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"and delivered a war so catastrophic and so convenient that it is impossible to explain as an accident. ...
The Hunter Biden story was mostly made up. Kushner’s corruption is so thorough and vast that America hasn’t even begun to reckon with what a disaster it is for everything this country once aimed to stand for."
#JaredKushner #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #Iran #war #AffinityPartners
/6
"Jared Kushner, arched with the swagger of the world’s most confident mediocre man, walked into the most sensitive nuclear negotiation of the decade on behalf of the United States — representing governments that had paid him $157 million — carrying a pager given to him by the intelligence service of the country that wanted the war most, without a single technical expert,"
~ Jason Sattler
#JaredKushner #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #Iran #war #AffinityPartners
/5
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Jared Kushner’s Corruption Is a National Security Disaster
The president’s son-in-law dragged America into a war because he only serves his conflicted interestsL O L G O P (The Cause)
"[Kushner] has spoken with potential investors in recent weeks about raising $5 billion or more for Affinity Partners, his investment firm.... Affinity’s representatives have already met with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund" nytimes.com/2026/03/13/busines…
~ Roger Sollenberger
#JaredKushner #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #Iran #war #AffinityPartners
/4
"Kushner is seeking billions in additional funding from the Saudi government as he serves as one of Trump’s top negotiators with Iran."
#JaredKushner #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #Iran #war #AffinityPartners
/3
"PIF, Kushner’s biggest client, invested $2 billion with Affinity Partners in 2021. According to the report, Kushner is also seeking additional funds from Qatar and the UAE.
Kushner reportedly tried to drum up new investments while at the World Economic Forum in Davos as part of the official Trump administration delegation."
#JaredKushner #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #Iran #war #AffinityPartners
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"Kushner’s claim that he would not raise additional money during Trump’s presidency to avoid conflicts turned out to be a lie.
On Friday, the New York Times reported that Kushner 'has spoken with potential investors in recent weeks about raising $5 billion or more for Affinity Partners.' Kushner’s team has 'already met with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund [PIF].'”
~ Judd Legum
#JaredKushner #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #Iran #war #AffinityPartners
/1
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Kushner breaks pledge, seeks $5 billion more from foreign governments
After Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024, Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, dismissed concerns that his private equity firm would be a vehicle to buy foreign influence.Judd Legum (Popular Information)
"Kushner holds no official diplomatic title that would normally authorize such talks but titles are beside the point in the Trump era. What matters is proximity to power, and Kushner has that in abundance.
What he also has is a private equity firm called Affinity Partners, which is funded by billions of dollars in foreign governments."
#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/12
"The meeting also included Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, another billionaire with vested personal financial interests, whose son runs the Trump family’s shady and opaque crypto fund, World Liberty Financial. The third notable figure at the meeting was Trump administration official Josh Gruenbaum.
The Florida meeting was ostensibly a discussion about ending the war in Ukraine."
#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/11
"Kushner recently met in Florida with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a longtime financial emissary for Vladimir Putin. Dmitriev is not simply a diplomat; he is effectively Putin’s bag man."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/10
saltypolitics.substack.com/p/h…
How Jared Is Selling Us Out to the Richest Autocrat
Why is Congress not investigating Kushner's massive conflicts of interest?Julie Roginsky (Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky)
Robert Reich asks who’s getting the most out of Trump’s war. His list (it doesn't include the American people, by the way):
Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War”
Top military contractors
Larry Ellison’s Oracle
Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Peter Thiel’s Palantir Technologies
Big Oil
Jared Kushner
Vladimir Putin
#Trump #Putin #Hegseth #JaredKushner #ElonMusk #LarryEllison #PeterThiel #Iran #Israel #Russia #war #oil #gas
/9
robertreich.substack.com/p/sun…
Sunday thought: Who’s Winning from Trump’s War? Follow the Money
Trump, his biggest backers, and Vladimir PutinRobert Reich
"Some of the winners are obvious: Russia and oil producers everywhere except in the Persian Gulf. The losers may come as a surprise: American consumers are being hit hard even though the US produces more oil and natural gas than it consumes, while China, despite its dependence on imported hydrocarbons, is relatively insulated from this shock."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Netanyahu #Bibi #Putin #Iran #Israel #Russia #war
/8
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cos…
Costs and Benefits from the New Energy Crisis
There are many losers, but also some winnersPaul Krugman
"Putin, meanwhile, is watching the Hormuz chokehold deliver the oil price shock that relieves the central strain on his war machine, while American support for Ukraine quietly dries up, and Putin will soon be cashing oil checks from the US again.
Both men got what they needed by feeding one man’s need for a headline that gave him the love his parents never could."
"'On Thursday, futures for Brent crude oil closed at just above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022. The move will provide a huge financial boost to Russia, which experts say has already been receiving about $150 million per day from increased oil sales since the US attacked Iran two weeks ago. The lifting of the sanctions positions Putin as one of the biggest beneficiaries Trump’s war on Iran.'”
