At 3:02 p.m. this afternoon, the President of the United States hobbled into the Roosevelt Room 32 minutes late for his meeting with tech leaders. While they waited for his arrival, they had each stood in their assigned places, fidgeting and trying not to let the heat of the room get to them. One of the crypto executives had been heard saying to the press standing behind a rope on the other side of the room, “Are you guys hot over there?” while SEC Chairman Paul Atkins added his own remarks, asking the room if anyone could dance.
With Trump finally in the room, he took his place at the podium. Using his right hand that was discolored and bruised, he turned the pages to read his remarks, and it was hard not to see just how much makeup had been applied to the decaying skin across the back of his hand. Then he started talking.
It never ceases to amaze me that grown men (,not a woman in sight although we all know what the orange Hitler thinks about women) can stand in the Oval Office and listen to the utter rubbish and childish vocabulary their leader spouts and then watch him fall asleep afterwards. The man is incapable of telling the truth about anything. I'm still very apprehensive about the mid term elections in November and what the Donald may plan to do to interfere with the democratic process. As for his plan to stand for the Presidency again in 2028 he'll be totally doolally by that time.
If we were being honest, we would say that under this regime, Melania needs to go back from whence she came. She is an "alien" is she not? She has, in true American fashion, risen to the top of the heap. What a great fn country! But what did she do to get there? BJs? Or, other times, keep her mouth shut? Look the other way at the philandering? Ride the fn escalator? Put on her stage face and say "boy's locker room talk" about her husband's rapey comments like, "grab them by the pussy"? She is a disgrace to the role of First Lady; at best, a demanding position, at worst, a demeaning one, but one that so many women, drunk or not, have put their best foot forward and triumphed in. Let her disappear, when she's around she's a bore.
Based on my 25-year career in hospice, although not as a nurse but as a chaplain, my sense is that Trump has not looked well since a couple of years before the last election.
Yess. We the people all know that. And the corrupt republican party knows it too. And the alt right fascist press of billionaires knows it too. Photographs, videos have been shot, etc. So what please? Well… nothing! The system remains rotten. Tks
Thank you for another brilliant and incisive piece Heather.
I can’t wait for the consequences and accountability happen very quickly, because I am so done with this fascist and with every corrupt and incompetent member of his horrible Administration.
Oh Heather! The glimmer of hope here was the three Trump endorsed candidates losing the primaries (though I have no idea of context here. Like, how many primaries are there? So what percentage is that who are losing? And what is the overall impact?)
But the crippling sentence was..."We have a Speaker of the House being discussed openly as someone who could refuse to seat duly elected and certified members of Congress simply because they are not Republicans" That really hurts, not just for America but the rest of us in this world as well.
I'm interested to see what happens tomorrow with Canada. Go Canada!
Thank you Heather. My apologies for the length here..
Just as an FYI when it comes to “easing or clarifying rules” to attract digital asset businesses like cryptocurrency. This is what the Felon is pushing. That currency that market which is highly volatile compared to traditional assets like stocks and bonds, meaning prices can experience rapid, drastic swings upward or downward in very short periods of time. Which currently is experiencing a historic “volatility collapse”, with major assets like Bitcoin trading in a compressed, quiet stalemate.
Let’s just take one country other than the now push from the Felon for the U.S. Congress to “ease up” our restrictions which btw would allow your 401k’s to invest in this highly volatile venture of investments.
The United Arab Emirates has established dedicated regulators like VARA in Dubai to foster a business-friendly, low-tax environment for blockchain and crypto firms.
The connection between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and President Donald Trump involves a massive web of private crypto investments tied directly to major shifts in U.S. technology and foreign policy.
At the center of this relationship is World Liberty Financial (WLF), a decentralized finance (DeFi) cryptocurrency firm co-owned by the Trump family.
The Major Crypto Investments and Dealings are as follows
1. The World Liberty Financial (WLF Stake) - An investment firm linked to UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan acquired a significant stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 Million, yielding substantial returns for Trump's personal disclosures and routing funds to the Witkoff family managing (WLF).
2. The Binance Deal - The UAE state-backed firm MGX finalized a $2 Billion investment into Binance using USD1, which is a stablecoin issued by (WLF). Now this arrangement funneled transaction fees and liquidity to (WLF), which directs the majority of its net profits to the Trump family.
