Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff increased 15%—to $2.3B—in the past year largely due to World Liberty Financial.

That’s the crypto venture his family co-owns with the Trumps and a firm backed by UAE’s national security adviser.

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Peace Envoy Steve Witkoff’s Fortune Gets Bump From Trump And Musk

The real estate mogul-turned-diplomat is 15% richer than he was a year ago thanks to his crypto venture with the Trump family and his stake in Musk’s SpaceX.

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@z_everson Trump kicked off the tech race, made damn sure he was going to cash in on it. Tried to stop an election and dodged prison to get his hands on all that cash. This has been a long game for him. He could have been stopped at any point along the way. Too many are on the same ship sailing the world. Usians wanted a successful business owner running their country. They elected a member of the cabal.

Gotta go way back for this one now.

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U.S. President Signs Deal with Saudi Arabia's Sovereign Wealth Fund for $93 Billion Boosting U.S. Tech Sector

On Friday Patently Apple posted a report titled "SoftBank's Chief Masayoshi Son follows President Trump to Saudi Arabia to Officially Launch $100 Billion Fund." The trip indeed delivered what was expected. The world's largest private equity fund, backed by Japan's Softbank Group and Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund, said on Saturday it had raised over $93 billion to invest in technology sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics. The new fund's investors include Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment, which has committed $15 billion, Apple Inc ...

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