Stunning Display of Trump’s Corruption

[Radiorum]

The family grift continues. He keeps the base occupied by harassing brown people and blowing up people in the ocean while he rakes in the dough for him and his family. That’s why he ran, that and to keep out of prison.

Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, as reported by the Financial Times.

The contract is part of a $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand and boost the domestic supply of magnets, according to the company.

Trump Jr. joined 1789 Capital as a partner in 2024.

This government contract represents the largest ever made by the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital, the FT reported. This year alone, at least four 1789 companies have received government contracts, FT reported. The firm is also a backer of SpaceX and Anduril, two long-time sellers of tech to the government.

Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract

[CdnFox]

4 hours ago, Radiorum said:

The family grift continues. He keeps the base occupied by harassing brown people and blowing up people in the ocean while he rakes in the dough for him and his family. That’s why he ran, that and to keep out of prison.

Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, as reported by the Financial Times.

The contract is part of a $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand and boost the domestic supply of magnets, according to the company.

Trump Jr. joined 1789 Capital as a partner in 2024.

This government contract represents the largest ever made by the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital, the FT reported. This year alone, at least four 1789 companies have received government contracts, FT reported. The firm is also a backer of SpaceX and Anduril, two long-time sellers of tech to the government.

Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract

And?

Are they delivering magnets? Are they doing the work that their contracted to do? are price is out of the range of normal or something?

No? hmmm. 

Carney does worse than that almost daily in Canada you haven't said a single peep  about it. Or demonstrated why this contract should have been issued.

The trump stupidness All Over America and several other countries. And they invest in a lot of those countries and companies. Unless you can show that this process wasn't appropriate for the trump was directly involved in it you have a tough case to make

[Hodad]

Eh, is it stunning, or just par on the Trump course? This is a guy who started a scam university and stole from his own charity organization before he ever got into politics and took the grift national. 

Everyone knew, they just didn't care. 

[Radiorum]

9 hours ago, CdnFox said:

Are they delivering magnets? Are they doing the work that their contracted to do? are price is out of the range of normal or something?

1789 Capital is a venture capital firm founded by pro-Trump donors that brought Trump Jr. in as a partner last year. Since Trump’s inauguration, 1789’s portfolio companies have won contracts from the Trump administration totalling more than $735 million.

If you can’t see the conflict of interest, then you are not looking.

Another company is Unusual Machines, who were awarded a contract from the US army to manufacture 3,500 drones and there’s a plan to order an additional 20,000 components from the Trump Jr- backed firm next year. Unusual Machines brought Trump Jr. on as an adviser just weeks after the 2024 election, even though he had no notable experience with drones or military contracting.

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-jr-backed-company-receives-620-million-pentagon-loan/

 

When self-dealing becomes the criterion and favoured method of operation, the government is corrupted.

[John Stone]

....................corruption has always been a  perennial problem in  U.S. politics. 

Generally speaking, it's normalized largely because "what goes around comes around'

 

[CdnFox]

3 hours ago, Radiorum said:

1789 Capital is a venture capital firm founded by pro-Trump donors that brought Trump Jr. in as a partner last year.

Since Trump’s inauguration, 1789’s portfolio companies have won contracts from the Trump administration totalling more than $735 million.

If you can’t see the conflict of interest, then you are not looking.

You're stretching a little too far there. If Trump Jr owns a company or a part of a company and that company gets direct benefit then it's a conflict of interest.

But if he works for a company that invests in other companies then it is reasonable to assume that they are going to invest in companies that are successful at winning contracts.  Even if it was a subsidiary you might have a point but if they're just investors of course they're going to invest in companies that do well and win contracts. They might invest in Lockheed Martin, that doesn't mean that trump has a conflict ordering f-35s

Consider this, currently carney is issuing contracts that directly benefit Brooksfield which he has a major share stake in and will probably work for when he leaves politics and that isn't considered a conflict of interest. This is way less direct than that.

So again I have to ask is the contract inappropriate? If the contract is a reasonable contract but things that are needed and are being delivered at a fair market price compared to other firms then there you go. Also you haven't provided any evidence whatsoever that the selection process for that contract had anything to do with trump or was in any way shape or form influenced by him. Or that he was even aware it was going on.

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Another company is Unusual Machines, who were awarded a contract from the US army to manufacture 3,500 drones and there’s a plan to order an additional 20,000 components from the Trump Jr- backed firm next year. Unusual Machines brought Trump Jr. on as an adviser just weeks after the 2024 election, even though he had no notable experience with drones or military contracting.

