Includes mentions of #JaredKushner!

From the #Seychelles to the #WhiteHouse to #CambridgeAnalytica, #ErikPrince and the #UAE are key parts of the #Trump story

04.08.18 by Wendy Siegelman

"In January 2017 Erik Prince attended a meeting in the #Seychelles with the United Arab Emirate’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the CEO of the #Russian Direct Investment Fund #KirillDmitriev, and George Nader, a former consultant for Erik Prince’s company Blackwater.

"While Erik Prince testified in November 2017 to the House Intelligence Committee that the meeting with Dmitriev was unplanned, news broke last week that Mueller has evidence that Prince’s meeting with Putin’s ally Dmitriev may not have been a chance encounter, contradicting Prince’s sworn testimony. And, according to George Nader, a main purpose of the meeting was to set up a communication channel between the Russian government and the incoming #Trump administration.

"Earlier this year, a seemingly unrelated scandal erupted after a story broke about Trump’s data company Cambridge Analytica harvesting #FacebookData on tens of millions of people. Shortly after that a Channel 4 News investigation revealed undercover film of Cambridge Analytica executives bragging about the dirty tricks they use to influence elections.

"As the Cambridge Analytica scandal was unfolding, I broke the story about a new company Emerdata Limited, created by Cambridge Analytica executives, that in early 2018 added new board members Rebekah and Jennifer Mercer, Cheng Peng, Chun Shun Ko Johnson, who is a business partner of Erik Prince, and Ahmed Al Khatib, a ‘Citizen of Seychelles’."

Read more:
https://newstracs.com/from-the-seychelles-to-the-white-house-to-cambridge-analytica-erik-prince-and-the-uae-are-key-parts-of-the-trump-story/2018/04/08/

#USPol #WorldPol #PowerCorruptionAndLies

Well, I think I was wrong about who is the #Antichrist. It's not #Trump, or #ErikPrince, it's #JaredKushner (who bears a striking resemblance to teenaged Damien in Omen II). 666 Fifth Avenue, eh? Hmmmm...

Jared Kushner’s Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From #Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade

Jared Kushner's firm made a direct pitch to Qatar’s minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt to secure investment in a critically distressed asset.

Clayton Swisher, Ryan Grim
March 2 2018

"The real estate firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to #Qatar’s minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt to secure investment in a critically distressed asset in the company’s portfolio, according to two sources. At the previously unreported meeting, Jared Kushner’s father Charles, who runs Kushner Companies, and Qatari Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al Emadi discussed financing for the Kushners’ signature 666 Fifth Avenue property in New York City."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/02/jared-kushner-real-estate-qatar-blockade/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vefum

#USPol #WorldPol#NoWar #InsideTrading #TheBusinessOfWar #JaredKushner #TrumpCrimeFamily #JaredIsTheAntichrist #LittleDamien #TheOmen #PowerCorruptionAndLies

Was #ErikPrince also whispering in Trump's ear?

UPDATE: #Trump says #Kushner helped convince him to go to war with #Iran

The disclosure highlights Kushner's massive financial conflicts.

By Judd Legum

Excerpt: "Kushner’s largest investor is the Saudi Arabian government, which provided Kushner with $2 billion in funding in 2021. Each year, #SaudiArabia pays Kushner 1.25% of its investment, $25 million, as a 'management fee.' Meaning he has received in excess of $100 million from the Saudi government over the last few years.

Notably, 'Saudi Crown Prince #MohammedBinSalman made multiple private phone calls to Trump in February, advocating a U.S. attack,' according to reporting in the Washington Post.

"Trump’s comments reveal that Kushner used his role in Geneva to push Trump toward the outcome favored by his biggest client. #AffinityPartners also received more than $200 million from the #UAE. According to CNN, behind the scenes, the UAE was also lobbying Trump to strike Iran."

Read more:
https://popular.info/p/update-trump-says-kushner-helped

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In today's episode of #PowerCorruptionAndLies...

"Sen. #JohnCornyn, R-Texas, reversed himself on the Senate filibuster Wednesday after years of unflinching support for the 60-vote threshold to pass most bills.

"Now, locked in a competitive Republican runoff for his Senate seat and eyeing President Donald #Trump's endorsement, Cornyn says he'll support 'whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary' to pass the #SAVEAmericaAct, a sweeping election overhaul bill that Trump has called his No. 1 priority."

Read more:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/john-cornyn-save-america-act-filibuster-trump-texas-senate-rcna262927?

#SAVEAct #VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #GOPNazis #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism

Another Giveaway to #BigOil as #Trump Wrenches Open 13 Million Acres of #Arctic for Drilling

“The Trump administration is trying to take us back in time with its reckless fossil fuels agenda.”

Jake Johnson
Nov 14, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/another-giveaway-to-big-oil-as-trump-wrenches-open-13-million-acres-of-arctic-for-drilling

#USPol #TrumpLies #ExxonLies #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Alaska #ArcticWilderness #DrillBabyDrill #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies
#Oiligarchy #FossilFuels #TrumpIsAFossil #TrumpIsAFascist

#Trump Ripped Over ‘Reckless’ Plan to Drill for Oil Off #California, #Florida

“#DonaldTrump and #DougBurgum are once again trying to sell out our coastal communities and our public waters in favor of #CorporatePolluters’ bottom line.”

