How Queen Victoria Became the Biggest Drug Dealer of All Time
https://time.com/7295579/queen-victoria-drugs-essay/
She herself took opium (laudanum) and cocaine regularly. Used cannabis to relieve her menstrual symptoms, chloroform for childbirth.
Then she sold opium to China, when they refused, she forced it to them.
Big money did not get Trump elected. Harris outraised Trump with huge margin.
Between 2016 and now Trump took over GOP and won the first term with grassroots support from MAGA movement.
Big money is just opportunistically entered "pay to play" arrangements. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-harris-campaign-fundraising.html
Top Donors in 2024 Election
These totals combine contributions to campaign committees and independent expenditure groups. Notably missing from the list is prominent Democratic donor George Soros, who donated $179 million during the 2022 campaign. Much of that money was not spent until the 2024 election cycle. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/03/elon-musk-tops-list-of-2024-political-donors-but-six-others-gave-more-than-100-million/