No doubt, and I'm sure they used connections that he was able to provide in order to make sure that their contract bid was as successful as possible. But I guarantee you that they didn't just present that bid out of thin air, they would have been responding along with other companies to a specification and it would have been subject to a purchasing process. Virtually every company out there does hire lobbyists to try and help make contacts with the right people to pitch their product but that's not the same as corruption. You would have to show that somehow the purchasing process which was likely going on long before trump got elected took an unusual turn or that this contract wasn't appropriate

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 When self-dealing becomes the criterion and favoured method of operation, the government is corrupted.

Hunter Biden sold influence all over the world And the left said nothing. That was far more obvious than this

There's little doubt in my mind that trump Jr will use contacts in order to Lobby on behalf of people that he sells his services too, just like dozens and dozens of other influencer and lobbyists.  A lot of the time it's about knowing who to call, and just having that name and number is critical. 

But that's not the same as selling influence which is what you're suggesting is happening. What's your suggesting is happening is that trump Jr gets hired by a company and then calls daddy and says make sure this company wins the contract.

In the first case you presented that's really unlikely considering it's two steps removed. In the second case you mentioned you haven't shown that the process was in any way shape or form affected or that the contract went wasn't appropriate

Compare that to Canada's arrive cam app situation, where it was single sourced to someone friendly to Justin who was not a company that normally built that kind of thing couldn't show what work they did for the money and produced the product that another company recreated for fun on the weekend. That is a clear case. You haven't made that kind of case

Trump Jr was a business person selling his services doing the same sort of stuff before trump became president and will likely continue to be so after trump is president. You need to demonstrate that there's actual influencing or likely influencing, and that these companies wouldn't have won those bids without those contacts

[eyeball]

2 hours ago, John Stone said:

....................corruption has always been a  perennial problem in  U.S. politics. 

Generally speaking, it's normalized largely because "what goes around comes around'

The Grease Argument for corruption has always triumphed over the Sand in the Wheels Argument against corruption.  

The 1 - 3% who probably have the most grease in the game have at least 30% of the proles who fear that no poor man ever gave them a job on their side so corruption wins.

[User]

21 hours ago, Radiorum said:

The family grift continues. He keeps the base occupied by harassing brown people and blowing up people in the ocean while he rakes in the dough for him and his family. That’s why he ran, that and to keep out of prison.

Harassing brown people.... 

You mean, federal law enforcement is lawfully enforcing federal immigration policies. 

Blowing up people in the ocean...

You mean, taking out narco terrorists who are fueling the drug trade and their pockets to further their harmful criminal/terrorist enterprise.

 

[CdnFox]

5 hours ago, eyeball said:

The Grease Argument for corruption has always triumphed over the Sand in the Wheels Argument against corruption.  

The 1 - 3% who probably have the most grease in the game have at least 30% of the proles who fear that no poor man ever gave them a job on their side so corruption wins.

You literally vote in favor of corruption every election. And you have said that elections don't matter and we shouldn't be thinking about them.

You are 100% pro corruption if it's a party you like and you are pretending that you have anything to say on the matter.

When you actually stand up against corruption once then you'll be allowed to talk about it

[Michael Hardner]

12 hours ago, Radiorum said:

 

If you can’t see the conflict of interest, then you are not looking.

 

Oh yes but Carney did much worse for Canada with his firm Waddabout that got 736M$ US.  No need to cite 👎 

9 hours ago, John Stone said:

....................corruption has always been a  perennial problem in  U.S. politics. 

Remember Lincoln's Crypto currency?

Yes, corruption is normal and Biden...

[CdnFox]

3 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

Oh yes but Carney did much worse for Canada with his firm Waddabout that got 736M$ US.  No need to cite 👎 

Remember Lincoln's Crypto currency?

Yes, corruption is normal and Biden...

Nothing intelligent to add as usual. A couple of snide remarks and that's it.

This is why you always have to pretend to be a pseudo intellectual Mike. Instead of a real one

[robosmith]

10 hours ago, John Stone said:

....................corruption has always been a  perennial problem in  U.S. politics. 

Generally speaking, it's normalized largely because "what goes around comes around'

 

Trump's corruption is UNPRECEDENTED due to capitulation by the RepubliCON Congress.

[CdnFox]

3 hours ago, robosmith said:

Trump's corruption is UNPRECEDENTED due to capitulation by the RepubliCON Congress.

Nope,  it's no worse than obama and biden. You just THINK it's worse because you liked it when they did it but you don't like it when trump does. 

Sorry kiddo, you're hypocrisy won't save you now. 

[John Stone]

Lets be candid ..

Trump is a bigot

Trump is a racist

Trump benefits from grift............... ya think? 

Trump is a felon ......... personally I find this hilarious

Trump is a misogynist .............. women support him. 

............ despite all that and confirming evidence,   he won twice and a third Presidency is not out of the question - spare me the Constitution.  

Left has basically shot their bolt............... word to the wise?

If ya want to be competitive get out of the bathrooms, control the borders?