So the Policy Shifts and Scrutiny is that Lawmakers and watchdogs have questioned potential conflicts of interest regarding these private transactions and subsequent policy decisions. It’s more than just the enrichment of cryptocurrency itself for the Trump family it’s the side deals made at the expense of each American. Here’s just one -
AI Chip Access - The administration reclassified the UAE as a trusted export control partner, granting access to advanced Nvidia AI chips previously restricted due to security concerns involving third-party nations.
For years, the UAE sought access to powerful American-made “Nvidia AI chips” to become a global technology leader. The Biden administration had restricted these exports due to national security fears that the tech could leak to China via the UAE's state-backed AI firm, G42.
However, the Trump administration reversed this stance, reclassifying the UAE as a "trusted export partner". This cleared the path for the UAE to receive hundreds of thousands of advanced AI chips. Investigative reporting and congressional inquiries highlighted a striking timeline connecting this foreign policy shift to the Trump family's private finances.
So going back to just the cryptocurrency tie to the AI deal with the UAE there are regulators granting banking status to World Liberty Trust, while broader administration actions included rolling back specific cryptocurrency enforcement measures. There are Congressional Inquiries.
Democratic Congressional leaders have pressed officials regarding whether private business interests intersected with the approval of AI chip transfers to the UAE, alongside legislative proposals seeking to restrict banking approvals for businesses tied to a sitting president. The Republican leaders are negating any investigations. (Anyone recall how the republicans were with Hunter Biden’s laptop and anything to do with Ukraine)..
This is but one country that will benefit of deals with cryptocurrencies as well as AI chips and who knows what else the Trump family has now dipped into. Let’s just say this - The Trump family’s involvement in tech and Defense AI Companies now spans direct financial investments, official advisory roles for Defense startup companies, and commercial tie-ins involving restricted foreign military tech that can be possibly sold to foreign countries that are not aligned with decades years USA policies. (meaning selling to either North Korea, Russia or China)..
It’s always about following the money. Trump gets rich and more powerful with the other oligarchs. Other countries get the deals to advance even farther than our own country and the American people are the ones who suffer.
Do your own research. There are a number of people in Congress that are currently running that will benefit from “easing or clarifying rules” on cryptocurrencies. You can guess as to what political party these candidates belong to. It’s always about the money, for way too many years, and decades the power to make more money and in the end we the American people get screwed.
The change can start to begin this coming November. It’s only 74 days til November 3rd Midterms. The House needs to flip. The Senate needs to flip which is a little harder, but hopeful it will. The checks and balances needs to return. If not don’t even want to imagine what will become of a future in the U.S. Have hope that the American people are more of the GENUIS than that Felon who cares nothing about anyone other than himself…
Going to share a personal story when it comes to cryptocurrency. It was around 2013 or early 2014 that friends and some family members were all gung ho on having investments into this new currency, not a tangible thing you can hold and an imaginary concept which is cryptocurrency. They were tooting it up as the new way to enrich themselves and their investments would almost double over a short period of time. The push was for others to invest in these assets, you know like help a buddy out if knowing an inside source. Was very leery to even invest a small amount of money into something that you can’t see or hold so said the polite thing, “I’ll think about it.”
It just so happened was in NY city at the end of 2014 and happened to be given an invitation from another friend who just needed someone to go with him to a gathering that Warren Buffet was the guest speaker. So we went and after Warren Buffet spoke there was an open question forum and he was asked about this new investment of cryptocurrency. His thoughts as an entrepreneur an investor who has been very successful. Here’s the gist of his explanation - “Buffett started out talking about the fads of beanie babies even the pet rock as tangible things that we all could hold, see and if wanted to place them onto a bookcase or desk. Now crypto is not a tangible thing, can’t hold it, see it or even put it on a bookshelf to admire it. If you invested in beanie babies or pet rocks years to come you’d at least have those items around you, wouldn’t have any money because they were fads but you would have a lot of stuffed animals and rocks, no bookshelves. Years to come with crypto you wouldn’t even have the bookcases to place that imaginary currency on it…”
Some of those friends that tooted cryptocurrency in 2014 lost pretty much everything plus more in 2018. Bitcoin crashed from a peak of nearly $20,000 down to roughly $3,200, taking thousands of newer altcoins down with it. Then they didn’t learn their lesson, again in 2020 lost money, Bitcoin lost half of its total market value in less than a week, plunging below $4,000. Some figured third times a charm, but in 2022 not so good, The entire digital asset ecosystem collapsed from a $3 trillion valuation down to less than $900 billion. So they left that sphere of crypto in 2022 until that Tangerine Twaddle decided to get into this deal with crypto in 2024. So once again they are invested, poorer but still tooting cryptocurrency.
