Neither Dmitriev nor the RDIF has much of a reputation in the United States. As recently as October Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed Dmitriev as “a Russian propagandist.” A 2022 Treasury Department press release prohibiting Americans from engaging in financial transactions with RDIF said the fund, which was created in 2011, is “widely considered a […]
Read More3. Ukraine weak. Yes, they’ve put up a pretty good fight these last three years. But at the end of the day, it’s a tiny county with a tiny army that’s eventually going to get overwhelmed. In addition, while Trump obviously hasn’t read any of the relevant history, someone who has read it has probably […]
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Payments to cover World Cup expenses by U.S. hosting cities, which will include large expenditures on police and other security and emergency services, will come at a time when states will be struggling to make up for significant federal cuts in Medicaid and federal education and health services. Trump beefed up his “Big Beautiful Bill” […]
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We know for a fact that Trump invested no cash in Truth Social. He nonetheless was gifted with a majority of company shares, worth today about $2 billion. If Trump were to cash out, he would crash the company’s stock price and put Truth Social out of business. That wouldn’t be very nice, but Truth […]
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