Soldiers talk, and the talk on social media from active duty and retired US Army Rangers and others is largely expressing shock and outrage over the forced resignations of Gen.
It amazes me that one man, well 2 men (Bibi and Trump) can cause such an upheaval in the world as they rain down death and destruction. If it is suspected that Our President may be suffering from Frontotemporal Dementia, then surely those closest to him can see all signs. How is it possible that an impaired leader is allowed to start a war and always be near the nuclear football? Those who were fired may shed light on this.
Why does Susie Wiles have ANY INPUT in this discussion??? She’s the Chief of Staff-read that again-she’s the Chief of Staff. That means the Secretaries and office staff! She’s NO STRATEGIC PLANNER!! She knows JACK about any of this!!! She has absolutely NO BUSINESS being involved in any of this-either for or against! This is NOT her business at all!! GET HER OUT OF THERE NOW!!😡😡😡😡😡😡
I read yesterday that Gen.George was in a meeting, and was asked to step out to take a phone call. The caller was SOW Hegseth, who fired the General on the phone, with no prior notice, and was told termination was effective immediately. The other two generals were also fired on April 2. One wonders what the Chief of Chaplains did 'wrong'...
I knew a bit about Hegseth's past, his tattoos, his zealous Zionism, and the prayer meetings he holds. He trumpets that he is a Christian crusader, on a mission to vanquish the enemy. We have a fanatic supremacist as Secretary of Defense.
Well done, Larry. Now we wait till all the body bags arrive in DOVER. Susie Wiles reminds me of Naomi Judd, who faked her illness for political reasons. Wiles is the real SOW of Trump's administration.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: Clear and convincing evidence has been presented showing that prior to the acts of war, Iran had never attacked the U.S., there was no reasonable threat against the U.S., had agreed to unfettered inspections to show its veracity. Despite this the U.S. military under the deceptive and misleading direction of the Executive Branch of government attacked Iran. You are charged with making a decision as to whether or not the defendants, the generals, admirals of the US military who had the ability to stop the administration did knowingly and intentionally commit the following crimes. What say you? Guilty or not guilty?
Crimes Against Peace: Planning, initiating, or waging wars of aggression (i.e., starting illegal wars).
War Crimes: Violations of the laws and customs of war, such as mistreatment of prisoners of war, killing civilians, or destruction not justified by military necessity.
Crimes Against Humanity: Atrocities committed against civilians, including murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and persecution.
Conspiracy: Participation in a common plan or conspiracy to commit any of the above crimes.
I just posted this on Glenn Diesen Apr 2/26 Substack with Daniel Davis....
USA, EU UK & ISR do not own Planet Earth! The Godhead does - Father Son Spirit. In Daniel 4, God caused megalomaniac King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to be a beast for "7 times" & removed HIS ROYAL AUTHORITY until he could repent and worship the Most-High God.
How can one say? "Bombing into the stone-age is wrong because we don't have enough bombs". In Matthew 5:21-22 Jesus commanded us all to not commit MURDER in our HEART or by our hands/weapons. Which means that all involved in the planning, equipping, or execution of war need to pray and ask the Spirit of God to convict your heart if you are culpable for murdering innocent souls you wrongly believed were the enemy. Most Western Christians live in self-idolatry = being independent of God. They replaced their love for Jesus with worldly pleasures and live in religious pretense and mental ascent. Jesus said - TEST THE FRUIT! John 3:3. A true Christian is "born from above" and made a "bridal" covenant with Bridegroom King Jesus (Ephesians 5:22). He/she is a branch in John 15 Christ-Vine and drinks the sap which causes transformation by the power of Holy Spirit Who convicts (John 16:8) the heart of sins or bad intentions in order to be an ambassador of God's kingdom on Earth.
Since 33AD the BLOOD RIGHT of the LAMB has been offered FREELY to ALL NATIONS. So that whosoever believes in Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection on the 3rd day, and follows Him as their Saviour & Lord, will be redeemed by the blood of the Lamb from death and hell, AND be a living stone in God's spiritual temple not made by human hands. "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven". Jesus will return ONCE the lamb-natured holy Bridal vessel (Rev 19:7-9) is ready - which has nothing to do with a 3rd temple in unrepentant Jerusalem. Saints dwell in spiritual Mt Zion & Jerusalem (Heb 12).
