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After indicting the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg, the Manhattan DA turns its attention to who else might have benefited from the company's fraudulent accounting practices. Michael surmises that the Trump children and Ivanka in particular should have much to fear. Next, a case for why they will flip on their father. Finally, Politico's Renato Mariotti joins Mea Culpa to decipher what's next.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael breaks down the criminal indictment of Allen Weisselberg and the Trump Organization showcasing how rampant fraud and corruption within the company was part and parcel of the Trump business culture. But these charges are just the beginning as the Manhattan DA seeks to flip Weisselberg and ultimately hold Donald Trump accountable. Finally, Michael speaks with Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr., the Chair of Princeton University's African American Studies Department and one of this nation's foremost scholars on Black culture about the GOP's weaponization of Critical Race Theory.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The criminal indictment of the Trump Organization puts Donald Trump squarely in the crosshairs of legal jeopardy. But a wounded Trump is still a dangerous Trump; creating a new urgency to jumpstart his political life and remain viable as a candidate. He won't run because he's afraid to lose. But as long as his MAGA base thinks he'll run, the more money he can raise. In addition, he can claim that the DA is only coming after him as a political vendetta. But to remain viable, Trump must appeal to an extremist base that is more prone to conspiracy thinking, violence, racism and hatred. All of this was on display last weekend at his first public rally and will only intensify as his legal troubles mount.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One question, asked directly, for eleven minutes. Who were you before June 2015? Hawk's premise is that something changed when Donald Trump rode down that escalator, and that for a lot of people it changed permanently. An identity built around one man. A grievance framework that assigns every disappointment to somebody else. A new community that replaced the old one. The part he keeps returning to is the cost. Family relationships. Friendships. People at work. Conversations at Thanksgiving that do not happen anymore. He says he knows people who have lost nearly every close relationship they had and remain completely committed. So the question is whether it was worth it. He also lays out the record that supporters have absorbed along the way: the New York fraud judgment, the felony convictions, the Trump Organization's 2022 conviction, the Epstein connection, and an economy where gas, groceries, and utilities all cost more than they did. The closing question is the real one. What is it that he understands about you? SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH HAWK- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mdg650hawk - Hawk's Merch Store: https://hawkmerchstore.com - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdg650hawk7thacct - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hawkeyewhackamole - Connect on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mdg650hawk.bsky.social - Connect on Substack: https://mdg650hawk.substack.com - Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkpodcasts - Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mdg650hawk - Connect on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mdg650hawk ALL HAWK PODCASTS INFO- Additional Content Available Here: https://www.hawkpodcasts.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts- Listen to Hawk Podcasts On Your Favorite Platform:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RWeJfyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/422GDuLYouTube: https://youtube.com/@hawkpodcastsiHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/47vVBdPPandora: https://bit.ly/48COaTB

On this special episode of Mea Culpa we break down the criminal charges facing Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump Organization has sued Capital One for closing its bank accounts. The organization says it did so out of political reasons. But banks can close accounts for a zillion reasons. They don't have to say why. Capital One cited money laundering as a concern. On today's show, how banks decide to close accounts, how much politics plays a role and what the bank might have seen in its crime-stopping crystal ball.Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.Your Next Listen — What is a 'freedom economy'?Connect with The Indicator — Sign up for The Indicator's weekly newsletter!— Buy the Planet Money book— Find our socials, YouTube and more!— For sponsor-free episodes, subscribe to NPR+ Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show's perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

Hawk adds the comparison Honig gestured at. The civil case against Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization turned on proven intent to defraud lenders over a decade. The half billion dollar judgment was later thrown out, but the fraud finding stands. Signing what a mortgage broker puts in front of you is not that. There is also the setting. This ran alongside a Long Island rally where Todd Blanche spoke and endorsed a candidate for governor. A sitting Attorney General appearing at a partisan rally and endorsing from the stage is a departure from how the Justice Department is meant to operate, and it is getting less attention than it should. Bill Pulte's role in surfacing the mortgage records is worth understanding too. SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH HAWK- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mdg650hawk - Hawk's Merch Store: https://hawkmerchstore.com - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdg650hawk7thacct - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hawkeyewhackamole - Connect on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mdg650hawk.bsky.social - Connect on Substack: https://mdg650hawk.substack.com - Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkpodcasts - Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mdg650hawk - Connect on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mdg650hawk ALL HAWK PODCASTS INFO- Additional Content Available Here: https://www.hawkpodcasts.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts- Listen to Hawk Podcasts On Your Favorite Platform:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RWeJfyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/422GDuLYouTube: https://youtube.com/@hawkpodcastsiHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/47vVBdPPandora: https://bit.ly/48COaTB

The Manhattan DA's case against the Trump Organization and Donald Trump has put intense pressure on the former President as he finds himself increasingly cornered. The prospect of an indictment has forced him back out on the campaign trail as he seeks to shield himself from prosecution by spinning the case as yet another political witch hunt. At the same time, the GOP must reckon with the fact that for good or ill, Trump is still the center of the Republican universe and thus they need to change the narrative. In the past several months, the right has engaged in a propaganda war to white wash the history of the Trump presidency and what happened on January 6th. The result has been a steady drip of stunning and shameless lies. Finally, political strategist and Democratic stalwart Joe Trippi joins Mea Culpa to discuss the fall out caused by the GOP's authoritarian crusade.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy

Aug 13, 2026; 6pm; MS NOW's Ari Melber is joined by former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb to discuss growing backlash to President Trump's power grabs. Plus, Melber reports on new revelations that a major U.S. bank believed the Trump Organization was potentially linked to money laundering. NYU's Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins for analysis. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Trump Organization lawyer turned Middle East envoy, Jason Greenblatt talks with Martin Smith about the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia.

This week on The Necessary Conversation, Chad, Haley, and Mary Lou cover the biggest stories in American politics.⚖️ The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche — Trump's personal criminal defense lawyer — as the permanent Attorney General by a single vote. Mom was told Blanche was just an interim replacement. That was a lie. Blanche has already withheld over 3 million Epstein documents, doxxed victims including their nude photos, and negotiated the deal that made Trump and his family permanently immune from paying taxes. We ask Mom: do you see the conflict of interest now?⛽ Iran published its list of demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed since February: end the war permanently, lift the naval blockade, withdraw U.S. forces, lift sanctions, release frozen assets, and pay war reparations. Trump and Rubio are unlikely to agree because it would mean admitting they lost. We ask: should Trump just meet the demands and get gas prices back down?

This week the walls closed in a little further on the Former Guy as New York Attorney General ‘Tish James announced her department would be investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity. This significant development comes with sweeping powers for the investigators to root out fraud and spells doom for the former president who fears prison above and beyond all else. Matt Gaetz's wingman Joel Greenberg pleads guilty to six counts including underage sex trafficking and agrees to flip on Gaetz. Details of a cocaine and hooker fueled party at a Trump defense fundraiser in Orlando adds to the Congressman's trouble. Finally, Tom Nichols joins Mea Culpa to discuss the GOP's drift into insanity and authoritarianism.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

August 4, 2026In a court filing on Friday, Capital One Bank stated that it had closed more than 380 of Trump and the Trump Organization's bank accounts for anti-money laundering reasons, Trump and the Trump Organization had sued Capital One in federal court in Florida, Trump has rabidly attacked FBI and Justice Department officials who have extensive experience in investigating money laundering and organized crime, Sen Ron Wyden released a report saying that Wall Street banks held off on filing required suspicious activity reports on transactions associated with Jeffrey Epstein, The report describes how top banks enabled Epstein's sex- trafficking operation by ignoring suspicious financial transactions, The report also points out that Republicans have blocked Wyden's measure requiring Treasury to produce copies of all suspicious activity reports related to Epstein, The report asks for an investigation into the behavior of individual bankers as well as the banks, In the 1930s federal securities laws and banking regulations were passed to clean up Wall Street and create a level playing field, We are watching the dismantling of these protections and a skewing of the system toward the very wealthy.Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ-Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

Sam Stein and Andrew Weissmann discuss the Justice Department's dismissal of charges over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, potential recourse for Olympian David Hearn, and Trump's response. They also examine Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation prospects, the proposed “anti-weaponization” fund and tax-immunity agreement, Capital One's anti-money-laundering claims involving Trump Organization accounts, and Anthony Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress.Head to https://FactorMeals.com/illegalnews50off and use code illegalnews50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last until 10/31/2026.

August 3, 2026Todd Blanche rescinded the order establishing a $1.776 billion slush fund, Blanche's order did not change the terms of the nonprosecution order providing that the DOJ would not prosecute Trump, his sons, or the Trump Organization for crimes related to tax returns, The IRS will not audit tax returns filed before May 19, 2026, Although the promise to kill the slush fund seems hollow, Senators Tillis and Cornyn will now support Blanche's nomination for Attorney General, The nomination will move out of committee and go to the full Senate, where Republicans could kill it but probably will vote to confirm Blanche, Blanche appears to have been most responsible for ignoring the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Trump has been feuding with Republican senators over the SAVE American Act, and funding for the unpopular Iran War, There has also been infighting between Trump and cabinet members, And there is an extraordinary fight playing out between Republican federal lawmakers from Ohio.Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ-Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman open on Trump Media's new Truth API, the subscription that lets trading firms pay up to $100,000 a month for early access to Trump's market-moving posts. The scandal isn't that it's insider trading, it's that it technically isn't. The rules were written for corporate insiders who owe a duty to shareholders, never for a president who happens to be the source, the publisher, and a 41% owner of the platform all at once, and the man who'd have to close that loophole runs an SEC built for deregulation. Jared and Nick trace the feedback loop this creates, where Trump's posts move the very market he's now selling access to, and they make the case that any real anti-corruption platform has to go after not just Trump himself but the think tanks, law firms, and accounting giants behind him. That leads into Capital One, which just admitted it closed hundreds of Trump Organization accounts over flagged transaction patterns, a detail that only surfaced because the Trumps sued and discovery pried it loose, and it says everything about a banking system that treats aiding and abetting as a business model. The back half turns darker and stranger, moving from the Max Miller abuse case and the extraordinary statement Bernie Moreno released against his own former son-in-law to the GOP brain drain that one staffer described as a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots. Then, on Michigan primary day, the guys break down what the Tucker Carlson cabin meeting says about a coming "America First" realignment, and why the right keeps absorbing its insurgents while the left just fractures. Support the show, ad-free and editorially independent, at patreon.com/muckrakepodcast, and find us on Bluesky. Content note: this episode discusses domestic abuse.

Financial disclosures have revealed that Capital One closed approximately 300 Trump Organization accounts following a 2021 anti-money laundering review. In this episode of the Rational Boomer Podcast, we dive into the fallout, banking compliance, the fallout of discovery from subsequent legal battles, and why financial transparency matters more than ever.

