TRUMP

“75% of this protocol's net revenue flows straight into DT Mark's DeFi LLC. Some might think that that's not a big deal, but this is a Trump family vehicle with zero capital put in, zero liability taken on, but they get three quarters of everything the stablecoin and DeFi machine spits out. The gold paper says it in plain white and black ink.”

“Sheik Tanun Bin Zayed and the entities wired 500 million for a 49% stake in World Liberty Fi four days before inauguration. Half of it reportedly flowed right into Trump and WITCOP entities. Weeks later, the US suddenly approved a sensitive chip export deal to the Sheik's companies that national security had actually blocked for years leading up to this event.”

“Justin Sun dropped 75 million into World Liberty Fi. He became an ambassador and then all of a sudden, he watched the SEC case against him magically settle for pocket change right after the election. CZ, the Binance founder who pleaded guilty to money laundering violations, and of course, the BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes and the rest, same exact story, pardoned like it was a parking ticket.”

“17 billion plus early supporter tokens, the ones regular people bought at launch, get a brand new vesting schedule. This has a two-year cliff, a two-year linear vest, and you have to affirmatively click accept, or your tokens are going to stay locked under terms forever. Investors in this have absolutely gone haywire on X, highlighting the scam under the curtain.”

“Now, as you can see on this Solana chart, one of the biggest alt coins in the market and the landing pad for where Trump launched his meme coin, the day that Trump launched his meme coin marked the exact top of Solana. It's been a vile downhill ride ever since then and now we come to the final point where we're trying to defend ourselves in a brutal bear market.”

“We have a special friend with us here as well, Colin Roche, who has done great work with finance, economics, and he's got strong opinions.”

“The Kaiser Sose principle says the other side has to think that you're 1% crazier than they are so that they become nervous.”

“Oil prices went from what was the high 115 116 to 94 today... it's an 18 or 20% drop off.”

“The negative perception around AI is now worse than ICE... as electricity prices keep rising, they increasingly blame AI.”

“No mediocre worker is safe. The bar for keeping your job just went up.”

“And then over the weekend, it turns out some of us were right and some people were wrong because he didn't cave in. And now he has Iran's feet to the fire, and they have really, really serious problems. So all this began with negotiations in Islamabad where the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, arrived along with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.”

“The reality is that the Iranian government—people see the attempt to control the Strait of Hormuz as a sign of strength, but that is not the case. Their navy is at the bottom of the sea. Their air force cannot fly. Their government is so discombobulated that you have factions within the Iranian government legitimately arguing with each other fairly publicly.”

“Massive numbers of completely empty oil tankers, some of the largest anywhere in the world, are heading right now to the United States to load up with the best and sweetest oil and gas anywhere in the world. We have more oil than the next two largest oil economies combined and in higher quality. We’re waiting for you. Quick turnaround.”

“Iran's inability to locate its own mines is one reason Iran has not been able to quickly comply with the Trump administration's admonitions to let more traffic pass through the strait. Safe routes are limited in large part because Iran mined the strait haphazardly. It's not even clear that Iran recorded where it put every mine, and even when they recorded the location, they let them drift.”

“If the Straits of Hormuz were to be, let us say, permanently closed or harmed, the chief problem would lie with the people who get their oil from the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the United States. That is jet fuel in Europe. That is most of the oil that is going into places like Japan and China from that region.”

“And then over the weekend, it turns out some of us were right and some people were wrong because he didn't cave in. And now he has Iran's feet to the fire, and they have really, really serious problems. So all this began with negotiations in Islamabad where the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, arrived along with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.”

“The reality is that the Iranian government—people see the attempt to control the Strait of Hormuz as a sign of strength, but that is not the case. Their navy is at the bottom of the sea. Their air force cannot fly. Their government is so discombobulated that you have factions within the Iranian government legitimately arguing with each other fairly publicly.”

“Massive numbers of completely empty oil tankers, some of the largest anywhere in the world, are heading right now to the United States to load up with the best and sweetest oil and gas anywhere in the world. We have more oil than the next two largest oil economies combined and in higher quality. We’re waiting for you. Quick turnaround.”

“Iran's inability to locate its own mines is one reason Iran has not been able to quickly comply with the Trump administration's admonitions to let more traffic pass through the strait. Safe routes are limited in large part because Iran mined the strait haphazardly. It's not even clear that Iran recorded where it put every mine, and even when they recorded the location, they let them drift.”

“If the Straits of Hormuz were to be, let us say, permanently closed or harmed, the chief problem would lie with the people who get their oil from the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the United States. That is jet fuel in Europe. That is most of the oil that is going into places like Japan and China from that region.”

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again... Have you ever seen anything like this?”

“The actual threats that have been articulated as they have, he's not going through with those. I would stake my reputation on that.”

“He has suspended sanctions on Iranian oil... he doesn't hate them so much that he's willing to take even higher costs for his own gas prices.”

“Every day this war goes on... it could cause unheard of economic damage comparable to or worse than the damage that we experienced during the pandemic.”

“There are still restraining mechanisms. There is Congress. There is a media... there are polls, there are markets. There are all these things that don't exist in North Korea.”