This opinion piece is my opinion alone, and does not necessarily
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This
is an article I never really wanted to write, but after President Trump made
certain statements at an August 14th Republican candidates rally in Long Island,
New York... statements like, “After
we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated, pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the
United States,” adding that
“Insuring Iran could not build a nuclear weapon was worth paying a
tiny little bit more for your gasoline.” And to those very words he then also added that, “When
you have to pay a little bit more, you’re at $4. It’s okay,”
and “I’ll never apologize. I did the right thing;” So it
now seemed like the right time to remind folks of certain well
documented and verified facts.And
while these facts I will be referring to have been in the public
domain for a number of years, the Trump team along with the Trump
“can
do no wrong”
crowd, either tried to bury those facts, downplay them, ignore them,
or hope they'd simply just fade away, forgetting that when words are
part of the public domain they could, if rediscovered, come
rightfully back to haunt.
And
while President Trump has done absolutely nothing illegal in what I
am about to disclose nor do I...a three time Trump voter...accuse him
of willfully or deliberately deceiving “We
the American People,”
I do feel that certain actions taken coupled with inactions not taken
during this still ongoing but not yet won war with Iran, might start
to make a bit more sense. And while 2 + 2 two still equals 4...except
in “Common
Core”
math...telling the truth serves one better than trying to divert the
discourse to keep us from
discovering tried to be hidden facts. And this is especially true
when those facts could change not only the logistics of how this war
with Iran is militarily being fought, but answers the question on
many of our minds as to why this war seems so misguided after Trump
switched his original goal of Iran's unconditionally surrendering to
his now diplomatic deals fiasco.So
let me start by saying that the old adage, “money
is the root of all evil”
might actually be shadowing how President Trump is handling this
war for whether some care to believe it or not...and again no actual
illegalities come into play...the fact remains that our president and
his family do have extensive business interests and investments in
the Middle East including in the very countries who while on paper
are our allies, but who in reality are tenuous, sleep with one eye
open, allies at best.
And
so here the “follow the money” game begins with big name
countries... big monied countries...oil rich countries like Saudi
Arabia, the United Arab Eremites (UAE), Oman, and Qatar seeing
President Trump and his family, while not owning actual physical real
estate in these countries, still having made what are combined real
estate (as in hotels, mega-buck luxury apartments, and golf courses),
brand licensing, management, and crypto currency monetary dealings
with said countries.
In
fact, President Trump and his family, besides being developers, are also the co-founders of, and are still directly involved with, the major investment firm
“World
Liberty Financial”
(WLF)
which
itself is directly linked to the UAE's purchase of a “49% stake” in the family's crypto venture via hundreds of millions of dollars in
upfront payments. And this is in addition to both Trump and his family
garnering additional monies from digital token sales which are also tied to
said investment firm, with its proceeds now reaching upwards of one plus
billion dollars mostly thanks to Gulf nation investors...no real
surprise there.The
“Art
of the Deal” truly come
to life...all
completely legal...all highly successful...all extremely profitable
business deals managed by the Trump family via licensing and
development deals...all what Trump has proven to do best. And here
might I add my kudos to Trump on his monetary success, while at the
same time having his ego stroked by
Gulf developers who pay big money to put his name on “luxury
towers, golf courses, and
hotels”
in countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, and Qatar. See a
pattern here...I sure do.
And
this pattern itself is what is more than a bit troubling to me in
that the actual monetary aspect involved has Trump and his family
directly tied into the countries who, during this time of war, remain
but tenuous allies at best... allies with agendas of their
own...allies smart enough to know that Trump will likely do as they
say as his current and future business ventures do hang somewhat in
the balance. So why not use the war itself as their bargaining chip...their “Trump chip” if you will...to get Iran to
stop lobbing missiles and drones into their oil rich countries.
And
here also note that over the past month or so each of those
aforementioned countries' leaders have told President Trump to stop or
at least slow down the Iran bombings...bombings getting a bit too
close to Iran's capital Tehran...and which, as I started to write
this article, saw Trump complying with their wishes. And even in his
doing so, some of those countries remained“behind
his back busy”
by privately forging their own alliances with both Turkey and
Pakistan...countries technically allies, but allies with fingers most
assuredly crossed behind their backs.
Why
so? First, Turkey's leader Recep Erdogan is no friend to our ally and
war partner Israel as he outwardly despises and vocally condemns her
leader Benjamin Netanyahu. And second because while Pakistan remains
what's known as a “transactional
partner” of the
U.S. rather than her being a binding “treaty-bound”
ally,
we find our
relationship with them being defined as one of
“deep strategic mistrust.”
Why so...because we have more friendly dealings and trust with
Pakistan's long time enemy India, the very country who has now forged
a working relationship and friendship with Israel as well.And
besides, and this is key, I do not believe that Pakistan's acting as
a negotiating go-between for us and Iran has worked out very well as
witnessed by the numerous deals made that have fallen apart,
ceasefires that have been breached, and
Trump's supposed “Red
Lines”
laughingly being crossed by Iran.
And
yet it's Pakistan that remains Trump's go-to in regards to diplomatic
negotiations with Iran, leaving me to wonder why...thus I found this
interesting little bit of information...the Trump family has
financial and digital asset connections to Pakistan through
aforementioned “World
Liberty Financial”
(WLF),
and it's courtesy of the family-linked cryptocurrency venture being
used as one means of “cross-border
payments”*
for services or business transactions rendered. Translation: the
Trump family has garnered roughly $500
million to $800 million
from token sales and its crypto-partnerships with Pakistan,
Why
so...first because Trump's all consuming obsession with the “Strait
of Hormuz”
finds him completely ignoring the regime's execution of Iran's
freedom fighters still being carried out on an almost daily
basis...the very people who begged us for help...the very people he
told “help
is on the way” but
who are still waiting for said help. And second, all
his decisions of late regarding to bomb or not bomb Iran seem to be
based upon imput received from the very Gulf nations he not only has
personal monetary dealings with, but who personally are affected by
his blockade of Hormuz.
Sounds
to me like a “we'll
do this for you if you do that for us”
sort of game which to some degree is but veiled bribery of sorts, and
surely something any president would want to be kept hidden even if
good intentions and a war winning scenario were involved.
Simply,
illegalities are one thing, and while no technical illegalities are
involved regarding President Trump or his family in relation to their
ongoing business ventures with certain of the Iran war's key players, the
optics of money privately still being garnered, and the possibility
of decisions being rendered on the urging of those key players, is
really not a good look to have, especially when these same players
have a stake in the outcome of the war itself.Trump's
actions in regards to control of the “Strait of Hormuz” are
now financially hurting the very Gulf nations he and his family have
big money (albeit) legal dealings with, and it's definitely because
of our ongoing blockade. So here I say that maybe...just maybe...some
decisions made by our president are not really in our, the Iranian
people, or the world's best interests, but in his own dollars and
cents interests, which can not only affect the war's outcome, but his
presidential legacy, and the Republican party's future as well
And
again, I am not accusing our president of any legal wrongdoing, just
thinking out loud as nothing else in his mishandling of this war
seems to make 2+2=4 sense. Case closed.
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Footnote
*
Cross-border
payments are financial
transactions where the sender and the receiver are located in
different countries. These transfers often require currency
conversion and pass through multiple intermediary or correspondent
banks to move money across distinct national banking systems and
regulatory frameworks.
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