Jessica Corbett
Nov 20, 2025

“Despite overwhelming bipartisan opposition, Trump and Burgum are moving forward with their reckless plan to serve their ultimate goal of handing over our public lands and waters to #BigOil CEOs,” Blackford continued. “These lease sales are privatization in everything but name—a ‘keep out’ sign is the same whether an area was sold or leased. The Sierra Club will continue to stand with coastal communities and work to stop this reckless plan dead in the water.”

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ripped-over-reckless-plan-to-drill-for-oil-off-california-florida

#USPol #TrumpLies #ExxonLies #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Alaska #California #Florida #DrillBabyDrill #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Oiligarchy #BigOil #FossilFuels #TrumpIsAFossil #TrumpIsAFascist

#Trump to #BigOil Execs: Give Me $1 Billion and I’ll Help You Wreck the Planet

“You won’t read a more important story today,” said one commentator. “Trump is willing to literally destroy the planet for $1 billion.”

Jake Johnson
May 09, 2024

"Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a straightforward offer to some of the top fossil fuel executives in the United States during a dinner at his #MarALago club last month, which marked the hottest April on record.

According to new reporting, Trump pledged to swiftly gut climate regulations put in place by the Biden administration if the oil and gas industry raises $1 billion for his 2024 presidential campaign.

The “remarkably blunt and transactional pitch,” reported by The Washington Post, was Trump’s latest explicit statement of his intention to give the fossil fuel industry free rein to wreck the planet if he wins a second term in power. Executives from #Exxon, #Chevron, #OccidentalPetroleum, and other prominent fossil fuel companies reportedly attended the Mar-a-Lago dinner.

Late last year, Trump said he would be a dictator on the first day of his second term, vowing to use his executive authority to “close the border” and “drill, drill, drill” for the fossil fuels that are driving global temperatures to catastrophic extremes and imperiling hopes for a livable future.

The Post reported Thursday that Trump said a $1 billion investment in his run against Democratic President Joe Biden would be a “deal” for Big Oil “because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him.”

“The contrast between the two candidates on climate policy could not be more stark,” the Post noted. “Biden has called #GlobalWarming an ‘existential threat’ and over the last three years, his administration has finalized 100 new #environmental regulations aimed at cutting #AirPollution and #GreenhouseGas emissions, restricting toxic chemicals, and conserving public lands and waters. In comparison, Trump has called #ClimateChange a ‘hoax,’ and his administration weakened or wiped out more than 125 environmental rules and policies over four years.”

Will Bunch, a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote in response to the Post‘s reporting that “you won’t read a more important story today.”

“Trump is willing to literally destroy the planet for $1 billion,” Bunch added. "

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations

#USPol #TrumpLies #ExxonLies #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Alaska #California #Florida #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Oiligarchy #BigOil #FossilFuels #TrumpIsAFossil #TrumpIsAFascist

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/114196894006585303

#FollowTheMoney... #KristNoem #PowerCorruptionAndLies #USPol #TrumpIsAFascist

#LiberalElites Kicked the Door Wide Open for #Trump’s Flagrant #Corruption

The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
November 9 2025

Excerpt: "Calls for Democrats to find their way back from the wilderness by forcefully rebuking #corporate influence and corruption, something we at the #RevolvingDoorProject have been urging as the cornerstone of progressive politics for years, are multiplying. Politicians, notably Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, both Democrats, are emerging as anti-corruption champions. To mount a real anti-corruption agenda, though, Democrats must go farther than just condemning the sundry glad-handing of Trump world. There is no appetite for going back to the halcyon days when everyone knew the legal code was merely a suggestion for corporate titans and the ultra-rich, even as they masqueraded as law-abiding citizens."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/09/trump-corruption-graft/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ycw45

#USPol #EstablishmentDemocrats #LiberalElites #FollowTheMoney #PowerCorruptionAndLies #OpenSecrets #TaxTheBillionaires #TaxTheRich

Yup. It's the same #StrategyGroup! Wow!

Gov. #KristiNoem and the culture of #collusion in #SouthDakota

#FreedomWorksHere escaped legislative oversight but the saga raises larger concerns about the validity of competitive bidding and the stomach of state lawmakers.

By Patrick Lalley, Feb 19, 2024

Excerpt: "The seeds of the contract are found in the hiring of The Strategy Group as a media consultant for #Noem’s re-election campaign in 2022.

"The CEO of that company is #BenYoho, but he’s not the biggest fish in Ohio.
That’s #RexElsass, the founder and chairman of the board, an infamous figure in Ohio politics. We don’t have the time or space to go into Mr. Elsass’ backstory but it’s colorful, controversial and worth more than we’ll give it here.
The Strategy Group is one of a handful of firms doing media work for the big names of #Republican politics, including #Trump, #Pence, several governors and many members of Congress."

Read more:
https://www.siouxfallslive.com/news/sioux-falls/gov-kristi-noem-and-the-culture-of-collusion-in-south-dakota

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/phGkY

#USPol #GOP #Corruption #ChristoFascists #StrategyGroup #PowerCorruptionAndLies