Today's top stories, with context, in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:1) Oil rose after its biggest drop in a week, as President Trump said his latest offer of talks is Tehran’s “last chance” and that he expects a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran denied it was talking with the US, but said discussions with Oman to get more ships moving through Hormuz are making progress, with an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader saying Washington must “take the first step and change its behavior." Commodity flows through the Strait of Hormuz have slowed to a trickle, with a cargo vessel northeast of Al Khasab, Oman, broadcasting that it had been hit by an unknown projectile on Monday.2) Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche shared documents on social media that seemed to clear a major hurdle to the top job, but drew skeptical reactions from former Justice Department officials and administration critics. The documents addressed concerns about a $1.8 billion fund for alleged victims of government “weaponization” and immunity for President Trump, his family members and the Trump Organization from audits of past tax filings, but the original documents that sparked bipartisan outrage remain unchanged. Critics say the latest documents do not have much permanent legal effect and that the door is open for officials, Trump, or others in his orbit to try to enforce the terms in the future.3) Michigan's Senate primary today will serve as a litmus test of whether the Democrats' progressive wing can win in a presidential battleground state. The primary pits Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, against progressive Abdul El-Sayed, with Black voters being central to the case. A win by El-Sayed would vault him into national prominence, but a defeat would spark questions about whether progressives can win outside of deeply Democratic areas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Iran denies Trump's claim of resuming talks, Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 18 people days after a deal, a drone strike in Darfur kills 35 people, 72 people die amid the Ceuta migrant crisis, the U.S. and Japan intervene jointly to boost the yen from a 40-year low, a suicide bomber kills 14 people outside a police station in Pakistan's Swat, Capital One shuts down Trump Organization accounts after a money laundering probe, Blanche formally scraps the $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, an Indonesia ferry fire kills five people, with 41 still missing, soccer's national football associations withdraw support for Infantino's FIFA reelection, and a U.K. baby becomes the first to undergo fetal gastroschisis surgery. Sources: Verity.News

Monday, August 3, 2026 Today, Donald Trump has appealed his Slush Fund and tax immunity case as Cornyn and Tillis try to reach a deal with Todd Blanche ahead of the August 4th committee confirmation vote; the Justice Department argues the Slush Fund isn't going forward in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche; Jeanine Pirro has dropped the charge against olympian Davey Hearn in the Reflecting Pool case; Capital One says it closed Trump's bank accounts over money laundering; Trump TACOs again with Iran as one of his generals warns the U.S. doesn't have the forces to protect Israel; Rep. Max Miller of Ohio was denounced by Senator Bernie Moreno for abusing his daughter; Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has restored the voting rights for 66,000 people with prior felony convictions; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Thank You, DailyLook For 50% off your first order, head to DailyLook.com and use code DAILYBEANS. Thank You, HomeChef For a limited time, get  50% off and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life!  HomeChef.com/DAILYBEANS.  Must be an active subscriber to receive free dessert. The Trump Epstein Memorial Bookmobile The Daily Beans is proud to partner with Miles Taylor and our friends at DEFIANCE.org For a limited time, members of the Daily Beans community can receive a FREE 3-month full membership to DEFIANCE.org and gain access to one of the fastest-growing pro-democracy movements in America. Join here: https://www.defiance.org/beans Join The Daily Beans and give a gift today to ensure The Trevor Project can continue its crucial work in the face of continued challenges. Donate to The Trevor Project - Daily Beans Podcast The Latest Breakdown→ NEW: Todd Blanche Admits Epstein Redaction Error StoriesTrump appeals ruling finding he colluded with DOJ in $10B IRS suit | The Hill Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched' installation Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns | NPR Trump says Gulf leaders' input weighed heavily in decision to hold off on ordering new Iran strikes | AP News U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel | Washington Post Virginia Gov. Spanberger has restored voting rights for 66,000 people with past felony convictions | Democracy DocketGood TroubleAttend an August Recess Town Hall ⭑ 5 Calls Check your voter registration and deadlines → Voter Registration Deadlines - Vote.org →Blue Wave California- secure.actblue.com/donate/msw-bwc →Help save Texas from Ken Paxton! →Urge Democrats to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption | Indivisible Guide →Defiance.org/beans →Stand With Minnesota →iceout.org Good NewsOur 10 Favorite Moments of 2022 - LifeLine Animal Project Cindystock dana-goldbergs-southwest-funnyfest Oct 9 -Email Dana@DanaGoldberg.com for sponsorship informationTickets for Dana Goldberg: Outrageous - Sep 23 - Den Theater - Chicago  →Share your Good News & Good Trouble - The Daily Beans →Beans Talk audio -beans-talk.simplecast.com →Email Dana LGBTQ Owned eating establishments in your area - hello@mswmedia.com Subject: “Dana's Project” Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Our Donation Links The Trevor Project - trevorproject.org/beans Blue Wave California - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/msw-bwc Donate to Public Citizen - https://citizen.org/beans/ Donate to It Gets Better / The Daily Beans Fundraiser Pathways to Citizenship - https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation Join Dana and The Daily Beans in support of Human Rights Campaign http://onecau.se/_ekes71National Security Counselors - Donate, ActBlue.com/donate/msw-bwc, WhistleblowerAid.org/beans Dr. Allison Gill - The Breakdown | Allison Gill, Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com - Bluesky, MSW & The Daily Beans Podcast @muellershewrote - Instagram, MSW Media - YouTube →Federal workers - email AG - fedoath@pm.me Dana Goldberg - Dana is on Patreon! At Dana's Dugout, @dgcomedy - Bluesky, @dgcomedy - IG, Dana Goldberg - Facebook,  DanaGoldberg.com More from MSW Media - Shows - MSW Media, Cleanup On Aisle 45 pod, The Breakdown | Allison Gill Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That's just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:https://apple.co/3XNx7ckWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?https://patreon.com/thedailybeanshttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/https://apple.co/3UKzKt0 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 2, 2026The dismissal of the DOJ case against David Hearn for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool came after Hearn's lawyers received transcripts of the grand jury proceeding that led to the indictment, Lawyers told the court that there were irregularities that “call into question whether the grand jury was misled,”  The DOJ has been caught misleading other grand juries or committing misconduct in getting indictments, Judges across the country are calling out lawyers for the DOJ, calling their behavior “unlawful” among other things, The DOJ is being turned into an instrument of Trump's political wrath, That can be seen in the fight over the confirmation of Todd Blanche to be attorney general, Blanche has flouted the law to do Trump's bidding, Blanche has secured indictments against Trump's perceived enemies, such as James Comey, He has backed the deal to establish a slush fund to pay Trump's allies, and the move to agree that no claims will be made against Trump, his family, or the Trump Organization, Blanche's confirmation is being held up by senators who have asked for assurance that the slush fund/nonprosecution deal is dead, but Trump has thrown a wrench into the process by declaring that he will push for its implementation. Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ-Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

This Day in Legal History: The Immigration Act of 1882On August 3, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed the Immigration Act of 1882, the first comprehensive federal law regulating immigration into the United States. Before this, immigration had largely been left to the individual states; this Act marked the moment the federal government claimed the subject as its own, and it built the first federal machinery for controlling who could enter the country.The Act did two enduring things. First, it imposed a “head tax”—fifty cents on every immigrant arriving by ship—to fund the administration of immigration, and it placed enforcement under the Secretary of the Treasury, creating the country's first federal immigration bureaucracy. Second, and more consequentially for the law that followed, it created categories of people who would be excluded: convicts, the “insane,” and—in language that would echo for the next century and a half—”any person unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge.” That public-charge concept, born here in 1882, is the same doctrine we discussed just a couple of weeks ago when the current administration revived an expansive version of the public-charge rule.The significance of August 3, 1882 is that it is the taproot of the entire federal immigration system. Coming just months after the Chinese Exclusion Act, it established the foundational premise that the national government decides the terms of admission to the United States, and it introduced the framework—head taxes, excludable categories, federal enforcement—on which everything since has been built. It's worth sitting with the tension in the date: 1882 is also, almost exactly, the moment Emma Lazarus was composing “The New Colossus,” with its welcome to the tired and the poor. The law and the poem were born together, and the distance between them—between the statute's exclusions and the sonnet's embrace—is a distance the country has been arguing about ever since.Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has formally rescinded the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” clearing what had been the biggest obstacle to his confirmation. If you were with us last week, this is the resolution of that story. The fund—created by a Justice Department order back in May—would have used taxpayer money to compensate people who claimed to be victims of the prior administration's Justice Department, a group that notably included those convicted in connection with the January 6 Capitol attack. Republican Senator John Cornyn had refused to support Blanche's nomination until the fund was killed, and this week Blanche did exactly that, signing an order declaring the May directive “rescinded” with “no force or effect,” and, as part of the deal, agreeing to limit the related immunity arrangement so it applies only to the IRS and not to other agencies. The significance ties together several threads we've followed all summer. This fund grew out of the same collusive IRS settlement that a federal judge voided as a sham, and it sat at the center of concerns about the Justice Department being used to reward the president's allies. That a senator from the president's own party forced its formal repeal as the price of confirmation is advice-and-consent working as a genuine check—and it means the incoming attorney general takes office having had to publicly dismantle one of the administration's most criticized initiatives before the Senate would trust him with the job.Acting US Attorney General Blanche rescinds ‘anti-weaponization' fund before confirmation vote | ReutersNPR · NBC NewsIn a court filing, Capital One has disclosed for the first time that it closed more than 300 Trump Organization bank accounts back in 2021 after an anti-money-laundering review—the first time a bank has formally tied such concerns to its decision to cut off the president's family business. The context is a lawsuit: the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust and Eric Trump sued Capital One in Florida last year, alleging the bank “debanked” them for political reasons, having notified the Trump Organization of the closures in March 2021, just weeks after January 6. Capital One's filing reframes that story entirely. The bank says its compliance team did precisely what federal regulators expect—flagging accounts that raised anti-money-laundering red flags and acting on them. Here's the legal machinery underneath. Under the Bank Secrecy Act and related anti-money-laundering rules, banks are legally obligated to monitor their customers, file suspicious-activity reports, and, when warranted, close accounts; failing to do so can expose a bank to serious regulatory penalties. Importantly, Capital One did not accuse the Trump Organization of actual money laundering—flagging a risk and proving a crime are very different things. The significance is that this is a clean collision between two hot legal debates: the “debanking” complaint that financial institutions are dropping customers for political or ideological reasons, and the reality that banks operate under mandatory AML obligations that require them to shed risky accounts. A court will now have to decide which of those framings fits what Capital One actually did.Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money-laundering review | ReutersCNBC · NPRTom Goldstein, the prominent Supreme Court advocate and SCOTUSblog founder we've been following, has launched his appeal—asking the Fourth Circuit to overturn his twelve convictions for tax and mortgage fraud and to undo his six-year prison sentence. Recall the case: a jury found that Goldstein concealed millions from a secret high-stakes poker life, diverted his law firm's fees to cover gambling debts, and lied to mortgage lenders; he was sentenced to 72 months and ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution. The appeal is a reminder that even a resource-intensive, headline conviction gets a second look, and Goldstein is raising some genuinely lawyerly arguments. The most interesting is venue—the constitutional requirement that a defendant be tried in the right place. His team argues that while prosecutors proved he filled out loan applications in Maryland, they never proved from where he actually transmitted the documents, leaning on a recent Fourth Circuit decision that took venue seriously. He's also challenging the admission of statements he made in media interviews and the wording of the jury instructions. Commentators describe his path as daunting, and it is—appellate courts rarely overturn convictions, and factual findings get real deference. But the significance is that these are exactly the kinds of technical, procedural issues on which serious appeals are built. Goldstein spent his career winning cases at the top of the appellate system; now he's testing whether that same system will scrutinize the government's work in convicting him.US Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein appeals tax conviction | ReutersLaw360 · Bloomberg LawAnd finally, the Justice Department has moved to drop its criminal case against David Hearn, the former Olympic canoeist charged with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool—and the reason is striking. We covered Hearn's not-guilty plea back in July, when his lawyers called the prosecution an abuse of power built on a “concocted narrative.” It turns out that characterization may have been closer to the truth than the charge. In a 20-page filing, prosecutors acknowledged that evidence received after Hearn was indicted shows the damage to the pool “was the result of flawed installation by the contractor,” compounded by “the rush to complete the project” before the America 250 celebrations around July 4. In other words: not vandalism—shoddy construction. The U.S. Attorney's office said it only learned of the flawed-installation evidence after a grand jury had already indicted him. The significance goes right to prosecutorial power and its risks. A 67-year-old man was detained for hours and charged with a felony over damage that, by the government's own admission, he didn't cause. The case collapsing is the system correcting itself—but only after Hearn spent weeks as a felony defendant. It's a real-world illustration of a point we keep returning to: the decision to charge is one of the most consequential and least reviewable powers in the legal system, and when it's exercised on a flawed factual premise, the damage to the person charged is done long before the dismissal.US Justice Department drops case against former US Olympian over Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool | ReutersPBS NewsHour · CNN This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

A mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out left two people dead, Trump paused planned strikes on Iran while claiming negotiations had resumed, deadly wildfires spread across Europe and Washington state, and Capital One said it closed Trump Organization accounts following an anti-money-laundering review. Idaho Shooting-via NY Times and Gun Violence Archive Update: Iran-via AP News and CNN Israeli Strikes in Gaza-via NBC News Helicopter Crash in Greece-via BBC and CNN House Drama-via AP News and AOL Capital One Closes Trump Accounts-via NPR Reflecting Pool-via The HillVenezuela Help-Project Hope-GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela FoundationTake the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoterDecember.on AmazonSubscribe to the Substack: kimmoffat.substack.comAll episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenewsAs always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere

Tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump có sẽ đến thăm sân golf mang tên ông ở Hưng Yên vào năm 2027 nhân Hội nghị APEC tại Phú Quốc tháng 11? Dự án sẽ kịp hoàn thành đúng thời điểm, do đang bị chậm tiến độ vì bất đồng giữa người dân và chính quyền về giải phóng mặt bằng? Sân golf Khoái Châu - Trump International Hưng Yên, trị giá khoảng 1,5 tỷ đô la, được cho sẽ góp phần tăng trưởng du lịch hạng sang - lĩnh vực được Việt Nam tập trung đầu tư từ nhiều năm nay. Trong 9 năm liên tiếp (2017-2025), Việt Nam được World Golf Awards vinh danh là “Điểm đến golf tốt nhất châu Á” và hai lần được trao danh hiệu “Điểm đến golf tốt nhất thế giới” năm 2019 và 2021. Doanh thu từ du lịch golf tăng gần gấp đôi trong vòng 3 năm, từ 600 triệu đô la năm 2022 lên hơn 1 tỷ đô la năm 2025. Cho dù hiện chiếm khoảng 2,7% tổng doanh thu du lịch quốc gia, theo cục trưởng Cục Du Lịch Việt Nam, nhưng các nhà hoạch định quyết định biến golf thành động lực mới đưa du lịch Việt Nam vươn tầm quốc tế. Số sân golf sẽ tăng lên thành 200 vào năm 2030, hơn gấp đôi so với con số 80 sân đạt chuẩn quốc tế hoạt động năm 2025. Ông Spencer Robinson, trưởng bộ phận Truyền thông, Liên đoàn Golf Châu Á - Thái Bình Dương, cũng bất ngờ trước những mục tiêu đầy tham vọng của Việt Nam khi trả lời hãng tin Mỹ AP : “Hành trình quả là đáng kinh ngạc khi Việt Nam đạt được những thành tựu như hiện nay trong một thời gian ngắn. Tôi đi khắp thế giới và mọi người đều nói về sự phát triển của golf ở Việt Nam. Tôi nghĩ có thể nói đây là thị trường golf sôi động nhất thế giới hiện nay. Rất nhiều kiến ​​trúc sư sân golf muốn đến đây, các nhà sản xuất gậy golf, bất cứ ai trong ngành công nghiệp golf đều rất quan tâm, vì họ thấy sự phát triển của Việt Nam. Họ nghe nói chính phủ muốn xây dựng thêm 100 sân golf nữa trong 5, 10 năm tới”. Đọc thêmDu lịch Việt Nam đủ nguồn lực chuyên môn cao để hướng đến khách “giàu” ? Du lịch golf thúc đẩy kinh tế địa phương Trong chiến lược phát triển du lịch Việt Nam đến năm 2030, du lịch golf được xác định “là một sản phẩm du lịch cao cấp, một ngành kinh tế văn hóa thể thao du lịch tổng hợp đóng góp vào tăng trưởng xanh, phát triển vùng và quảng bá hình ảnh quốc gia”. Việt Nam đặt mục tiêu xây dựng chuỗi điểm đến golf mang bản sắc Việt Nam, đào tạo nhân lực, tổ chức sự kiện quốc tế. Thế mạnh của Việt Nam là có hơn 3.000 km đường bờ biển và cảnh quan đa dạng, được coi là những điều kiện tự nhiên lý tưởng cho một sân golf đẹp, thú vị trên địa hình nhấp nhô. Các khu vực sân golf được trải dài từ bắc xuống nam và phát triển mạnh mẽ ở miền trung với lợi thế về địa hình kết hợp đồi núi và biển, như trường hợp sân golf Hoiana Shores, theo giải thích của tổng giám đốc Wee Peng Siong : “Nhà thiết kế sân golf Robert Trent Jones, Jr. đã sử dụng khẩu hiệu “Bản giao hưởng của golf”, có nghĩa là mọi thứ đều hòa quyện với thiên nhiên và nhịp điệu của thiên nhiên. Giống như một bản giao hưởng vậy. Dựa trên ý tưởng đó, người chơi golf có thể quan sát các cồn cát và địa hình, độ nhấp nhô của nó. Tất cả đều được bố trí một cách tỉ mỉ”. Dù đi sau nhiều nước về du lịch golf nhưng Việt Nam đang rút ngắn khoảng cách trong thời gian rất ngắn, một phần nhờ thu hút được những tên tuổi lớn trong lĩnh vực kiến trúc golf thế giới (Like Donald, Colin Montgomerie, Sir Nick Faldo, Greg Norman và Robert Trent Jones Jr., hiện nằm trong trong liên minh Việt Nam Golf Coast, VGC). Hệ thống gồm BRG Danang Golf Resort, Montgomerie Links, Ba Na Hills, Laguna Lăng Cô và Hoiana Shores đã giúp Đà Nẵng - Hội An được vinh danh là “Thành phố golf tốt nhất châu Á 2025”. Ngoài ra, để tiếp tục khẳng định thương hiệu và nâng vị thế của du lịch golf Việt Nam, huyền thoại golf người Úc Greg Norman tiếp tục được bổ nhiệm làm đại sứ Du lịch Việt Nam nhiệm kỳ 2025-2030. Theo bộ Văn hóa, Thể thao và Du lịch Việt Nam, khách chơi golf có mức chi tiêu trung bình gấp 6 lần so với khách thường. Để đáp ứng nhu cầu của khách, xung quanh sân golf là một khu phức hợp dịch vụ, khách sạn sang trọng, nhà hàng, spa và thương mại cao cấp, theo nhận định của Nguyễn Đức Long, một người chơi golf : “Họ (Hoiana) có 4 khách sạn, hơn 1.000 phòng, đầy đủ cơ sở vật chất về golf để cho mình có một gói trải nghiệm khác hơn so với những sân khác. Vì ngành golf phát triển như vậy thì chắc chắn đây là một lựa chọn rất là thú vị để mọi người có thể tới trải nghiệm”. Đọc thêmHưng Yên muốn giảm tiền đền bù trong dự án sân golf của Trump Organization Không chỉ chơi golf, họ còn có nhu cầu trải nghiệm du lịch tại điểm đến. Và đây là điểm giúp thúc đẩy nền kinh tế địa phương, góp phần tạo việc làm, đặc biệt là ở các khu vực ngoài các trung tâm đô thị lớn, theo nhận định của ông Vũ Nguyên, tổng thư ký Hiệp hội Golf Việt Nam (VGA) : Khi một sân golf được phát triển ở một địa phương, nó giúp thúc đẩy nền kinh tế tại địa phương đó và cũng sẽ tạo ra hàng ngàn việc làm. Chính vì vậy, những năm gần đây, golf được đón nhận rất nhiều. Những khu vực xung quanh sân golf, các hệ thống từ nhà hàng cho đến khách sạn cũng được phát triển và giúp cho ngành du lịch nói chung. Đứng đầu số lượng khách nước ngoài đến du lịch golf tại Việt Nam năm 2025 là Trung Quốc (3,8 triệu lượt, tăng 43% nhờ chi phí hợp lý và khoảng cách địa lý gần), tiếp theo là Hàn Quốc (3,2 triệu lượt, đóng góp lớn nhất vào doanh thu cao cấp). Ngoài ra còn có du khách golf Úc, Nhật Bản, Đài Loan, cùng với lượng khách mới nổi từ châu Âu và Ấn Độ. Việt Nam cũng muốn trở thành điểm đến không thể thiếu của khoảng 1,9 triệu golf thủ di chuyển trên toàn cầu hàng năm. Ngoại giao sân golf Bên cạnh giá trị kinh tế và du lịch, golf còn được sử dụng làm công cụ ngoại giao, đặc biệt là dưới thời tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump. Sean Fergusson, thư ký golf và kinh doanh tại "Fore" Business (Anh), được trang Franceinfo trích dẫn, phân tích : Donald Trump tận dụng những cơ hội này để truyền đạt thông điệp đến người đối thoại. Và các chính trị gia khác nghĩ rằng nếu họ có thể gặp ông ấy trong một buổi chơi golf, ông Trump có thể sẵn sàng thảo luận về những chủ đề mà ông ấy sẽ không nói trước ống kính máy quay. Nhật Bản là một ví dụ tiêu biểu về khai thác “ngoại giao golf” trong quan hệ với Mỹ. Ngày 11/02/2017, khoảng hai tuần sau khi ông Trump nhậm chức tổng thống, thủ tướng Shinzo Abe đến Florida, cùng chơi golf 18 hố nhằm củng cố quan hệ song phương vì ông Trump luôn chỉ trích đồng minh Đông Á chi ít cho quốc phòng. Sau buổi chơi, ông Trump cho biết đã “hiểu” thủ tướng Abe hơn. Sau khi ông Abe mất, Tokyo từng nhờ tỉ phú Masayoshi Son, nhà sáng lập kiêm tập đoàn công nghệ SoftBank và là bạn chơi golf thân thiết của ông Trump, để tiếp cận ông. Thủ tướng đương nhiệm Takaichi còn tặng tổng thống Trump một cây gậy golf của cố thủ tướng Abe. Đọc thêmDự án tỷ đô tại quê nhà của tổng bí thư Tô Lâm, lá bài trói buộc Trump của Việt Nam ? Trong nhiệm kỳ hiện nay, ông Trump thường xuyên “bàn đại sự” trên sân golf. Tổng thống Phần Lan Alexander Stubb, một người chơi golf, trở thành “cầu nối” giữa tổng thống Mỹ và châu Âu. Chơi golf với ông Trump được xem là nằm trong “vòng thân cận” với lãnh đạo Mỹ. Việt Nam chưa có cơ hội này. Tuy nhiên, ít ngày trước ngày lễ nhậm chức của tổng thống thứ 47, bà Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo, chủ tịch hãng hàng không Vietjet, đến tư dinh Mar-a-Lago và được ông Trump hướng dẫn chơi golf. Chuyến đi được công bố là hoạt động của Vietjet nhưng không rõ có nhận được sự ủy nhiệm nào đó từ chính quyền hay không. Nông dân trả phí cho ngoại giao sân golf Trump International Hưng Yên ? Liệu sân golf ở quê hương tổng bí thư-chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm có thể trở thành cầu nối với chính quyền Trump ? Tháng 09/2024, trong thời gian tranh cử tổng thống, ông Donald Trump dự lễ ký thỏa thuận hợp tác xây dựng giữa Trump Organization với Tổng công ty Phát triển đô thị Kinh Bắc (KBC) tại Florida. Tháng 06/2025, bản kê khai tài chính của tổng thống Donald Trump ghi nhận khoản thu 5 triệu đô la từ nhượng quyền thương hiệu. Giới quan sát cho rằng dự án trở thành phương tiện ngoại giao của Hà Nội trong bối cảnh tổng thống Trump liên tục chỉ trích thặng dư thương mại của Việt Nam với Mỹ, lên mức kỷ lục 178,2 tỷ đô la năm 2025 (chỉ sau trung Quốc) và đe dọa tăng thuế. Khi mức thặng dư đạt 55 tỷ đô la năm 2019, Việt Nam đã bị ông Trump gọi là “kẻ lạm dụng thương mại tồi tệ nhất”. Tuy nhiên, trả lời báo tài chính Anh Financial Times, nhà nghiên cứu Nguyễn Khắc Giang, Viện ISEAS-Yusof Ishak (Singapore), nhận định : Tính biểu tượng là điều quan trọng nhưng nó sẽ không thể giải quyết tất cả những mối quan ngại cũng như những vấn đề mang tính cơ cấu giữa Việt Nam và Mỹ. Sân golf Trump International Hưng Yên được khởi công chiều 21/05/2025 với sự tham dự của thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính cùng quan chức chính phủ, đại sứ Mỹ tại Việt Nam Marc E. Knapper và ông Eric Trump, con trai tổng thống Trump, phó chủ tịch Trump Organization cùng phu nhân. Theo báo Chính phủ, “dự án khu phức hợp đô thị, du lịch sinh thái và sân golf Khoái Châu có diện tích gần 1.000 ha và tổng mức đầu tư trên 1,5 tỷ đô la, bao gồm hệ thống sân golf VIP 54 hố, khu nghỉ dưỡng, biệt thự cao cấp, quần thể đô thị hiện đại và các tiện ích theo tiêu chuẩn quốc tế”. Đọc thêmSân gôn Trump tại Việt Nam : Đất nông dân đổi lấy dự án gây tranh cãi Tuy nhiên, sau một năm, dự án bị chậm tiến độ do vướng mắc về đền bù giải phóng mặt bằng. Nhiều hộ dân cho biết mức bồi thường 80.000 đồng/m2, cùng với 240.000 đồng/m2 để “chuyển đổi nghề” (tổng cộng 320.000/m2) là quá thấp, không như lời hứa “bồi thường thỏa đáng” của thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính tại lễ động thổ. Một số hãng tin Reuters và Financial Times của Anh, Le Monde của Pháp, Bloomberg của Mỹ phản ánh bất bình của người dân trong diện giải tỏa, tranh cãi liên quan đến việc chính quyền tỉnh Hưng Yên cắt giảm chi phí bồi thường. Nhật báo Pháp Le Monde nhận được một bức thư nặc danh từ nội bộ chính phủ Việt Nam bày tỏ bất bình và nêu những nghi ngờ tham nhũng, quan hệ lợi ích nhóm trong dự án. Sau khi không thực hiện được hạn chót là ngày 30/04 để thu hồi đất, tỉnh Hưng Yên thông báo cho các hộ dân trong diện giải tỏa là nếu không chấp hành yêu cầu bàn giao đất, họ sẽ phải đối mặt với rủi ro cưỡng chế từ sáng 26/06/2026. Hãng tin Mỹ Bloomberg tiếp cận được văn bản này. Chủ đầu tư cũng đẩy nhanh tiến độ vì trước đó, chủ tịch Tổng công ty Phát triển Đô thị Kinh Bắc tuyên bố sân golf Trump có thể đăng cai Hội nghị thượng đỉnh Hợp tác Kinh tế châu Á - Thái Bình Dương - APEC năm 2027 và hy vọng tổng thống Trump tham dự.