Revelation 11:7-8 (Legacy) "And when they have finished their witness, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them and overcome them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom (Epstein Class) and Egypt (slavery & oppression), where also their Lord was crucified. (Jerusalem)."
<>OLD Covenant: In Ezekiel 5:5 and 38:12, God declares Jerusalem the "center of the nations" or "navel of the earth" placing it as the hub nation amidst surrounding countries.
<>NEW Covenant: Revelation 5:6, 7:17. At the CENTER OF THE THRONE stands the sacrificed Lamb of God, Yahweh Yeshua-I AM Salvation, Jesus Christ Son of God, Son of Man, WORD made flesh. The only one worthy to open the Rev 6 scroll, that was not to be opened until the end of the church age to PURGE EARTH of the wicked so Christ can reign as King.
5 of 7 Rev 6 seals were opened on days in Hebrew luni-solar calendar not Roman or Catholic. Seen by Terry Bennett, Messengers of Shiloh TN. Horses ride until Christ returns in Rev 19:
#1 Oct 5/22. Yom Kippur. WHITE horse. Pharma crowned/Corona. Hidden poisoned arrows.
#2 Apr 8/23. Passover. RED horse. Wars & killing.
#3 Oct 11/24. Yom Kippur. BLACK horse. Famine, inflation
#4 Oct 12/24. Yom Kippur. PALE horse. Death followed by Hades. Above + bioweapons.
#5 Oct 2/25. Yom Kippur. MARTYRS under Throne cry for Justice (including Charlie Kirk).
#6 ? COSMIC HELL (Passover Apr 1-9? Yom Kippur Sep 20-21?) Only Yahweh Yeshua knows. #6 Revelation 6:12-17 = Matthew 24, Luke 17. Cataclysmic cosmic events = divine judgment on murderers of Seal #5 MARTYRS. Expect God's wrath on ZIONIST leaders & armies, Epstein Class, Satanists, etc. Massive earthquake. Sun black. Moon red. Stars fall. SKY ROLLS UP LIKE A SCROLL. Those NOT SEALED by the Rev 5:9 BLOOD RIGHT of the LAMB cannot hide from the face of the wrath of the Lamb which penetrates bunkers and caves.
My serious concern is Trump and Putin have conspired to create serious disruption causing civil chaos, utilizing Marshal Law and then no elections. It’s a bad dream, I hope !
The recent mass removal of senior officers projects an image of disorder and weakness, making the United States appear more like a failing, unstable state than the stable global leader it must remain.
This war is causing irreversible financial damage.
Foreigners own 20% of equities ($19-trillion of the stock market), 30% of treasuries ($7.2-trillion), and 30% of sovereign and corporate outstanding credit.
The Federal Reserve shows that since 25 February 2025, various countries central banks, governments and international organizations have dumped $82-billion of U.S. treasuries at the New York Federal Reserve reducing the stake of foreign holdings to $2.7-trillion.
Some countries are forced to sell to keep their countries running. Saudis Arabia is like selling.
Other countries are undoubtedly cashing out before the dollar crashes.
Japan is holding $1.2-trillion of U.S. bonds. Japan may need to pull the plug to stay afloat.
Meanwhile, investors are fleeing to Chinese equities for safety and stability.
Fewer bond buyers at our soon maturing / refinancing of 1/3 of our debt is problematic. Interest was already our largest expense.
Something has to be cut. We cannot give Israel the usual $3.8-billion a year for weapons.
Israel may default on the $3-billion dollar loan politicians gave using taxpayer money so Israel could buy now blown up F-35 jets.
DJT’s sons allegedly started defense weapons related companies before hostilities broke out in Israel. DJT also allegedly is involved with a weapons business.
And Trump Jr. is a partner at 1789, a “patriotic capitalist” venture capital firm which backs a number of defense-tech startups. The firm, which Trump Jr. joined in November 2024 — right after his father was re-elected to the presidency — has since seen explosive growth: the assets it manages jumped in value from $150 million to more than $2 billion by the end of last year.
Suggesting the firm influences U.S. policy outright, Trump Jr. explained at a Future Investment Initiative event last year that 1789 “understand[s] what the administration wants to do, because [the firm] helped craft some of the messaging.”