"WaPo: 'The Trump admin temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil shipments in an effort to calm markets and stem the economic fallout from its war on Iran, which has sent crude prices spiraling upward. This allows Russia to begin selling some 128 million barrels of oil that are estimated to have already been loaded onto tankers previously facing restrictions from the US.'”
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #Iran #war #Putin #Russia #oil #gas
/11
meidasplus.com/p/today-in-poli…
Today in Politics, Bulletin 327. 3/13/26
… CNN: “The Pentagon and NSC significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.Ron Filipkowski (Meidas+)
"Trump’s gift to Vladimir Putin to get his own ass out of the sling is both a huge concession to Russia and an unmistakeable admission that the economic reverberations from the elective war in Iran are having acute downstream political effects on Trump and Republicans in an election year."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Putin #Iran #war #oil #gas #Russia
/25
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Trump Bails Out Russia to Save His Own Hide
INSIDE: JD Vance ... John Brennan ... Nathan CavanaughDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
"Oil prices have surged, and one of the biggest beneficiaries so far has been Russia. According to reporting from the Financial Times, Moscow could be earning up to $150 million per day in additional revenue due to the global energy shock triggered by the conflict. Analysts estimate Russia has already gained between $1.3 billion and $1.9 billion in additional oil revenue as demand for its crude rises."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Putin #Iran #war #oil #gas #Russia
/21
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Friday Afternoon Updates: Reality Gets in the Way of Trump's Lies — 3/13/26
It’s Friday, we’ve made it to the end of the week.Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)
Greg Olear notes that David Ignatius says Trump has now taken us over the waterfall:
"I think up until this point, all of the stuff that Trump has done, while horrifying and awful, is also reversible, with the right leadership in place, over time. This is not."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #Russia #Putin
/9
gregolear.substack.com/p/rambl…
Ramble On: Over the Waterfall
Morning thoughts on the Iran war, the Iraq war, and the end of American empire.Greg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)
"To lubricate global supply, Washington has waived sanctions on India buying Russian oil. A sustained barrage of Iranian missiles targeting US allies in the Gulf depletes stocks of defensive systems that Ukraine also needs. …
Making Trump feel great is the undoing of American greatness. In arrogating power to himself, the president undermines the foundations of his country’s strength in the world and damages its allies."
"A tacit deal has come into view. Forget freedom. Iranians can still be repressed as long as shipping through the strait of Hormuz is unmolested.
The biggest non-combatant beneficiary from Operation Epic Fury has been Vladimir Putin. His country’s ailing economy gets revenue relief from higher energy prices."
"By bombing Iran, America has 'recovered its position as leader of the free world' while Israel 'has rediscovered its biblical warrior identity and has become the regional superpower in the Middle East.'
In support of this new order, messianic Orthodox and secular nationalist Israeli ideologies meet with Christian nationalist views. ...
There is one party that will benefit from the war: Russia."
#Trump #Hegseth #Netanyahu #Iran #Israel #war #HolyWar #ChristianNationalism #zionism #Putin
/30
"Did he threaten an investigation? Did he ask how much responsibility Russia is ready to bear? Did he tell Putin there would be future consequences? Did Trump, you know, stand up to the man who’s helping kill his own people?
Another commander-in-chief would have. With Trump, however, there’s a sense he’s not responsible. When troops die, he seems unmoved by their sacrifice."
#Trump #Putin #Iran #Russia #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/25
"Around a quarter of the world’s oil passes through the strait. Iran’s new leader vowed to keep it shut. Oil prices are soaring.
With prices soaring, the Russians have taken in $7 billion in oil revenues in the last week and stand to take in more. …
When Trump talked to Putin on Monday, did he ask if intelligence or drones given by Russia to Iran led directly to any of those seven deaths [of US soldiers]?"
#Trump #Putin #Iran #Russia #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/24
"In addition to helping the Iranians kill American military personnel (seven have died and 140 have been injured since the start of the war, per the AP), the Russians are helping the Iranians choke off the global supply of oil at the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranians attacked three tankers Wednesday. They attacked three more today. They attacked a port in Oman. They forced ports in Iraq to close."
#Trump #Putin #Iran #Russia #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/23
"The Russians are now helping the Iranians in their war for survival against the United States, first by providing 'targeting information,' according to the Post, and second by providing 'specific advice on drone tactics,' according to CNN."
~ John Stoehr
#Trump #Putin #Iran #Russia #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/22
editorialboard.com/while-putin…
While Putin helps Iran kill Americans, Trump shrugs
The material outcome of their chumminess is no longer theoretical.John Stoehr (Editorial Board)
"He came up with the idea that the war will end during a phone call with murder hornet Vladimir Putin."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/…
Memory hole, meet Iran war.
Donald Trump, speaking at a press conference at his golf club in Doral, Florida, because of course that is where you announce big decisions, today said that the war against Iran will end “very soon.”Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
"The top story: Donald Trump says the war in Iran is 'very complete' and appears to be searching for an off-ramp after speaking with Vladimir Putin today."
~ Aaron Parnas
