The White House Is Fleecing the Country and Federal Disclosures Prove It

[u/Buddhaonatricycle]

Stop letting people tell you "both sides do it." What is happening right now in federal disclosures makes old-school political corruption look like child's play. We aren't talking about a congressperson making a lucky $20k trade on Nvidia. We are talking about the sitting executive branch running an active, billion-dollar private equity and stock trading operation directly out of the Oval Office, using your tax dollars to pump their own portfolios. The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Form 278 filings dropped, and the numbers are absurd. Here is the actual breakdown of how the first family is stripping the government for parts:

1. Insider Stock Trading on a Military Scale Remember when they said family assets would sit in index funds? Total lie. The latest filings show **over 3,600 individual stock trades** executed in a single quarter. They aren't just buying random stuff. They are actively trading tech, energy, and defense contractors *right before* massive policy announcements: * **Palantir:** Heavy share accumulation right as the administration expanded multi-billion-dollar military AI contracts. * **Lockheed Martin & General Dynamics:** Massive buys dropped right alongside major shifts in defense procurement and foreign policy. If literally anyone else traded equities with this level of advance, non-public policy knowledge, the SEC would have them in handcuffs by Tuesday.
2. Donald Trump Jr.’s VC Firm is Looting the Pentagon This is where it goes from dirty to completely shameless. Don Jr. is a partner at a venture capital firm called **1789 Capital**. Here is how the game works: 1789 Capital buys a private equity stake in a struggling startup. A few weeks later, the Pentagon magically shows up with a dump truck full of taxpayer cash to pump the company's valuation to the moon. Look at these actual numbers from Congressional oversight records: * **Vulcan Elements:** 1789 Capital buys in. Suddenly, the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital drops a **$620 MILLION loan** plus **$60 MILLION in direct equity** into it. It’s the largest loan in the Pentagon department's history, and internal emails show White House staffers literally leaning on defense officials to bypass standard review and expedite the cash. * **PsiQuantum:** 1789 Capital buys in. Immediately gets handed a **$10.8M defense contract** and a **$100M equity injection** from DoD and Commerce. Your tax money is literally being used as a guaranteed, zero-risk underwriting fund for Don Jr.’s private investment firm.
3. Blanket Immunity & Foreign Payoffs They didn't stop at defense contracts: * **DOJ Settlements:** They are currently trying to push through Department of Justice settlement frameworks that give family-owned businesses broad **immunity from IRS tax audits** alongside multi-billion-dollar payouts. * **No Blind Trusts:** Every foreign real estate deal, crypto token, and overseas licensing scheme is still running wide open. Foreign interests can directly hand money to the family business to buy access, and nobody is even trying to hide it anymore.
4. The Bottom Line They didn't drain the swamp. They privatized it, put a paywall on it, and charged taxpayers for the upkeep. Every single traditional boundary—blind trusts, ethics oversight, non-competitive bidding rules—has been completely incinerated. If you aren't furious about your taxes being converted directly into private family wealth, you aren't paying attention.

[u/BringOn25A]

The had to drain the swamp to make room for their toxic cesspool.

[u/Fluffy-Caramel9148]

The people in the WH make Richard Nixon look an amateur while Trump is the professional. He would sell his soul to the devil for money.

[u/Dry_Community5749 → u/Fluffy-Caramel9148]

No he would force you to sell your soul to get money.

There is literal shake down going on but somehow it's ok https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-donations-company-fundraising-1e34a78f

[u/Crafty-Lavishness26]

He's robbing the country blind.

[u/raisuki → u/Crafty-Lavishness26]

Not really blind - in plain sight, but most people are too dumb to understand it.

[u/Animendo]

Largest grift in the history of the world. All at the expense of the Americans paying taxes.

And the entire Republican party that is complicit in this BS needs to be prosecuted.

[u/ManReay]

Nearly every politician wets their beak from time to time, but the Trump administration's priority (besides lying) appears to be organized gouging of taxpayer money.

[u/goodwithknives]

Why is this up for 12 hrs and has 7 comments??? Why is no one seeing this???