Conflicts of interest percolate
As William Hartung, a Quincy Institute senior research fellow, tells RS, the Trump family’s defense-tech pursuits can be linked to a larger network of technology firms and venture capitalists that has significant influence within the Trump administration.
“The emerging military tech sector has deep ties to the administration, starting with vice-president J.D. Vance's relationship with Palantir founder Peter Thiel, who employed Vance and helped fund his Senate run,” Hartung said. “The fact that Donald Trump Jr. — not only the president's son but a close political advisor and unofficial spokesperson — will now profit personally from the fate of specific military tech firms adds an even more profound conflict-of-interest.”
To this end, 1789’s portfolio includes a number of defense-oriented companies, such as Anduril, Hadrian, SpaceX, and Vulcan Elements, a DOD contractor that makes rare-earth magnets, which are also backed by controversial venture capitalist Peter Thiel or his VC firm Founders Fund. A Silicon Valley kingmaker and Palantir co-founder to boot, Thiel has simultaneously worked to influence U.S. politics, bankrolling Congressional campaigns while many in his orbit now occupy major positions in the Trump administration.
Notably, Trump Jr. also sits on the advisory board of controversial prediction market Polymarket — which 1789 and Thiel’s Founders Fund also back — fostering an environment where people with insider awareness regarding the outcomes of world events could theoretically profit from that knowledge.
Hartung warns such political access — and, in the case of 1789, venture capital funding — can give certain defense-tech startups an unwarranted edge.
“Venture capital allows firms to stay in the market longer before they score their first big government contract, be it with the Pentagon, an intelligence agency, or the Department of Homeland Security,” Hartung told RS. “But once these influential firms have sunk substantial funds in a startup, they may use their influence to get that firm a contract whether or not its technology is ready for prime time, just to get a return on funds invested up to a given point in time.”
“If they can recruit the president's son to join in boosting a particular firm, whether or not its product has been proven effective, they have a whole new level of influence, which can be wielded to serve their financial interests rather than the public interest,” Hartung said.
Jumping to profit
Leveraging powerful family ties to break into the weapons industry, Trump’s sons appear poised to profit even more as their father’s administration ramps up spending for militarized drone technologies — for the conflicts it pursues abroad, but also at home.
Xtend’s attack drones have already been deployed to Iran, under a contract for a "government defense customer in the Middle East” worth up to $25 million. As Anduril Executive Chairman Trae Stephens told Bloomberg TV earlier this month: Anduril has “all sorts of primarily counter-air systems that are present in conflict zones,” where the company is “actively working day to day” with the DOD. Anduril received a ten-year U.S. Army contract this weekend worth up to $20 billion.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is pursuing a $1.1 billion “unleashing drone dominance” initiative, which aims to field over 200,000 American-made attack drones by 2027. Trump brothers-backed companies have actively pursued that funding: Xtend was among 25 companies invited to participate in the program’s first competition rounds for some of that funding, although it did not advance.
Beyond the battlefield, law enforcement and border security agencies are increasingly adopting war-tested, dual-use drone technologies — which could create further opportunities for drone-sector defense contractors the Trump siblings bankroll. As RS has highlighted, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has put forth hundreds of millions toward procuring drone and counter-drone technologies to secure the upcoming World Cup from the threat of unauthorized drones or cyberattacks.
Par for the military industrial complex course
As experts tell RS, the potential conflicts of interest on display in the Trump brothers’ defense ventures are par for the course in Washington, where such entanglements have long defined the relationship between government and the weapons industry — and altogether drive prospects for conflict.
“The revolving door between corporations and government has been undermining democracy and accountability in the U.S. for generations. This helps explain why the U.S. is always at war: no one gets rich when the U.S. doesn't sell weapons, or doesn't launch an invasion, or doesn't bomb civilians,” Shana Marshall, a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute, told RS. “But there's a massive network of lobbyists, think tank 'experts,' strategic consultants, corporate executives, asset managers and investors who get very rich when these things do happen.”
The Trump brothers’ “extreme graft is only possible because the more subtle profiteering in every preceding administration went unpunished too,” Marshall said.