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Tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump có sẽ đến thăm sân golf mang tên ông ở Hưng Yên vào năm 2027 nhân Hội nghị APEC tại Phú Quốc tháng 11? Dự án sẽ kịp hoàn thành đúng thời điểm, do đang bị chậm tiến độ vì bất đồng giữa người dân và chính quyền về giải phóng mặt bằng? Sân golf Khoái Châu - Trump International Hưng Yên, trị giá khoảng 1,5 tỷ đô la, được cho sẽ góp phần tăng trưởng du lịch hạng sang - lĩnh vực được Việt Nam tập trung đầu tư từ nhiều năm nay. Trong 9 năm liên tiếp (2017-2025), Việt Nam được World Golf Awards vinh danh là “Điểm đến golf tốt nhất châu Á” và hai lần được trao danh hiệu “Điểm đến golf tốt nhất thế giới” năm 2019 và 2021. Doanh thu từ du lịch golf tăng gần gấp đôi trong vòng 3 năm, từ 600 triệu đô la năm 2022 lên hơn 1 tỷ đô la năm 2025. Cho dù hiện chiếm khoảng 2,7% tổng doanh thu du lịch quốc gia, theo cục trưởng Cục Du Lịch Việt Nam, nhưng các nhà hoạch định quyết định biến golf thành động lực mới đưa du lịch Việt Nam vươn tầm quốc tế. Số sân golf sẽ tăng lên thành 200 vào năm 2030, hơn gấp đôi so với con số 80 sân đạt chuẩn quốc tế hoạt động năm 2025. Ông Spencer Robinson, trưởng bộ phận Truyền thông, Liên đoàn Golf Châu Á - Thái Bình Dương, cũng bất ngờ trước những mục tiêu đầy tham vọng của Việt Nam khi trả lời hãng tin Mỹ AP : “Hành trình quả là đáng kinh ngạc khi Việt Nam đạt được những thành tựu như hiện nay trong một thời gian ngắn. Tôi đi khắp thế giới và mọi người đều nói về sự phát triển của golf ở Việt Nam. Tôi nghĩ có thể nói đây là thị trường golf sôi động nhất thế giới hiện nay. Rất nhiều kiến ​​trúc sư sân golf muốn đến đây, các nhà sản xuất gậy golf, bất cứ ai trong ngành công nghiệp golf đều rất quan tâm, vì họ thấy sự phát triển của Việt Nam. Họ nghe nói chính phủ muốn xây dựng thêm 100 sân golf nữa trong 5, 10 năm tới”. Đọc thêmDu lịch Việt Nam đủ nguồn lực chuyên môn cao để hướng đến khách “giàu” ? Du lịch golf thúc đẩy kinh tế địa phương Trong chiến lược phát triển du lịch Việt Nam đến năm 2030, du lịch golf được xác định “là một sản phẩm du lịch cao cấp, một ngành kinh tế văn hóa thể thao du lịch tổng hợp đóng góp vào tăng trưởng xanh, phát triển vùng và quảng bá hình ảnh quốc gia”. Việt Nam đặt mục tiêu xây dựng chuỗi điểm đến golf mang bản sắc Việt Nam, đào tạo nhân lực, tổ chức sự kiện quốc tế. Thế mạnh của Việt Nam là có hơn 3.000 km đường bờ biển và cảnh quan đa dạng, được coi là những điều kiện tự nhiên lý tưởng cho một sân golf đẹp, thú vị trên địa hình nhấp nhô. Các khu vực sân golf được trải dài từ bắc xuống nam và phát triển mạnh mẽ ở miền trung với lợi thế về địa hình kết hợp đồi núi và biển, như trường hợp sân golf Hoiana Shores, theo giải thích của tổng giám đốc Wee Peng Siong : “Nhà thiết kế sân golf Robert Trent Jones, Jr. đã sử dụng khẩu hiệu “Bản giao hưởng của golf”, có nghĩa là mọi thứ đều hòa quyện với thiên nhiên và nhịp điệu của thiên nhiên. Giống như một bản giao hưởng vậy. Dựa trên ý tưởng đó, người chơi golf có thể quan sát các cồn cát và địa hình, độ nhấp nhô của nó. Tất cả đều được bố trí một cách tỉ mỉ”. Dù đi sau nhiều nước về du lịch golf nhưng Việt Nam đang rút ngắn khoảng cách trong thời gian rất ngắn, một phần nhờ thu hút được những tên tuổi lớn trong lĩnh vực kiến trúc golf thế giới (Like Donald, Colin Montgomerie, Sir Nick Faldo, Greg Norman và Robert Trent Jones Jr., hiện nằm trong trong liên minh Việt Nam Golf Coast, VGC). Hệ thống gồm BRG Danang Golf Resort, Montgomerie Links, Ba Na Hills, Laguna Lăng Cô và Hoiana Shores đã giúp Đà Nẵng - Hội An được vinh danh là “Thành phố golf tốt nhất châu Á 2025”. Ngoài ra, để tiếp tục khẳng định thương hiệu và nâng vị thế của du lịch golf Việt Nam, huyền thoại golf người Úc Greg Norman tiếp tục được bổ nhiệm làm đại sứ Du lịch Việt Nam nhiệm kỳ 2025-2030. Theo bộ Văn hóa, Thể thao và Du lịch Việt Nam, khách chơi golf có mức chi tiêu trung bình gấp 6 lần so với khách thường. Để đáp ứng nhu cầu của khách, xung quanh sân golf là một khu phức hợp dịch vụ, khách sạn sang trọng, nhà hàng, spa và thương mại cao cấp, theo nhận định của Nguyễn Đức Long, một người chơi golf : “Họ (Hoiana) có 4 khách sạn, hơn 1.000 phòng, đầy đủ cơ sở vật chất về golf để cho mình có một gói trải nghiệm khác hơn so với những sân khác. Vì ngành golf phát triển như vậy thì chắc chắn đây là một lựa chọn rất là thú vị để mọi người có thể tới trải nghiệm”. Đọc thêmHưng Yên muốn giảm tiền đền bù trong dự án sân golf của Trump Organization Không chỉ chơi golf, họ còn có nhu cầu trải nghiệm du lịch tại điểm đến. Và đây là điểm giúp thúc đẩy nền kinh tế địa phương, góp phần tạo việc làm, đặc biệt là ở các khu vực ngoài các trung tâm đô thị lớn, theo nhận định của ông Vũ Nguyên, tổng thư ký Hiệp hội Golf Việt Nam (VGA) : Khi một sân golf được phát triển ở một địa phương, nó giúp thúc đẩy nền kinh tế tại địa phương đó và cũng sẽ tạo ra hàng ngàn việc làm. Chính vì vậy, những năm gần đây, golf được đón nhận rất nhiều. Những khu vực xung quanh sân golf, các hệ thống từ nhà hàng cho đến khách sạn cũng được phát triển và giúp cho ngành du lịch nói chung. Đứng đầu số lượng khách nước ngoài đến du lịch golf tại Việt Nam năm 2025 là Trung Quốc (3,8 triệu lượt, tăng 43% nhờ chi phí hợp lý và khoảng cách địa lý gần), tiếp theo là Hàn Quốc (3,2 triệu lượt, đóng góp lớn nhất vào doanh thu cao cấp). Ngoài ra còn có du khách golf Úc, Nhật Bản, Đài Loan, cùng với lượng khách mới nổi từ châu Âu và Ấn Độ. Việt Nam cũng muốn trở thành điểm đến không thể thiếu của khoảng 1,9 triệu golf thủ di chuyển trên toàn cầu hàng năm. Ngoại giao sân golf Bên cạnh giá trị kinh tế và du lịch, golf còn được sử dụng làm công cụ ngoại giao, đặc biệt là dưới thời tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump. Sean Fergusson, thư ký golf và kinh doanh tại "Fore" Business (Anh), được trang Franceinfo trích dẫn, phân tích : Donald Trump tận dụng những cơ hội này để truyền đạt thông điệp đến người đối thoại. Và các chính trị gia khác nghĩ rằng nếu họ có thể gặp ông ấy trong một buổi chơi golf, ông Trump có thể sẵn sàng thảo luận về những chủ đề mà ông ấy sẽ không nói trước ống kính máy quay. Nhật Bản là một ví dụ tiêu biểu về khai thác “ngoại giao golf” trong quan hệ với Mỹ. Ngày 11/02/2017, khoảng hai tuần sau khi ông Trump nhậm chức tổng thống, thủ tướng Shinzo Abe đến Florida, cùng chơi golf 18 hố nhằm củng cố quan hệ song phương vì ông Trump luôn chỉ trích đồng minh Đông Á chi ít cho quốc phòng. Sau buổi chơi, ông Trump cho biết đã “hiểu” thủ tướng Abe hơn. Sau khi ông Abe mất, Tokyo từng nhờ tỉ phú Masayoshi Son, nhà sáng lập kiêm tập đoàn công nghệ SoftBank và là bạn chơi golf thân thiết của ông Trump, để tiếp cận ông. Thủ tướng đương nhiệm Takaichi còn tặng tổng thống Trump một cây gậy golf của cố thủ tướng Abe. Đọc thêmDự án tỷ đô tại quê nhà của tổng bí thư Tô Lâm, lá bài trói buộc Trump của Việt Nam ? Trong nhiệm kỳ hiện nay, ông Trump thường xuyên “bàn đại sự” trên sân golf. Tổng thống Phần Lan Alexander Stubb, một người chơi golf, trở thành “cầu nối” giữa tổng thống Mỹ và châu Âu. Chơi golf với ông Trump được xem là nằm trong “vòng thân cận” với lãnh đạo Mỹ. Việt Nam chưa có cơ hội này. Tuy nhiên, ít ngày trước ngày lễ nhậm chức của tổng thống thứ 47, bà Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo, chủ tịch hãng hàng không Vietjet, đến tư dinh Mar-a-Lago và được ông Trump hướng dẫn chơi golf. Chuyến đi được công bố là hoạt động của Vietjet nhưng không rõ có nhận được sự ủy nhiệm nào đó từ chính quyền hay không. Nông dân trả phí cho ngoại giao sân golf Trump International Hưng Yên ? Liệu sân golf ở quê hương tổng bí thư-chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm có thể trở thành cầu nối với chính quyền Trump ? Tháng 09/2024, trong thời gian tranh cử tổng thống, ông Donald Trump dự lễ ký thỏa thuận hợp tác xây dựng giữa Trump Organization với Tổng công ty Phát triển đô thị Kinh Bắc (KBC) tại Florida. Tháng 06/2025, bản kê khai tài chính của tổng thống Donald Trump ghi nhận khoản thu 5 triệu đô la từ nhượng quyền thương hiệu. Giới quan sát cho rằng dự án trở thành phương tiện ngoại giao của Hà Nội trong bối cảnh tổng thống Trump liên tục chỉ trích thặng dư thương mại của Việt Nam với Mỹ, lên mức kỷ lục 178,2 tỷ đô la năm 2025 (chỉ sau trung Quốc) và đe dọa tăng thuế. Khi mức thặng dư đạt 55 tỷ đô la năm 2019, Việt Nam đã bị ông Trump gọi là “kẻ lạm dụng thương mại tồi tệ nhất”. Tuy nhiên, trả lời báo tài chính Anh Financial Times, nhà nghiên cứu Nguyễn Khắc Giang, Viện ISEAS-Yusof Ishak (Singapore), nhận định : Tính biểu tượng là điều quan trọng nhưng nó sẽ không thể giải quyết tất cả những mối quan ngại cũng như những vấn đề mang tính cơ cấu giữa Việt Nam và Mỹ. Sân golf Trump International Hưng Yên được khởi công chiều 21/05/2025 với sự tham dự của thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính cùng quan chức chính phủ, đại sứ Mỹ tại Việt Nam Marc E. Knapper và ông Eric Trump, con trai tổng thống Trump, phó chủ tịch Trump Organization cùng phu nhân. Theo báo Chính phủ, “dự án khu phức hợp đô thị, du lịch sinh thái và sân golf Khoái Châu có diện tích gần 1.000 ha và tổng mức đầu tư trên 1,5 tỷ đô la, bao gồm hệ thống sân golf VIP 54 hố, khu nghỉ dưỡng, biệt thự cao cấp, quần thể đô thị hiện đại và các tiện ích theo tiêu chuẩn quốc tế”. Đọc thêmSân gôn Trump tại Việt Nam : Đất nông dân đổi lấy dự án gây tranh cãi Tuy nhiên, sau một năm, dự án bị chậm tiến độ do vướng mắc về đền bù giải phóng mặt bằng. Nhiều hộ dân cho biết mức bồi thường 80.000 đồng/m2, cùng với 240.000 đồng/m2 để “chuyển đổi nghề” (tổng cộng 320.000/m2) là quá thấp, không như lời hứa “bồi thường thỏa đáng” của thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính tại lễ động thổ. Một số hãng tin Reuters và Financial Times của Anh, Le Monde của Pháp, Bloomberg của Mỹ phản ánh bất bình của người dân trong diện giải tỏa, tranh cãi liên quan đến việc chính quyền tỉnh Hưng Yên cắt giảm chi phí bồi thường. Nhật báo Pháp Le Monde nhận được một bức thư nặc danh từ nội bộ chính phủ Việt Nam bày tỏ bất bình và nêu những nghi ngờ tham nhũng, quan hệ lợi ích nhóm trong dự án. Sau khi không thực hiện được hạn chót là ngày 30/04 để thu hồi đất, tỉnh Hưng Yên thông báo cho các hộ dân trong diện giải tỏa là nếu không chấp hành yêu cầu bàn giao đất, họ sẽ phải đối mặt với rủi ro cưỡng chế từ sáng 26/06/2026. Hãng tin Mỹ Bloomberg tiếp cận được văn bản này. Chủ đầu tư cũng đẩy nhanh tiến độ vì trước đó, chủ tịch Tổng công ty Phát triển Đô thị Kinh Bắc tuyên bố sân golf Trump có thể đăng cai Hội nghị thượng đỉnh Hợp tác Kinh tế châu Á - Thái Bình Dương - APEC năm 2027 và hy vọng tổng thống Trump tham dự.

