Harry S. Truman famously said, “Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I’ll show you a crook.”
Truman is most likely rolling over in his grave at the number of politicians whose careers have created immense wealth for themselves.
And today we have Jade Dragon giving us her $0.50 cents worth (adjusted for wartime inflation) in a rant that may surprise you…especially if you are a MAGA fan.
The stage is yours, Jade.
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There are times when I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at what we are witnessing out of the swamp in DC.
And I’m especially distressed over the numbers I’ve seen about politicians becoming fabulously wealthy on salaries ranging from $175,000-$400,000.
And I’m not talking about the Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, types or even dingbats like AOC.
Let me be more specific.
Trumps wealth has increased by $4.1 billion since taking office less than two years ago…a 278% increase.
And his advisors made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months…more than every member of Congress combined…according to Bloomberg.
Based on what we’re seeing hyped in the media, Iran needs to let Trump off the hook.
It was temporary insanity.
His hormones were out of whack.
He was sad.
Sorry/not sorry for the sarcasm.
Unfortunately (or fortunately) this just shows the undue influence Israel has over the US government.
Don’t get me wrong…I recognize many other nation states also have undue influence.
But a major enema needs to be administered.
A flushing of the rotting poo stuck in the digestive track of government power.
BTW, Bloomberg is a shade biased…but the Wall Street Journal reported pretty much the same.
And I remember several of your posts on the same subject as well…regarding the TACO trades.
Back in April of 2025 when Trump announced the tariffs (and the market plunged) his “advisors” bought lots of stock for him.
Then, three days later, the market shot up. never to look back, as he announced a 90 day pause in the tariffs.
Wow!
Isn’t that some great trading?
So now, add in his NEW family businesses since being elected and all the great agency approvals from those HE APPOINTED!
(Most notable, the CFTC – Commodities Futures Trading Commission – and the OCC Options Clearance Corp)
I did the research and found that NO president has ever done this before.
And this could make him the last GOP President.
Adding to that I would like to point out that when Trump was sworn in, he didn’t put his hand on the Bible.
Nobody reported this at the time, except Tucker Carlson…and he was eventually mocked an excoriated for noticing it.
And now we have Trump saying he wants to bribe voters with a $5,000 “Dividend” check.
This is genuine Bread and Circuses stuff.
Trump’s $5,000 “dividend” is an overture to a guaranteed annual income.
Unfortunately, the state already controls most aspects of citizens’ lives through its taxes, regulations, and money creation.
And now, direct payments from the government put another nail in the coffin. The idea of America is being buried before our eyes.
Those who believe that the Republicans will save the day if they win in November are worse than naive.
I’d say they’re stupid. And I define stupidity as an unwitting tendency to self-destruction.
Like Trump, the Republican Party has no guiding morality or principles. Their only redeeming characteristic is that they’re not as bad as the Democrats.
But maybe they’re even worse because, by pretending to be capitalists, they give capitalism a bad name.
Alexis De Tocqueville said:
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”
I’d say that day has arrived.
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