It amazes me that one man, well 2 men (Bibi and Trump) can cause such an upheaval in the world as they rain down death and destruction. If it is suspected that Our President may be suffering from Frontotemporal Dementia, then surely those closest to him can see all signs. How is it possible that an impaired leader is allowed to start a war and always be near the nuclear football? Those who were fired may shed light on this.
Why does Susie Wiles have ANY INPUT in this discussion??? She’s the Chief of Staff-read that again-she’s the Chief of Staff. That means the Secretaries and office staff! She’s NO STRATEGIC PLANNER!! She knows JACK about any of this!!! She has absolutely NO BUSINESS being involved in any of this-either for or against! This is NOT her business at all!! GET HER OUT OF THERE NOW!!😡😡😡😡😡😡
I read yesterday that Gen.George was in a meeting, and was asked to step out to take a phone call. The caller was SOW Hegseth, who fired the General on the phone, with no prior notice, and was told termination was effective immediately. The other two generals were also fired on April 2. One wonders what the Chief of Chaplains did 'wrong'...
I knew a bit about Hegseth's past, his tattoos, his zealous Zionism, and the prayer meetings he holds. He trumpets that he is a Christian crusader, on a mission to vanquish the enemy. We have a fanatic supremacist as Secretary of Defense.
‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-iran?CMP=share_btn_url
Well done, Larry. Now we wait till all the body bags arrive in DOVER. Susie Wiles reminds me of Naomi Judd, who faked her illness for political reasons. Wiles is the real SOW of Trump's administration.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: Clear and convincing evidence has been presented showing that prior to the acts of war, Iran had never attacked the U.S., there was no reasonable threat against the U.S., had agreed to unfettered inspections to show its veracity. Despite this the U.S. military under the deceptive and misleading direction of the Executive Branch of government attacked Iran. You are charged with making a decision as to whether or not the defendants, the generals, admirals of the US military who had the ability to stop the administration did knowingly and intentionally commit the following crimes. What say you? Guilty or not guilty?
Crimes Against Peace: Planning, initiating, or waging wars of aggression (i.e., starting illegal wars).
War Crimes: Violations of the laws and customs of war, such as mistreatment of prisoners of war, killing civilians, or destruction not justified by military necessity.
Crimes Against Humanity: Atrocities committed against civilians, including murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and persecution.
Conspiracy: Participation in a common plan or conspiracy to commit any of the above crimes.
😀 😃
I would like to nominate my former accountant, Les Ismore, for the first appointee as Rabbi of The Department Of War…aka…The Soon Dead Zone.
I just posted this on Glenn Diesen Apr 2/26 Substack with Daniel Davis....
USA, EU UK & ISR do not own Planet Earth! The Godhead does - Father Son Spirit. In Daniel 4, God caused megalomaniac King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to be a beast for "7 times" & removed HIS ROYAL AUTHORITY until he could repent and worship the Most-High God.
How can one say? "Bombing into the stone-age is wrong because we don't have enough bombs". In Matthew 5:21-22 Jesus commanded us all to not commit MURDER in our HEART or by our hands/weapons. Which means that all involved in the planning, equipping, or execution of war need to pray and ask the Spirit of God to convict your heart if you are culpable for murdering innocent souls you wrongly believed were the enemy. Most Western Christians live in self-idolatry = being independent of God. They replaced their love for Jesus with worldly pleasures and live in religious pretense and mental ascent. Jesus said - TEST THE FRUIT! John 3:3. A true Christian is "born from above" and made a "bridal" covenant with Bridegroom King Jesus (Ephesians 5:22). He/she is a branch in John 15 Christ-Vine and drinks the sap which causes transformation by the power of Holy Spirit Who convicts (John 16:8) the heart of sins or bad intentions in order to be an ambassador of God's kingdom on Earth.
Since 33AD the BLOOD RIGHT of the LAMB has been offered FREELY to ALL NATIONS. So that whosoever believes in Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection on the 3rd day, and follows Him as their Saviour & Lord, will be redeemed by the blood of the Lamb from death and hell, AND be a living stone in God's spiritual temple not made by human hands. "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven". Jesus will return ONCE the lamb-natured holy Bridal vessel (Rev 19:7-9) is ready - which has nothing to do with a 3rd temple in unrepentant Jerusalem. Saints dwell in spiritual Mt Zion & Jerusalem (Heb 12).