It’s now 2026, have since retired those friends who are now once again invested in cryptocurrency since 2024 are older and even around the same age are still working. Still working long hours. Those crypto investments never did pan out for them to start the next chapter in life. Yet they are thinking that the fourth time around will work for them to finally no longer work five to seven days a week to even maintain a life, a roof over their heads and food on the table. They have no bookcases or beanie babies or pet rocks…
When he speaks about his “buddy” I wish ONE reporter would ask him a question about “Communist Leader Kim.” I swear I don’t think anyone’s told Trump. It makes it all the more hilarious when Mike Johnson gets choked up talking about how dangerous communism is.
It’s easy to become Trump’s friend. If you’re a foreign leader, just say nice things about him. If you’re anyone else, just give him a billion dollars.
You'd better get that hand looked at by a real doctor, Donald. It kind of looks like leprosy, or maybe the onset of the gray scale that did in Ser Jorah in GOT. Or maybe it's just the excrescence of your rotting soul starting to seep through the skin.
Is there a way to bypass Johnson’s fecklessness if he refuses to allow elected representatives to take their seats in the House w. out the huge delay as he did w. Congresswoman Grisjalva in AZ’s District 7 special election? If the Republicans lose their majority in the House of Representatives, can the Democrats just checkerboard jump over him?
I’m curious. I know what Donald Trump does when one of his businesses fails, but what can the country do when his policies cause it to fail? 40 trillion dollar debt and climbing. . .
The Art of the Fail: Donald Trump’s Real Business Record
Never in my life did I see a demon like Trump coming. The sad demoralizing thing is the friends and family I’ve lost over arguing about him and the damage he’s doing. Why can’t they see it!
I'm still trying not to give up on my 32yo son. I know this sounds awful, but until his father passes, I fear he will be lost to all of this. Praying daily for the demise of him and orange man. Sorry, God...
It never ceases to amaze me that grown men (,not a woman in sight although we all know what the orange Hitler thinks about women) can stand in the Oval Office and listen to the utter rubbish and childish vocabulary their leader spouts and then watch him fall asleep afterwards. The man is incapable of telling the truth about anything. I'm still very apprehensive about the mid term elections in November and what the Donald may plan to do to interfere with the democratic process. As for his plan to stand for the Presidency again in 2028 he'll be totally doolally by that time.
Incidentally what has happened to Melania?,
If we were being honest, we would say that under this regime, Melania needs to go back from whence she came. She is an "alien" is she not? She has, in true American fashion, risen to the top of the heap. What a great fn country! But what did she do to get there? BJs? Or, other times, keep her mouth shut? Look the other way at the philandering? Ride the fn escalator? Put on her stage face and say "boy's locker room talk" about her husband's rapey comments like, "grab them by the pussy"? She is a disgrace to the role of First Lady; at best, a demanding position, at worst, a demeaning one, but one that so many women, drunk or not, have put their best foot forward and triumphed in. Let her disappear, when she's around she's a bore.
And where is mitch the bitch? Any news of this definite corrupt asshole? Tjank you
Based on my 25-year career in hospice, although not as a nurse but as a chaplain, my sense is that Trump has not looked well since a couple of years before the last election.
I do want him to live long enough to face accountability and investigations. And utter humiliation.
I have said the same thing 100 times. I want to see him in a courtroom & held accountable for what happened on Jan 6 & everything else he has done.
We may need to settle for the court of public opinion on November 3rd.
His remaining family may have to do.
Occasionally one sees comments to the effect that there is also a smell about him that points in the same direction.
Yess. We the people all know that. And the corrupt republican party knows it too. And the alt right fascist press of billionaires knows it too. Photographs, videos have been shot, etc. So what please? Well… nothing! The system remains rotten. Tks
Thank you for another brilliant and incisive piece Heather.
I can’t wait for the consequences and accountability happen very quickly, because I am so done with this fascist and with every corrupt and incompetent member of his horrible Administration.
Oh Heather! The glimmer of hope here was the three Trump endorsed candidates losing the primaries (though I have no idea of context here. Like, how many primaries are there? So what percentage is that who are losing? And what is the overall impact?)
But the crippling sentence was..."We have a Speaker of the House being discussed openly as someone who could refuse to seat duly elected and certified members of Congress simply because they are not Republicans" That really hurts, not just for America but the rest of us in this world as well.
