requires Congressional action, a DOJ willing to prosecute or civil litigation standing, none of which have materialized under the current administration.⚠️
Trump/WLF/UAE/Witkoff scam being potentially Illegal.
📜The Constitution explicitly prohibits a president from receiving payments from foreign governments or state-linked entities without Congressional consent. This is under the Foreign Emoluments Clause [Art. I, §9, cl. 8].
👉The claims that this incidence violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause are:
🔹Sheikh Tahnoon = UAE's National Security Adviser = agent of a foreign sovereign.
🔹$187M flowed to Trump-controlled entities from that foreign sovereign [Tahnoon].
🔹No Congressional consent was sought or obtained.
⚠️No criminal charges filed. No court has ruled. The clause has no independent enforcement mechanism, it requires Congressional action, a DOJ willing to prosecute or civil litigation standing, none of which have materialized under the current administration.⚠️
3🧵The Kicker: The UAE signs the Pax Silica agreement, thus gaining access into an U.S-led global Ai alliance on Jan. 14, 2026. This on its face seems innocuous to until you know that the Pax Silica MOU was signed by the US Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Jacob Helberg.
Helberg is significant here because;
🔹He's not only former Google but he's also a former Palantir employee & worked for Alex Karp.
🔹He was arguably the single most influential private-sector architect of the TikTok ban & forced-sale legislation
🔹 His role created a direct pipeline from Silicon Valley lobbying to a Trump administration policy position.
🔹Prior to this position he had never been in government.
At only 36yrs of age it's clear his position was directly related to his efforts regarding the TikTok ban. Trump was pleased with Helberg as seen in a video message at the 2024 Hill & Valley Forum, with Trump saying;
"Jacob, I want to thank you".
Helberg is significant here because;
🔹He's not only former Google but he's also a former Palantir employee & worked for Alex Karp.
🔹He was arguably the single most influential private-sector architect of the TikTok ban & forced-sale legislation
🔹 His role created a direct pipeline from Silicon Valley lobbying to a Trump administration policy position.
🔹Prior to this position he had never been in government.
At only 36yrs of age it's clear his position was directly related to his efforts regarding the TikTok ban. Trump was pleased with Helberg as seen in a video message at the 2024 Hill & Valley Forum, with Trump saying;
"Jacob, I want to thank you".
4🧵Lastly, may I point out that Helberg is married to PayPal Mafia figure Keith Rabois. Both radical zionists who've donated a combined $5M to the current administration. [not including the fundraisers they hosted]
How convenient that Trump can leverage the UAE's MGX acquisition of Tik Tok [15%] while the primary figure in the deal was the Friends of the IDF's single largest donor [2017] Larry Ellison. 👀
Thanks to Helberg's actions in the Tik Tok Ban, & his new position Larry Ellison became $15 Billion dollars richer overnight & it made him the 3rd richest person in the world, knocking Jeff Bezos down to 4th.
🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨🚨
And if this doesn't upset you let me remind you that Ellison holds a TikTok board seat & that his company, Oracle also has a contractual role to retrain TikTok's content recommendation algorithm on U.S. user data ...arguably more powerful than pure equity ownership!
How convenient that Trump can leverage the UAE's MGX acquisition of Tik Tok [15%] while the primary figure in the deal was the Friends of the IDF's single largest donor [2017] Larry Ellison. 👀
Thanks to Helberg's actions in the Tik Tok Ban, & his new position Larry Ellison became $15 Billion dollars richer overnight & it made him the 3rd richest person in the world, knocking Jeff Bezos down to 4th.
🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨🚨
And if this doesn't upset you let me remind you that Ellison holds a TikTok board seat & that his company, Oracle also has a contractual role to retrain TikTok's content recommendation algorithm on U.S. user data ...arguably more powerful than pure equity ownership!
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