Revelation 11:7-8 (Legacy) "And when they have finished their witness, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them and overcome them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom (Epstein Class) and Egypt (slavery & oppression), where also their Lord was crucified. (Jerusalem)."
<>OLD Covenant: In Ezekiel 5:5 and 38:12, God declares Jerusalem the "center of the nations" or "navel of the earth" placing it as the hub nation amidst surrounding countries.
<>NEW Covenant: Revelation 5:6, 7:17. At the CENTER OF THE THRONE stands the sacrificed Lamb of God, Yahweh Yeshua-I AM Salvation, Jesus Christ Son of God, Son of Man, WORD made flesh. The only one worthy to open the Rev 6 scroll, that was not to be opened until the end of the church age to PURGE EARTH of the wicked so Christ can reign as King.
5 of 7 Rev 6 seals were opened on days in Hebrew luni-solar calendar not Roman or Catholic. Seen by Terry Bennett, Messengers of Shiloh TN. Horses ride until Christ returns in Rev 19:
#1 Oct 5/22. Yom Kippur. WHITE horse. Pharma crowned/Corona. Hidden poisoned arrows.
#2 Apr 8/23. Passover. RED horse. Wars & killing.
#3 Oct 11/24. Yom Kippur. BLACK horse. Famine, inflation
#4 Oct 12/24. Yom Kippur. PALE horse. Death followed by Hades. Above + bioweapons.
#5 Oct 2/25. Yom Kippur. MARTYRS under Throne cry for Justice (including Charlie Kirk).
#6 ? COSMIC HELL (Passover Apr 1-9? Yom Kippur Sep 20-21?) Only Yahweh Yeshua knows. #6 Revelation 6:12-17 = Matthew 24, Luke 17. Cataclysmic cosmic events = divine judgment on murderers of Seal #5 MARTYRS. Expect God's wrath on ZIONIST leaders & armies, Epstein Class, Satanists, etc. Massive earthquake. Sun black. Moon red. Stars fall. SKY ROLLS UP LIKE A SCROLL. Those NOT SEALED by the Rev 5:9 BLOOD RIGHT of the LAMB cannot hide from the face of the wrath of the Lamb which penetrates bunkers and caves.
My serious concern is Trump and Putin have conspired to create serious disruption causing civil chaos, utilizing Marshal Law and then no elections. It’s a bad dream, I hope !
Iran hasn’t attacked anyone in 200-years.
The recent mass removal of senior officers projects an image of disorder and weakness, making the United States appear more like a failing, unstable state than the stable global leader it must remain.
This war is causing irreversible financial damage.
Foreigners own 20% of equities ($19-trillion of the stock market), 30% of treasuries ($7.2-trillion), and 30% of sovereign and corporate outstanding credit.
The Federal Reserve shows that since 25 February 2025, various countries central banks, governments and international organizations have dumped $82-billion of U.S. treasuries at the New York Federal Reserve reducing the stake of foreign holdings to $2.7-trillion.
Some countries are forced to sell to keep their countries running. Saudis Arabia is like selling.
Other countries are undoubtedly cashing out before the dollar crashes.
Japan is holding $1.2-trillion of U.S. bonds. Japan may need to pull the plug to stay afloat.
Meanwhile, investors are fleeing to Chinese equities for safety and stability.
Fewer bond buyers at our soon maturing / refinancing of 1/3 of our debt is problematic. Interest was already our largest expense.
Something has to be cut. We cannot give Israel the usual $3.8-billion a year for weapons.
Israel may default on the $3-billion dollar loan politicians gave using taxpayer money so Israel could buy now blown up F-35 jets.
DJT’s sons allegedly started defense weapons related companies before hostilities broke out in Israel. DJT also allegedly is involved with a weapons business.
Trump Wages War, His Sons Get Payoff Through Savvy Investments
Eric and Don Jr. are backing myriad weapons technology companies, including drones, which are very much in demand in Iran conflict
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-sons-iran/
Article:
And Trump Jr. is a partner at 1789, a “patriotic capitalist” venture capital firm which backs a number of defense-tech startups. The firm, which Trump Jr. joined in November 2024 — right after his father was re-elected to the presidency — has since seen explosive growth: the assets it manages jumped in value from $150 million to more than $2 billion by the end of last year.
