As Inlanders already know, this isn’t just politics as usual. President Trump is actively using the government to shakedown shady foreign governments, crypto bros, and Wall Street billionaires.
Qatar has "gifted" Donald Trump a $400 million Boeing 747 jumbo jet with luxury bath and golden toilet "to serve" as Air Force One and then be handed over to the Trump presidential library after his term. Crony conservatives will claim: “It’s a gift to the Department of Defense, not to him personally.” But here’s the trick: retrofitting that plane, wiring it with security systems, customizing it for presidential use that’s going to cost American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. And once the work is done, guess whose personal plane it becomes. Accepting a foreign gift of that magnitude is unconstitutional under the Emoluments Clause. But given a rubber stamp congress and a corrupt Supreme Court it's likely Trump will fly off free in the friendly skies while taxpayers have foot the bill.
What’s more opaque than foreign aircraft deals? Crypto deals tucked behind blockchain innovation rhetoric. The Trump family launched World Liberty Financial (WLF) in 2024, issuing a token called WLFI and later rolling out a stablecoin USD1. Trump and his family reportedly own 60% of the holding company behind WLF and claim 75% of all revenue from token issuance. Then comes the jaw-dropper: in May 2025, an Abu Dhabi entity backed by the UAE sovereign wealth apparatus bought $2 billion worth of his stablecoin — effectively injecting foreign money into his personal venture, with potential long-term royalties, fees, and profit streams flowing back to him. In return, The Trump administration approved a substantial chip export agreement benefiting a UAE entity controlled in part by the same players behind that crypto investment. Coincidence? I think not.
Beyond jets and tokens, Trump is not content with passive asset holdings he seems to be personally entangling himself with stakes in American companies and deals that touch government policy. Trump has proposed imposing 100% additional tariffs on Chinese goods starting November 1. If he or his allies hold, directly or indirectly, interests in companies that stand to benefit from these trade disruptions, that’s not policy that’s insider maneuvering. And why stop there? If investors connected to his administration quietly take equity in industries that will depend on his tariff edicts, suddenly we’re not debating national security or economic fairness — but a president treating governance as a boardroom he controls.
If we let this stand, a dangerous message takes root: the presidency is a leveraged asset you can trade in global markets. Public policy is just an adjustable knob to fine-tune your private returns. Accountability? That’s for the little people. National interest? That’s a PR slogan
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