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Donald Trump Jr. und Eric Trump nutzen die zweite Amtszeit ihres Vaters für die eigene Bereicherung. Als Co-CEOs der Trump Organization verkaufen die Brüder weltweit den Zugang zum mächtigsten Mann der USA. Sie agieren dabei als Türöffner. Ausländische Regierungen und private Investoren, die auf politischen Einfluss oder lukrative Staatsaufträge hoffen, investieren massenhaft in die Projekte der Familie. Das milliardenschwere Business der Familie erstreckt sich mittlerweile weit über das Immobiliengeschäft hinaus. Mit eigens herausgegebenen Kryptowährungen generiert der Trump-Clan zusätzliche Einnahmen in dreistelliger Millionenhöhe. Gast: Dennis Frasch, NZZ-am-Sonntag-Redaktor Host: Antonia Moser Produktion: Benjamin Gysler Redaktion: Simon Schaffer Der ganze Artikel von Dennis Frasch [zu lesen bei der NZZ](https://www.nzz.ch/international/donald-trump-scheffelt-in-seiner-zweiten-amtszeit-milliarden-auch-dank-seinen-soehnen-einer-von-ihnen-ist-am-donnerstag-in-zuerich-ld.10008714). Lust auf noch mehr digitale Inhalte der NZZ? [Probier`s drei Monate aus.](https://abo.nzz.ch/25077808-2/)

Shownotes The nature of peace talks and conflict resolution has radically changed. Historically, most wars end with political settlements, usually the result of formal negotiations. The prototypical modern peace talks were hosted a major or mid-size power that wasn't a party to the conflict, negotiated by professional diplomats and technical experts, and implemented with some international oversight by the United Nations or a group of governments. Recent wars have departed from this script. Negotiations these days occur in all manner of venues. There are secret or semisecret talks by unofficial emissaries, sometimes known as “track two diplomacy.” There are official talks managed by tiny powers like Qatar and Oman, all the way to powerful but new players in the peacemaking space, like China. And official superpower diplomacy in the current era looks nothing like the old: today, the US president's personal lawyer and son in law, with no staff, try to negotiate peace agreements and simultaneously private deals for the Trump Organization. Michael Wahid Hanna has followed many of the peace talks, successful and failed, of recent decades. On this episode of Order from Ashes, he takes stock of how the peace negotiations have changed, and whether we should downgrade our expectations for what diplomacy can  Participants Michael Wahid Hanna is US program director at International Crisis Group. Thanassis Cambanis is director of Century International.  Date: Thursday, June 4, 2026 Episode: Order from Ashes 115

