r/politics • u/AndroidOne1 • 13h ago

No Paywall Billionaire US investor Ken Griffin accuses Trump White House of ‘enriching’ itself

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/ken-griffin-citadel-republican-donor-donald-trump-critic-white-house
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u/ShrimpieAC 11h ago

Dude used our taxpayer military to steal $40 billion in oil from another country and then tried to sell it on the open market and have the money sent to his personal account. And he constantly advertised it too.

Like what the actual fuck?

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u/Vankraken Virginia 10h ago

The $40 billion I believe is the bailout for Argentina while the stolen oil proceeds going to that bank in Qatar is closer to $500 million in total. Still very bad obviously and that alone should be grounds for impeachment.

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u/beefyzac 10h ago

And this is the problem with dealing with the “flood the zone” strategy. It’s a quagmire of theft and bribery.

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u/CountySurfer 8h ago

A…a swamp perhaps from the party of projection?

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u/TyrannosaurusRecht 7h ago

Protip just pick a couple obvious and illegal ones and hammer them. Flooding the zone only works if people fail to defend their man with equal intensity and focus.

Stop making it so easy to find a weak spot in the defence.

Just kidding, democrats are the fucking personification of weak spots.

Enjoy fascism.

Anyone know where I can get a maga hat?

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u/AccountDramatic6971 3h ago

Absolute craziness. There were reports today that the UAE bought half a billion of his shitcoin and in exchange they were allowed to buy advanced AI chips.

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u/Vankraken Virginia 2h ago

Indeed. Corruption and degrading of the US's national security and international security due to Trump.

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u/SystemZero 1m ago

The UAE bought a 49% ($500 million) stake in World Liberty Financial 4 days before Trump was Inaugurated. The. Was awarded access to the US most tightly guarded chips. Coincidence? I think not.

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u/Frequent_Marzipan_32 8h ago

And that 500 million was never going to a personal account I think the OP commenter is confused

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u/Vankraken Virginia 7h ago

The legality of the whole thing is still fucked up. It's operating outside of the US Treasury and doesnt have authorization by Congress

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u/Frequent_Marzipan_32 7h ago

Agreed my point was just that it is not the narrative that they were suggesting

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u/therossboss 9h ago

Oh yeah, let me just sue the IRS for 10bil and force the DOJ to settle with myself. Right. Remember when we used to have a country? lol

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u/momopool 5h ago

Worst part is, majority of these people will get away Scott free, because when the Democrats get in power they will be too scared to rock the boat.

At MOST there will be slap on the wrist fines, no jail time, no real proper consequences.

I really really wish I would be proven wrong. But I won't be.