Suggesting the firm influences U.S. policy outright, Trump Jr. explained at a Future Investment Initiative event last year that 1789 “understand[s] what the administration wants to do, because [the firm] helped craft some of the messaging.”
Conflicts of interest percolate
As William Hartung, a Quincy Institute senior research fellow, tells RS, the Trump family’s defense-tech pursuits can be linked to a larger network of technology firms and venture capitalists that has significant influence within the Trump administration.
“The emerging military tech sector has deep ties to the administration, starting with vice-president J.D. Vance's relationship with Palantir founder Peter Thiel, who employed Vance and helped fund his Senate run,” Hartung said. “The fact that Donald Trump Jr. — not only the president's son but a close political advisor and unofficial spokesperson — will now profit personally from the fate of specific military tech firms adds an even more profound conflict-of-interest.”
To this end, 1789’s portfolio includes a number of defense-oriented companies, such as Anduril, Hadrian, SpaceX, and Vulcan Elements, a DOD contractor that makes rare-earth magnets, which are also backed by controversial venture capitalist Peter Thiel or his VC firm Founders Fund. A Silicon Valley kingmaker and Palantir co-founder to boot, Thiel has simultaneously worked to influence U.S. politics, bankrolling Congressional campaigns while many in his orbit now occupy major positions in the Trump administration.
Notably, Trump Jr. also sits on the advisory board of controversial prediction market Polymarket — which 1789 and Thiel’s Founders Fund also back — fostering an environment where people with insider awareness regarding the outcomes of world events could theoretically profit from that knowledge.
Hartung warns such political access — and, in the case of 1789, venture capital funding — can give certain defense-tech startups an unwarranted edge.
“Venture capital allows firms to stay in the market longer before they score their first big government contract, be it with the Pentagon, an intelligence agency, or the Department of Homeland Security,” Hartung told RS. “But once these influential firms have sunk substantial funds in a startup, they may use their influence to get that firm a contract whether or not its technology is ready for prime time, just to get a return on funds invested up to a given point in time.”
“If they can recruit the president's son to join in boosting a particular firm, whether or not its product has been proven effective, they have a whole new level of influence, which can be wielded to serve their financial interests rather than the public interest,” Hartung said.
Jumping to profit
Leveraging powerful family ties to break into the weapons industry, Trump’s sons appear poised to profit even more as their father’s administration ramps up spending for militarized drone technologies — for the conflicts it pursues abroad, but also at home.
Xtend’s attack drones have already been deployed to Iran, under a contract for a "government defense customer in the Middle East” worth up to $25 million. As Anduril Executive Chairman Trae Stephens told Bloomberg TV earlier this month: Anduril has “all sorts of primarily counter-air systems that are present in conflict zones,” where the company is “actively working day to day” with the DOD. Anduril received a ten-year U.S. Army contract this weekend worth up to $20 billion.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is pursuing a $1.1 billion “unleashing drone dominance” initiative, which aims to field over 200,000 American-made attack drones by 2027. Trump brothers-backed companies have actively pursued that funding: Xtend was among 25 companies invited to participate in the program’s first competition rounds for some of that funding, although it did not advance.
Beyond the battlefield, law enforcement and border security agencies are increasingly adopting war-tested, dual-use drone technologies — which could create further opportunities for drone-sector defense contractors the Trump siblings bankroll. As RS has highlighted, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has put forth hundreds of millions toward procuring drone and counter-drone technologies to secure the upcoming World Cup from the threat of unauthorized drones or cyberattacks.
Par for the military industrial complex course
As experts tell RS, the potential conflicts of interest on display in the Trump brothers’ defense ventures are par for the course in Washington, where such entanglements have long defined the relationship between government and the weapons industry — and altogether drive prospects for conflict.
“The revolving door between corporations and government has been undermining democracy and accountability in the U.S. for generations. This helps explain why the U.S. is always at war: no one gets rich when the U.S. doesn't sell weapons, or doesn't launch an invasion, or doesn't bomb civilians,” Shana Marshall, a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute, told RS. “But there's a massive network of lobbyists, think tank 'experts,' strategic consultants, corporate executives, asset managers and investors who get very rich when these things do happen.”
The Trump brothers’ “extreme graft is only possible because the more subtle profiteering in every preceding administration went unpunished too,” Marshall said.