The past few days in Donald Trump's court battles have felt less like a series of hearings and more like a rolling stress test on the American legal system, and you can feel it in every courtroom doorway he walks through. In New York, the criminal hush money case that once sounded almost technical has turned into a running clash over what accountability looks like for a former president. NBC News and CNN have reported on how Trump's lawyers are pressing hard on appeal issues and potential challenges to any sentence, arguing that prosecutors stretched state law by tying business record falsification to federal election crimes. At the same time, New York court reporters describe a judiciary trying to show that the rules of evidence, contempt warnings, and jury instructions apply even when the defendant is Donald J. Trump. You hear it when judges remind the parties that public statements outside the courthouse can still threaten the integrity of the trial inside. Shift to the federal election interference case in Washington, and the word that hangs over everything is immunity. According to reporting from the New York Times and the Washington Post, Trump's team has been leaning hard on the argument that actions he took while president, including pressuring officials about the 2020 election, should be shielded from criminal liability. Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutors have pushed back, pointing to Supreme Court precedent that no person, not even a president, is above the law. Legal analysts at outlets like Justia and Oyez note that recent Supreme Court arguments in presidential power cases are being watched as a proxy battle over how far that immunity can stretch. Then there is Georgia, where the Fulton County election case has been mired in fights over District Attorney Fani Willis and allegations of conflicts of interest. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the last several days have been dominated less by jury selection and more by hearings on whether Willis can stay on the case, and whether the racketeering charges against Trump and his allies are being wielded too broadly. It is a reminder that the Trump trials are not just about one man, but about the prosecutors, judges, and local jurors pulled into a national storm. Meanwhile, civil cases continue to ripple in the background. News outlets like Reuters and the Associated Press have described how New York's civil fraud judgment, with its massive financial penalties and monitoring of the Trump Organization, is now intersecting with the criminal cases. Every appeal deadline, every bond posting, becomes another data point in whether a former president can run for office while under extraordinary legal constraint. Across all of this, commentators on Court TV and major networks keep returning to the same point: these cases are testing the seams between politics and law. Jurors are told to decide only on evidence and statutes, while knowing the entire world is watching. Judges are forced to balance free speech rights against the risk of intimidating witnesses and poisoning a jury pool. And listeners are left tracking multiple dockets at once, watching the same name appear in New York, Washington, Georgia, and beyond. As these past days have shown, none of these trials moves in isolation. A ruling on presidential immunity in one courtroom reshapes strategy in another. A contempt warning in New York echoes into how Trump speaks on the courthouse steps in Washington or Atlanta. The story is no longer just about verdicts, but about whether the system can hold together when the defendant is a former and possibly future president. Thank you for tuning in, and come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more, check out QuietPlease dot A I. Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3Qs For more check out http://www.quietplease.ai

──────────────────────────────────────── [00:03:00] AI Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem by Defying Conventional Wisdom — Which Is What Science Is Supposed to Do OpenAI's model disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture in 32 hours; Princeton mathematicians said they would have accepted the paper without hesitation. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:12:00] Sam Altman: 'Homo Sapiens Will Be the First Species to Design Our Own Descendants' — Knight: This Is Luciferian Religion The Guardian identifies Silicon Valley transhumanism as a full religion — Larry Page wants digital beings to spread across the galaxy; Musk calls humanity 'a biological bootloader.' ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:23:00] Man Arrested for Organizing a Facebook Protest Against a Data Center — Police Said a Comment by Someone Else Was a Threat Fusion center police charged a Virginia man with stalking for planning a public protest and arrested him while he asked them to quote the supposed threat. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:38:00] Fusion Centers Are Classifying Data Center Protesters as Anti-Tech Extremists — Trump's Memo Targets 'Anti-American Beliefs' Wired obtained fusion center documents showing a national shift to surveilling AI opposition; Trump's security memo instructs DOJ to target anti-American, anti-Christian, and anti-capitalist beliefs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:50:00] Transhumanists Don't Know What Consciousness Is — But They Want to Transfer It Into a Machine to Live Forever Zoltan Istvan couldn't say whether it would be him or a copy; Altman subscribed to a startup to upload his brain to the cloud; Musk concedes it would only be a copy. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:05:00] 99% of Corporate Executives Plan AI Job Cuts in Two Years — Two-Thirds Want to Eliminate Human Roles Entirely The 2026 Mercer Global Talent Trends report: 825 executives surveyed, 99% expect headcount reductions, only 32% believe humans and machines can work in optimal combination. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:14:00] Trump's Name Was Removed From the Kennedy Center by Court Order — He Claimed He Canceled His Involvement The statute forbids naming the center for anyone other than Kennedy; Trump raged from the golf course and said 'I canceled my involvement' — the judge canceled it. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:24:00] Nine Acts Booked for Trump's 250th Celebration — All But Two Canceled, So He Said He'd Perform and He's More Popular Than Elvis Trump said he needs only a microphone to draw a bigger crowd than Elvis in his prime and posted AI slop of himself dunking on the New York governor. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:33:00] A Couple Paid $640 for a Trump Watch That Arrived Saying 'RUMP' — the T Was Missing From the Face A radio ad using Trump's voice sold the watches as limited edition, one of 250 — fine print discloses no connection to the Trump Organization. Knight: sold out — he has sold us out. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:42:00] Pam Bondi Testified Under a Throat Bandage — She Recalled Nothing, Praised Blanche, and Refused to Mention Trump Bondi has cancer with a good prognosis — unlike the Trump administration she served. She answered every question by saying she did not recall or telling the committee to ask Blanche. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

──────────────────────────────────────── [00:03:00] AI Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem by Defying Conventional Wisdom — Which Is What Science Is Supposed to Do OpenAI's model disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture in 32 hours; Princeton mathematicians said they would have accepted the paper without hesitation. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:12:00] Sam Altman: 'Homo Sapiens Will Be the First Species to Design Our Own Descendants' — Knight: This Is Luciferian Religion The Guardian identifies Silicon Valley transhumanism as a full religion — Larry Page wants digital beings to spread across the galaxy; Musk calls humanity 'a biological bootloader.' ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:23:00] Man Arrested for Organizing a Facebook Protest Against a Data Center — Police Said a Comment by Someone Else Was a Threat Fusion center police charged a Virginia man with stalking for planning a public protest and arrested him while he asked them to quote the supposed threat. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:38:00] Fusion Centers Are Classifying Data Center Protesters as Anti-Tech Extremists — Trump's Memo Targets 'Anti-American Beliefs' Wired obtained fusion center documents showing a national shift to surveilling AI opposition; Trump's security memo instructs DOJ to target anti-American, anti-Christian, and anti-capitalist beliefs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:50:00] Transhumanists Don't Know What Consciousness Is — But They Want to Transfer It Into a Machine to Live Forever Zoltan Istvan couldn't say whether it would be him or a copy; Altman subscribed to a startup to upload his brain to the cloud; Musk concedes it would only be a copy. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:05:00] 99% of Corporate Executives Plan AI Job Cuts in Two Years — Two-Thirds Want to Eliminate Human Roles Entirely The 2026 Mercer Global Talent Trends report: 825 executives surveyed, 99% expect headcount reductions, only 32% believe humans and machines can work in optimal combination. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:14:00] Trump's Name Was Removed From the Kennedy Center by Court Order — He Claimed He Canceled His Involvement The statute forbids naming the center for anyone other than Kennedy; Trump raged from the golf course and said 'I canceled my involvement' — the judge canceled it. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:24:00] Nine Acts Booked for Trump's 250th Celebration — All But Two Canceled, So He Said He'd Perform and He's More Popular Than Elvis Trump said he needs only a microphone to draw a bigger crowd than Elvis in his prime and posted AI slop of himself dunking on the New York governor. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:33:00] A Couple Paid $640 for a Trump Watch That Arrived Saying 'RUMP' — the T Was Missing From the Face A radio ad using Trump's voice sold the watches as limited edition, one of 250 — fine print discloses no connection to the Trump Organization. Knight: sold out — he has sold us out. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:42:00] Pam Bondi Testified Under a Throat Bandage — She Recalled Nothing, Praised Blanche, and Refused to Mention Trump Bondi has cancer with a good prognosis — unlike the Trump administration she served. She answered every question by saying she did not recall or telling the committee to ask Blanche. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Uważamy te prawdy za oczywiste: że wszyscy ludzie zostali stworzeni równymi, że ich Stwórca przyznał im pewne niezbywalne prawa, a wśród nich są prawo do życia, wolności i dążenia do szczęścia. Tak głosi Deklaracja Niepodległości Ameryki. I właśnie prezydent Trump jako głowa państwa dąży do szczęścia. Daje przykład swoim rodakom. Oto, w wyniku ugody na mocy której Trump zrezygnował z pozwu przeciw amerykańskiemu Urzędowi Podatkowemu na 10 miliardów dolarów, za ujawnienie danych z jego zeznań podatkowych w ostatnich latach poprzedniej kadencji, rząd USA, na którego czele stoi Trump, wydał dokument, zgodnie z którym "na zawsze wykluczone i zakazane" jest prowadzenie audytów zeznań podatkowych Donalda Trumpa, jego synów Donalda Juniora i Erica, a także holdingu Trump Organization, a także ściganie ich za ewentualne nieprawidłowości w rozliczeniach z fiskusem. Pewnie po tym Trump zebrał rodzinę i powiedział jak Marian Opania do Janusza Gajosa w Piłkarskim pokerze: to my teraz możemy wszystko! To jest rodzina na swoim!

Mea Culpa welcomes Tristan Snell. The former New York Assistant Attorney General famously lead the civil prosecution in the Trump University case for the state of New York against the Trump Organization. The 2013 case found the Trump Org guilty; forcing them to pay out $25 million in restitution. Snell spent years scaling the walls of the Trump Organization, largely creating the playbook for defeating Donald Trump in court. Ultimately, he said, it's about the receipts, not the witnesses. To beat Trump you need indisputable proof, a smoking gun and that only comes from having the documents to prove it. Snell is the founder of Main Street Law and appears as a commentator on CNN, and serves as a contributing writer for the Washington Post. His work as a lawyer and founder has been featured in a wide array of media outlets, from the New Yorker to the Atlantic to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He joins me today on Mea Culpa as the nation goes on indictment watch for the Mango Mussolini. Snell believes that the government has the goods this time and Trump may actually go to prison. Listen in.