I'm interested to see what happens tomorrow with Canada. Go Canada!
We need to stop saying he “earned” that $1.4B. He didn’t earn a penny of it. He stole it. All of it. From us.
Thank you Heather. My apologies for the length here..
Just as an FYI when it comes to “easing or clarifying rules” to attract digital asset businesses like cryptocurrency. This is what the Felon is pushing. That currency that market which is highly volatile compared to traditional assets like stocks and bonds, meaning prices can experience rapid, drastic swings upward or downward in very short periods of time. Which currently is experiencing a historic “volatility collapse”, with major assets like Bitcoin trading in a compressed, quiet stalemate.
Let’s just take one country other than the now push from the Felon for the U.S. Congress to “ease up” our restrictions which btw would allow your 401k’s to invest in this highly volatile venture of investments.
The United Arab Emirates has established dedicated regulators like VARA in Dubai to foster a business-friendly, low-tax environment for blockchain and crypto firms.
The connection between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and President Donald Trump involves a massive web of private crypto investments tied directly to major shifts in U.S. technology and foreign policy.
At the center of this relationship is World Liberty Financial (WLF), a decentralized finance (DeFi) cryptocurrency firm co-owned by the Trump family.
The Major Crypto Investments and Dealings are as follows
1. The World Liberty Financial (WLF Stake) - An investment firm linked to UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan acquired a significant stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 Million, yielding substantial returns for Trump's personal disclosures and routing funds to the Witkoff family managing (WLF).
2. The Binance Deal - The UAE state-backed firm MGX finalized a $2 Billion investment into Binance using USD1, which is a stablecoin issued by (WLF). Now this arrangement funneled transaction fees and liquidity to (WLF), which directs the majority of its net profits to the Trump family.
So the Policy Shifts and Scrutiny is that Lawmakers and watchdogs have questioned potential conflicts of interest regarding these private transactions and subsequent policy decisions. It’s more than just the enrichment of cryptocurrency itself for the Trump family it’s the side deals made at the expense of each American. Here’s just one -
AI Chip Access - The administration reclassified the UAE as a trusted export control partner, granting access to advanced Nvidia AI chips previously restricted due to security concerns involving third-party nations.
For years, the UAE sought access to powerful American-made “Nvidia AI chips” to become a global technology leader. The Biden administration had restricted these exports due to national security fears that the tech could leak to China via the UAE's state-backed AI firm, G42.
However, the Trump administration reversed this stance, reclassifying the UAE as a "trusted export partner". This cleared the path for the UAE to receive hundreds of thousands of advanced AI chips. Investigative reporting and congressional inquiries highlighted a striking timeline connecting this foreign policy shift to the Trump family's private finances.
So going back to just the cryptocurrency tie to the AI deal with the UAE there are regulators granting banking status to World Liberty Trust, while broader administration actions included rolling back specific cryptocurrency enforcement measures. There are Congressional Inquiries.
Democratic Congressional leaders have pressed officials regarding whether private business interests intersected with the approval of AI chip transfers to the UAE, alongside legislative proposals seeking to restrict banking approvals for businesses tied to a sitting president. The Republican leaders are negating any investigations. (Anyone recall how the republicans were with Hunter Biden’s laptop and anything to do with Ukraine)..
This is but one country that will benefit of deals with cryptocurrencies as well as AI chips and who knows what else the Trump family has now dipped into. Let’s just say this - The Trump family’s involvement in tech and Defense AI Companies now spans direct financial investments, official advisory roles for Defense startup companies, and commercial tie-ins involving restricted foreign military tech that can be possibly sold to foreign countries that are not aligned with decades years USA policies. (meaning selling to either North Korea, Russia or China)..
It’s always about following the money. Trump gets rich and more powerful with the other oligarchs. Other countries get the deals to advance even farther than our own country and the American people are the ones who suffer.
Do your own research. There are a number of people in Congress that are currently running that will benefit from “easing or clarifying rules” on cryptocurrencies. You can guess as to what political party these candidates belong to. It’s always about the money, for way too many years, and decades the power to make more money and in the end we the American people get screwed.
