The Art of the Heel

I don’t want all this talk of population stagnation and devaluing dollars to give you the idea that no one is thriving in our economy, because some people really are. Consider this recent deal that “marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president’s company.” WSJ (Gift Article): Spy Sheikh Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company. The “$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips … The deal with World Liberty Financial, which hasn’t previously been reported, was signed by Eric Trump, the president’s son. At least $31 million was also slated to flow to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff, a World Liberty co-founder who weeks earlier had been named U.S. envoy to the Middle East.”