Tom and Drew break down a stacked news day starting with the Trump DOJ signing off on a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" settlement that wraps up Trump's pending lawsuits and grants tax-investigation immunity to him, Donald Jr., Eric, and the Trump Organization for any returns filed before the investigation date. Tom unpacks why this functions as a soft self-pardon, why the slush fund framing is structurally dangerous regardless of the merits, and why presidents need to operate knowing every move will be scrutinized after they leave office. From there, the guys get into Trump claiming he paused a bombing campaign against Iran an hour before it was set to launch at the request of GCC nations, US bond yields hitting their highest level since 2007, and the AIPAC-funded primary takedown of Thomas Massie in Kentucky — the one Congressman wearing a pin tracking the national debt, now removed by lobby money in the most naked display of money-in-politics this cycle. Tom delivers an extended argument on the overproduction of elites — why too many people are being pushed into white-collar tracks the economy can't reward, how this fuels the resentment cycle driving political instability, and why historical empires (including pre-Revolution France) collapsed under the same dynamic. He walks through the Niall Ferguson book on the Rothschilds as a case study for understanding the meta-rules of how the world actually works, and pushes back hard against the Jeff Bezos pitch to exempt lower earners from federal taxes — arguing that everyone paying in is the only mechanism that keeps the government accountable. Plus: Mark Zuckerberg's leaked audio explaining why Meta is recording employee computer use to train AI amid the layoffs, why Tom is heading to Piers Morgan to debate AI displacement, how Kobe Bryant's pivot from basketball to filmmaking models the right mindset for navigating technological disruption, Ashley St. Clair's claim that Elon had access to 2024 election data, and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson saying she "felt seen" being called a communist by Trump. This one is dense. Tom is in deep-dive mode the whole episode, particularly on the central banking and inflation theft mechanics that he argues are the real engine behind almost every political fight currently dominating the news cycle. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu's Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Tom Bilyeu, Impact Theory, Drew, Trump DOJ settlement, Trump tax immunity, IRS slush fund, 1.776 billion, Trump Iran bombing paused, US bond yields 2026, Thomas Massie AIPAC, Massie Kentucky primary, money in politics, Mark Zuckerberg leaked audio, Meta AI surveillance, AI layoffs, Piers Morgan, Katie Wilson Seattle mayor, communist mayor, Jeff Bezos taxes, nurse in Queens, overproduction of elites, Niall Ferguson Rothschild, French Revolution, inflation theft, central banking, Ashley St Clair Elon, 2024 election data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Drew break down a stacked news day starting with the Trump DOJ signing off on a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" settlement that wraps up Trump's pending lawsuits and grants tax-investigation immunity to him, Donald Jr., Eric, and the Trump Organization for any returns filed before the investigation date. Tom unpacks why this functions as a soft self-pardon, why the slush fund framing is structurally dangerous regardless of the merits, and why presidents need to operate knowing every move will be scrutinized after they leave office. From there, the guys get into Trump claiming he paused a bombing campaign against Iran an hour before it was set to launch at the request of GCC nations, US bond yields hitting their highest level since 2007, and the AIPAC-funded primary takedown of Thomas Massie in Kentucky — the one Congressman wearing a pin tracking the national debt, now removed by lobby money in the most naked display of money-in-politics this cycle. Tom delivers an extended argument on the overproduction of elites — why too many people are being pushed into white-collar tracks the economy can't reward, how this fuels the resentment cycle driving political instability, and why historical empires (including pre-Revolution France) collapsed under the same dynamic. He walks through the Niall Ferguson book on the Rothschilds as a case study for understanding the meta-rules of how the world actually works, and pushes back hard against the Jeff Bezos pitch to exempt lower earners from federal taxes — arguing that everyone paying in is the only mechanism that keeps the government accountable. Plus: Mark Zuckerberg's leaked audio explaining why Meta is recording employee computer use to train AI amid the layoffs, why Tom is heading to Piers Morgan to debate AI displacement, how Kobe Bryant's pivot from basketball to filmmaking models the right mindset for navigating technological disruption, Ashley St. Clair's claim that Elon had access to 2024 election data, and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson saying she "felt seen" being called a communist by Trump. This one is dense. Tom is in deep-dive mode the whole episode, particularly on the central banking and inflation theft mechanics that he argues are the real engine behind almost every political fight currently dominating the news cycle. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu's Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription orderQuince: Free shipping and 365-day returns at https://quince.com/impactpodAT&T Business: Switch to AT&T Business at business.att.com Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impactShopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Netsuite: Right now, get our free business guide, Demystifying AI, at https://NetSuite.com/Theory Quo: Try for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months at https://quo.com/impact Monetary Metals: Future-proof your wealth at https://monetarymetals.com/impactPique: 20% off at https://piquelife.com/impact Tom Bilyeu, Impact Theory, Drew, Trump DOJ settlement, Trump tax immunity, IRS slush fund, 1.776 billion, Trump Iran bombing paused, US bond yields 2026, Thomas Massie AIPAC, Massie Kentucky primary, money in politics, Mark Zuckerberg leaked audio, Meta AI surveillance, AI layoffs, Piers Morgan, Katie Wilson Seattle mayor, communist mayor, Jeff Bezos taxes, nurse in Queens, overproduction of elites, Niall Ferguson Rothschild, French Revolution, inflation theft, central banking, Ashley St Clair Elon, 2024 election data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May 19, 2026Department of Justice announces $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund," Administration continues to blame others for actions that they themselves are doing, The fund is not part of a legal settlement of Trump's case against the IRS, which Trump has withdrawn, But Trump has reached an agreement with the DOJ, giving him full control of the fund, Trump loyalists are looking to compensate participants in the January 6 insurrection, The agreement was then amended to add a blanket promise to stop all IRS audits of Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization, Described as a "pardon on steroids,” it appears intended to stop the government from convicting Trump of tax evasion, Meanwhile, Trump held a press conference to talk about the White House ballroom.Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ-Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me:Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

This Day in Legal History: Homestead ActOn May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law, creating one of the most consequential land distribution systems in American history. The statute allowed eligible settlers to claim 160 acres of federal land, so long as they lived on it, improved it, and cultivated it for a required period of time. At a basic level, the law treated land ownership as something that could be earned through residence and labor rather than purchased outright. That idea made the act especially powerful for many farmers, immigrants, formerly enslaved people, and poor white settlers who otherwise had limited access to property. But the promise of “free land” was never as simple as it sounded.Much of the land made available under the Homestead Act had already been occupied, used, or governed by Native nations, and federal land policy often operated alongside removal, broken treaties, and military force. The act therefore expanded private property rights for some while deepening dispossession for others. It also reflected the federal government's growing role in shaping settlement, agriculture, and economic development across the West. By requiring claimants to improve and farm the land, Congress used property law to encourage a particular vision of citizenship: independent, landowning, agricultural, and tied to national expansion. Over time, the law transferred vast amounts of public land into private hands. By the 1930s, roughly 270 million acres had been distributed under the Homestead Act, about 10% of the land area of the United States. Its legal legacy can be seen in debates over public lands, Indigenous sovereignty, property ownership, and the federal government's power to define who gets access to opportunity.Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators that a nearly $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” tied to President Trump's IRS settlement is “not a slush fund,” but there are several reasons to treat that assurance cautiously. The DOJ says Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization will accept only a formal apology and no direct damages, while the fund will be available to other people who claim they were victims of government “weaponization” or “lawfare.” The problem is that DOJ has not clearly defined who qualifies, what proof is required, or what would disqualify someone from receiving money. When Sen. Chris Van Hollen asked whether people who assaulted police officers on January 6 could apply, Blanche did not rule it out and instead said anyone could apply if they believed they were a victim. Blanche also said he would not personally write the eligibility rules, though senators noted he will appoint most of the commissioners who will oversee the fund. DOJ's public announcement says the fund was created as part of Trump's settlement with the IRS after Trump agreed to drop his lawsuit over the leak of his tax documents.The comparison to the Obama-era Keepseagle settlement is shaky. Keepseagle involved a discrimination case brought by Native American farmers and was approved by a federal judge, while this fund appears to be created through a settlement involving the sitting president and the IRS, without the same kind of judicial approval described here. Democrats also objected that Obama was not personally a plaintiff in Keepseagle, while Trump is directly connected to this settlement. The most legally significant part may be the addendum saying the IRS is permanently barred from examining certain Trump-related tax matters, including returns filed before the settlement's effective date. That makes the deal look larger than a privacy settlement over leaked tax documents, because it may also limit future tax enforcement. Even Senate Majority Leader John Thune said there are “a lot of questions” the administration will have to answer, which is a notable sign that concern is not limited to Democrats.$1.8B IRS Deal Fund ‘Not Slush Fund,' Blanche Tells Senators - Law360Workers at another Wells Fargo branch have moved to drop their union, showing that a once-fast-moving labor campaign inside the bank has lost momentum. The Communication Workers of America gave up representing nine employees at a Wilmington, Delaware, branch after one worker sought a vote to decertify the union. That branch had voted unanimously to unionize in early 2024 and was part of a broader organizing push that brought hundreds of Wells Fargo workers at 28 locations into the union. The campaign was notable because union representation is extremely rare in U.S. banking, where less than 1% of workers are unionized. Organizers had focused on complaints about understaffing, flat wages, sales pressure, and the lingering effects of Wells Fargo's fake-accounts scandal.The recent Delaware development is the fifth Wells Fargo branch where workers have ousted the union, with other decertifications in Florida, New Jersey, and North Carolina, and another petition pending in Wyoming. Wells Fargo said it supports employees' right to choose whether they want union representation. The anti-union National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which has helped workers challenge union representation, framed the decertifications as evidence that employees are rejecting CWA involvement. The CWA, for its part, has blamed Wells Fargo for slowing contract talks and has accused the bank of retaliating against union supporters and cutting benefits at unionized branches. Wells Fargo denies wrongdoing and says delays are tied partly to the difficulty of negotiating some of the first union contracts in retail banking. The broader context is also unfavorable for unions, with fewer union elections held in 2025 than in 2024 and labor advocates arguing that changes at the National Labor Relations Board under President Trump have made organizing harder.Wells Fargo workers nix another union as tide turns in novel labor campaign | ReutersAnthropic is challenging the Defense Department's decision to label it a supply chain risk and bar it from government contracting, arguing that the move was an extreme response to a contract dispute over how its Claude AI models could be used. The dispute began during negotiations over the department's GenAI.mil platform, where the government wanted contract terms allowing all lawful uses of Claude, while Anthropic sought exceptions for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. Anthropic argued that the department's main theory was wrong because once Claude was deployed on the department's classified network, it would be air-gapped and Anthropic could not secretly interfere with it during a military operation. The company also said the government had less drastic options, such as declining to buy future Claude models, instead of using a blacklisting authority that had apparently never been used this way before. One D.C. Circuit judge seemed strongly skeptical of the government's action, calling the supply-chain-risk designation a major overreach. Other judges were less certain, asking whether the opaque and unpredictable nature of AI models could justify the government's concern that hidden limits might affect military uses.The government argued that Anthropic's own proposed red lines created a real operational risk, especially if the company expected officials to seek real-time exceptions during military activity. But the judges also pressed the government on why it needed such broad freedom to use AI, including for fully autonomous weapons, given known concerns about AI reliability. They also questioned why the department went straight to a supply-chain-risk designation instead of simply ending or narrowing the relationship. Anthropic said the government skipped required procedural steps, including a joint recommendation and a 30-day response period, before issuing the designation. The government claimed it had to act quickly because Claude was already being used on several Defense Department platforms. Anthropic countered that this urgency argument was weakened by the department's decision to phase out Claude over six months rather than immediately remove it.Anthropic Says Defense Dept. Smeared It Over AI Red Lines - Law360A Massachusetts judge refused to let Morgan & Morgan lawyer T. Michael Morgan appear in civil litigation against Harvard Medical School over the theft and sale of body parts from donated cadavers. The judge said Morgan's earlier sanction in a Wyoming case, where court filings included fake AI-generated case citations, showed a failure to meet basic ethical duties. Morgan had disclosed the prior sanction when asking to appear as an out-of-state lawyer in the Harvard case, but the judge said he did not explain enough about how he had changed his practices to prevent the same problem from happening again. The judge also criticized Morgan for procedural problems with the Massachusetts application, including not having local counsel submit it and paying the wrong fee.Morgan & Morgan said Morgan had accepted responsibility for the earlier mistake and that the firm had added safeguards around AI use. The underlying Harvard litigation involves families who say Harvard mishandled donated bodies after its former morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, stole and sold body parts; Harvard has condemned Lodge's actions but denies civil liability. Lodge was sentenced to eight years in prison in December. The ruling adds to a growing line of cases where lawyers have been sanctioned or warned for relying on AI tools without verifying the accuracy of legal citations.Lawyer barred from Harvard morgue scandal case over fake AI citations | Reuters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Thursday's meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded with a banquet. Seated at tables in the ballroom were more than a dozen CEOs, among them SpaceX's Elon Musk, Apple's Tim Cook and Nvidia's Jensen Huang. It was also attended by Trump's son Eric Trump, who runs the Trump Organization, and his wife, Fox News host Lara Trump. The Financial Times' Joe Miller tells us more.Then, during the summit, President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have focused on trade, security, and stability.NPR China correspondent Jennifer Pak in Beijing shares the latest from the summit. And, Scott Tong reports from China on a podcast called StoryFM, modeled after This American Life. He speaks with Kou Aizhe, the show's creator, about being inspired by American podcasts and how he's able to get Chinese people to tell frank, honest stories that might be embarrassing or shameful, in a culture that is conformist where private things stay private.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