The change can start to begin this coming November. It’s only 74 days til November 3rd Midterms. The House needs to flip. The Senate needs to flip which is a little harder, but hopeful it will. The checks and balances needs to return. If not don’t even want to imagine what will become of a future in the U.S. Have hope that the American people are more of the GENUIS than that Felon who cares nothing about anyone other than himself…
Going to share a personal story when it comes to cryptocurrency. It was around 2013 or early 2014 that friends and some family members were all gung ho on having investments into this new currency, not a tangible thing you can hold and an imaginary concept which is cryptocurrency. They were tooting it up as the new way to enrich themselves and their investments would almost double over a short period of time. The push was for others to invest in these assets, you know like help a buddy out if knowing an inside source. Was very leery to even invest a small amount of money into something that you can’t see or hold so said the polite thing, “I’ll think about it.”
It just so happened was in NY city at the end of 2014 and happened to be given an invitation from another friend who just needed someone to go with him to a gathering that Warren Buffet was the guest speaker. So we went and after Warren Buffet spoke there was an open question forum and he was asked about this new investment of cryptocurrency. His thoughts as an entrepreneur an investor who has been very successful. Here’s the gist of his explanation - “Buffett started out talking about the fads of beanie babies even the pet rock as tangible things that we all could hold, see and if wanted to place them onto a bookcase or desk. Now crypto is not a tangible thing, can’t hold it, see it or even put it on a bookshelf to admire it. If you invested in beanie babies or pet rocks years to come you’d at least have those items around you, wouldn’t have any money because they were fads but you would have a lot of stuffed animals and rocks, no bookshelves. Years to come with crypto you wouldn’t even have the bookcases to place that imaginary currency on it…”
Some of those friends that tooted cryptocurrency in 2014 lost pretty much everything plus more in 2018. Bitcoin crashed from a peak of nearly $20,000 down to roughly $3,200, taking thousands of newer altcoins down with it. Then they didn’t learn their lesson, again in 2020 lost money, Bitcoin lost half of its total market value in less than a week, plunging below $4,000. Some figured third times a charm, but in 2022 not so good, The entire digital asset ecosystem collapsed from a $3 trillion valuation down to less than $900 billion. So they left that sphere of crypto in 2022 until that Tangerine Twaddle decided to get into this deal with crypto in 2024. So once again they are invested, poorer but still tooting cryptocurrency.
It’s now 2026, have since retired those friends who are now once again invested in cryptocurrency since 2024 are older and even around the same age are still working. Still working long hours. Those crypto investments never did pan out for them to start the next chapter in life. Yet they are thinking that the fourth time around will work for them to finally no longer work five to seven days a week to even maintain a life, a roof over their heads and food on the table. They have no bookcases or beanie babies or pet rocks…
When he speaks about his “buddy” I wish ONE reporter would ask him a question about “Communist Leader Kim.” I swear I don’t think anyone’s told Trump. It makes it all the more hilarious when Mike Johnson gets choked up talking about how dangerous communism is.
It’s easy to become Trump’s friend. If you’re a foreign leader, just say nice things about him. If you’re anyone else, just give him a billion dollars.
You'd better get that hand looked at by a real doctor, Donald. It kind of looks like leprosy, or maybe the onset of the gray scale that did in Ser Jorah in GOT. Or maybe it's just the excrescence of your rotting soul starting to seep through the skin.
The last thing is real. Although leprosy is a possibility.
Is there a way to bypass Johnson’s fecklessness if he refuses to allow elected representatives to take their seats in the House w. out the huge delay as he did w. Congresswoman Grisjalva in AZ’s District 7 special election? If the Republicans lose their majority in the House of Representatives, can the Democrats just checkerboard jump over him?
The world is watching...
Your postings are becoming in my “everyday’ reads. You are a very good writer!
My go to in the morning!
Thank you, Heather.
I pray that on November 4, 2026 America wakes up to a blue wave.
We need accountability. We need to bring sanity back to America.
Thank you Heather for your reporting and your insight.
I’m curious. I know what Donald Trump does when one of his businesses fails, but what can the country do when his policies cause it to fail? 40 trillion dollar debt and climbing. . .
The Art of the Fail: Donald Trump’s Real Business Record
https://raybwilliams.medium.com/the-art-of-the-fail-donald-trumps-real-business-record-eb92405c782b
Never in my life did I see a demon like Trump coming. The sad demoralizing thing is the friends and family I’ve lost over arguing about him and the damage he’s doing. Why can’t they see it!
I'm still trying not to give up on my 32yo son. I know this sounds awful, but until his father passes, I fear he will be lost to all of this. Praying daily for the demise of him and orange man. Sorry, God...
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