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Mea Culpa welcomes back Tristan Snell. The former New York Assistant Attorney General famously lead the civil prosecution in the Trump University case for the state of New York against the Trump Organization. The 2013 case found the Trump Org guilty; forcing them to pay out $25 million in restitution. Snell spent years scaling the walls of the Trump Organization, largely creating the playbook for defeating Donald Trump in court. Ultimately, he said, it's about the receipts, not the witnesses. To beat Trump you need indisputable proof, a smoking gun and that only comes from having the documents to prove it.” Nowadays, Snell is the founder of Main Street Law and appears as a commentator on CNN. He also serves as a contributing writer for the Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. To name a few. Tristan joins Michael today in discussing Biden's potential run, women's rights, and if the Stormy Daniels case will ultimately be the case that takes Trump down. 

I never thought I'd be glued to the Supreme Court docket like this, but here we are on a crisp April morning in 2026, and Steve Bannon's legal saga just took a wild turn. Picture this: Stephen K. Bannon, the fiery former strategist to President Donald Trump, convicted back in 2022 for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot. He served four months in federal prison, but now, SCOTUSblog reports that the Supreme Court, in its Monday order list, has sent his case back to the lower court. The Department of Justice has already filed a motion to dismiss the indictment entirely. It's a massive win for Bannon, clearing the path for his conviction to vanish just as Trump gears up for another White House run. Listeners, this feels like poetic justice in the endless Trump orbit legal battles—Bannon's loyalty to Trump never wavered, and now the courts might let him walk free.But hold on, because the Trump world's legal ripples don't stop there. Just days ago, on April 7, the justices also added a new case to their 2026-27 docket challenging veterans' benefit laws, though it's not directly tied to Trump. Still, the court's moves echo broader fights over executive power that Trump champions. Fast forward to this week, and Attorney General Pam Bondi—Trump's pick, confirmed earlier this year—has been flexing muscle through the Department of Justice's AI Litigation Task Force. Established back on January 9, 2026, this squad is primed to sue states over AI laws, arguing they burden interstate commerce or clash with federal rules. Baker Botts' AI Legal Watch notes it's all part of a White House push from March 20, including a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence that urges Congress to protect voices and likenesses from AI deepfakes—think Trump's image cloned without permission—while carving out spots for satire and news.Trump's influence seeps into procurement too. The General Services Administration dropped its "Basic Safeguarding of Artificial Intelligence Systems" clause on March 6, forcing companies to ditch their own AI terms for government deals, claiming ownership of custom tech, and sticking to American-made systems. It's a Trump-era clampdown on Big Tech, overriding commercial safety nets. Meanwhile, in a nod to hiring fairness that could hit Trump's business empire, Judge Rita Lin in the Northern District of California greenlit core age-discrimination claims in Mobley v. Workday on March 6. The ruling says the Age Discrimination in Employment Act covers job seekers, not just employees—huge for AI bias suits that might one day scrutinize Trump Organization practices.These threads weave a tapestry of Trump-shaped legal shifts: from Bannon's potential exoneration to AI battles shielding his brand. As federal preemption looms over state regs like New York's LLC Transparency Act, enforced since January 1, it's clear 2026 is reshaping the game.Thanks for tuning in, listeners. Come back next week for more, and this has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out Quiet Please Dot A I.Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3QsFor more check out http://www.quietplease.aiThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Analiza biznesowego i finansowego imperium Donalda Trumpa oraz sposoby, w jakie on i jego najbliższa rodzina czerpią wymierne korzyści materialne z prezydentury. Eksperci omawiają działalność Trump Organization, inwestycje Jareda Kushnera na Bliskim Wschodzie oraz zwrot polityka w stronę rynku kryptowalut. Dyskusja podkreśla, że Trump wprowadził do polityki zagranicznej agresywne zasady biznesowe, co podważa międzynarodowe zaufanie do USA i zmienia system demokratyczny w stronę oligarchii. Rozmówcy zauważają również brak odpowiednich przepisów w Stanach Zjednoczonych, które skutecznie zapobiegałyby takim konfliktom interesów. Analiza obejmuje także wpływ tych działań na nastroje społeczne oraz postępującą polaryzację i radykalizację amerykańskiego elektoratu przed nadchodzącymi wyborami. Kiedy wszystko wokół się rozpada i układa na nowo, trzeba siąść i na serio pogadać. O co w tym wszystkim chodzi?

durée : 00:03:38 - Le 18/20 : un jour dans le monde - par : Guillaume Auda - Au Vietnam, le futur complexe golfique de la Trump Organization, dans la province de Hung Yen, suscite la colère d'habitants menacés d'expropriation. En cause : des indemnisations jugées dérisoires, mais aussi de graves soupçons d'irrégularités et de corruption. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:03:38 - InterNational - par : Guillaume Auda - Au Vietnam, le futur complexe golfique de la Trump Organization, dans la province de Hung Yen, suscite la colère d'habitants menacés d'expropriation. En cause : des indemnisations jugées dérisoires, mais aussi de graves soupçons d'irrégularités et de corruption. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

She built an $800 million business…but sacrificed it all when her father became President, now Ivanka Trump tells her story! Ivanka Trump is a world-renowned businesswoman, real estate developer, and entrepreneur who served as Advisor to the President during Trump's first administration. She was previously Executive Vice President in the Trump Organization, and is the author of 2 New York Times bestsellers, including ‘Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success'. She explains: ▪️The negotiation tactic used to close billion-dollar deals ▪️Why she permanently stepped back from the Trump campaign ▪️How to build a billion-dollar brand from total scratch ▪️Why most leaders fail to adapt to the upcoming AI revolution ▪️Her mission to develop a pristine Mediterranean island in Albania Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:12 When You Realize You're Different What Happens Next 00:05:24 What Her Mother Was Really Like Behind Closed Doors 00:11:27 The Key Difference That Shaped Who She Became 00:15:23 What Donald And Ivana Trump's Divorce Really Meant For Her 00:18:07 The Reality Of Being Trump's Daughter What People Get Wrong 00:23:16 How Do You Find Yourself Surrounded By Power And Fame 00:30:38 Why Being Underestimated Became Her Biggest Advantage 00:32:39 What She Actually Looks For When Hiring And Why It Matters 00:37:30 Why She Walked Away From Fashion For Government 00:40:46 What Really Happened When Trump Decided To Run 00:46:04 Trump Running For President What Changed Everything 00:48:33 Ads 00:50:44 Did She Ever Think Her Father Would Actually Do It 00:54:06 Was Leaving The White House A Relief Or Something Else 00:57:48 Was Anyone Truly Prepared For Life Inside The White House 00:59:24 What The Assassination Attempt Changed Forever 01:07:01 What Life Looks Like After Stepping Away From Politics 01:10:44 Ads 01:14:05 How Therapy Changed The Way She Sees Everything 01:20:09 The Loss Of Her Mother And What It Taught Her 01:26:08 The 3 Rules She Believes Define Success And Happiness 01:28:17 What Planet Harvest Is And Why It Could Matter More Than You Think Enjoyed the episode? Share this link and earn points for every referral - redeem them for exclusive prizes: https://doac-perks.com Follow Ivanka:  Instagram - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/8tOoNMr Facebook - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/69wVEv5  X - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/9z3Vx7h You can purchase ‘Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success', here: https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/F9lFRYu  The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/  ◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook  ◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt  ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb  ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt  ◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb  Sponsors: Wispr - Get 14 days of Wispr Flow for free at https://wisprflow.ai/steven   Shopify - https://shopify.com/bartlett  Pipedrive - https://pipedrive.com/CEO    Vivobarefoot - https://vivobarefoot.com/DOAC with code STEVENB15 for15% off

David Waldman wishes us all all of the happy things today. Let's hope that the next Persian year turns out better. What do you bet that it isn't? Chuck Norris is dead. Tough news for Pete Hegseth, who will retire his "Chuck Norris"-labeled bottle of hand lotion today. Donald K. Trump denies that he's sending troops to Iran. Trump is sending troops to Iran. What Bibi wants, Bibi gets. The Kushner Iran war already costs more than Halliburton Iraq opening, but Donald hopes to make that up in ticket sales. At 96, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta divulged that Cesar Chavez raped her. Democrats self-flagellate. Republicans flagellate. In a Transylvanian twist, the Trump Organization is eyeing property in Romania. This includes Trump's signature luxury apartments built over a dump. A Trump tower is already on the drawing board. Kristi Noem gave $140 million to the guy who bankrupted his previous airline. Really though, the goal was never to "not" bankrupt future projects, it was to sugar up her Travel Blanky, Corey Lewandowski. Trump continues to shrink in all ways imaginable, hitting Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with Pearl Harbor jokes. James Comey picked up another subpoena to wallpaper his bathroom. Jeanine Zero Pirro wants her Jerome Powell subpoenas unblocked so that she can keep her losing streak without any asterisks.  My neck of the woods has had 40-degree temperature swings, tornadoes, meteors and bigfeet infestations lately, and now this guy.