Dominari Does Defense Drones

Dominari invested in a golf course company, Aureus Greenway Holdings, which will merge with a private military drone manufacturer, Powerus.

Not long ago Aureus Greenway was at risk of losing its NASDAQ listing.  Since then the company ditched its Vice Chairman and CEO, the Cheung brothers.  One's name is Stephen but he is not Trump II's White House Communications Director. 

Somehow the Cheung's firm effectively turned into a NASDAQ SPAC for Powerus.  Other firms in the deal include a Korean private equity underwriter (PEU), Unusual Machines and the Agostinelli Group, a family office funded by PEU money.

Trump II spent last week at Trump Doral pushing domestic military use in the Americas to take on "the cartels."  His sons then "spin in" a drone company and can profit from Dad/Trump II's vision.

Powerus has three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Kaizen Aerospace, Inc., which develops heavy-lift UAS platforms capable of 500-pound-plus payloads; Tandem Defense LLC, which builds tactical defense platforms; and Agile Autonomy LLC, which specializes in maritime surveillance systems.

Understandably, Eric is excited about it.

The Trump boys were already in Aureus via Dominari, which the pair heavy lifted from the anonymous basement of Wall Street. 

Once the Trump boys employ the drones to get rid of that gopher cartel, they will be free to front-run other federal initiatives pushed by their father.  

The pattern is a big Trump II meeting/summit and just days later a new corporate announcement by the boys.  It's all one Trump package with Velcro straps and extra absorbency.

The liquidity flows the Trumps way until it doesn't.  At that point I expect them to scream their greedy little heads off.  I'm sure some obscenely rich donor will then show up with a capital injection.

Polticians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and the sons shall be far richer than their fathers.

Trump $250B

Surely Americans will want to celebrate Trump II's net worth hitting $250 billion by the end of his term in office.  

Really, nobody has seen anything like it, the lying, the cheating, the insider dealing by the people already on top.

Trump II's meme-coin $TRUMP hit a new low this week.  "Celebrate our win & have fun" was the sales pitch when it was released days prior to his second inauguration.  

This is YOUR chance to join a community that’s all about fighting for what matters. The TRUMP Meme encourages a culture of success & optimism to make the world a better place. Go TRUMP!

Contrast that with the crypto sites who act like there are serious market dynamics for $TRUMP, tying it to Bitcoin, citing support prices and market fundamentals.  Is it a fun way to funnel money into Trump's pocket or an actual financial product that mostly loses money for Red Team investors?  It's clearly both at this stage.

$TRUMP is down from its all time high of $74.27.  It's trading around $2.90 this morning.

Those who bought at the top have a 96% loss.  I imagine that would feel like failure and be depressing to anyone on a tight budget with no rainy day funds.

Whatever the Trumps make from this is gravy.  It is literally money from nothing.  The huge bonus,  trading fees are a nice source of regular income ($millions).  

Reuters reported:

The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash has come from foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons have touted their business on an international investor roadshow.

STRUMP got several boosts in price around Saudi Arabian Economic Summits.  Middle Eastern money may be wavering on Trump II given his War of Choice in Iran.  If they walk away $TRUMP may meet its demise sooner.  If not, remember "dilution is coming!" with future unlocks.

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU (private equity underwriters) and their new TechGod brethren,  Increasingly, more are one.  This is the method of wealth transfer.  

Trump II inserts himself into their deals and deal makers get deal fees, directly or indirectly.  That means lots more deals so PEUMP up the VOLUME!!!  Trump II's got a net worth target to hit and he clearly enjoys striking.

"AI Promoter" American Edge's Dark Advisors

The American Edge Project, a TechGod lobbying group, currently has a commercial singing the praises of AI.  I wanted to know more about the folks pushing unrestrained AI on our citizenry.

Flashback to June 2020 before Tech giants were elevated to TechGod status:

Ten organizations today urged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to shut down American Edge, a new political advocacy group that Facebook launched to influence federal policymaking through advertising and political spending.

After watching the Cane Brew commercial with its Matthew McConaughey like CEO, I looked under the bottle cap to sample its leadership content.  

American Edge had the necessary Red & Blue political stars on their various advisory boards.  Nearly all are private equity underwriters (PEU) ranging from Pine Island Capital to Liberty Strategic Capital to Fortress to Google Partners.  

Their advisory board is a walk down memory lane.  Two members, Frances Townsend and Greg Walden, played a significant role in PEU Report stories over the years.  

Fran wrote the White House Lessons Learned Report on Hurricane Katrina which omitted the hospital with the highest patient death toll, Lifecare Hospitals, a Carlyle Group affiliate.  It's nice when the White House does your risk management for you.  Fran went on to work for Carlyle advisor James A. Baker's law firm advising corporations on how to get out of their government messes.  She then joined PEU MacAndrew & Forbes before going to Activision, which is selling to Affinity Partners and Middle East sovereign wealth funds.  

Greg Walden was head of the National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC's) oversight function during the years Chief Financial Officer Chris Ward embezzled over $1 million.  Walden's group could not provide the basic oversight required by a local nonprofit organization, getting a financial audit and have it presented by the partners in the audit firm.

It's no wonder the American Edge Project is doing the TechGod's bidding (like Fran did for Carlyle) and asking for no oversight (like Walden did for the NRCC).

What comes around goes around.  Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.

PEU Generals & Admirals Everywhere

ABC's This Week interviewed Admiral Mike Mullen this morning about Trump II's War of Choice on Iran.  Yesterday, CNN's Michael Smerconish interviewed Admiral James Stavridis about the same topic.  Neither network revealed their conflicts of interest from their private equity ties.

Admiral Mullen's C5 Capital is "tackling some of the biggest societal issues that corrode global security and disrupt peace."  That sounds germane to the current outbreak of war.

C5 was founded by South African born Andre Pienaar who calls himself a "cybersecurity, space and energy expert and investor.  He does not have the same name recognition as Elon Musk or Peter Thiel but he is politically connected. 

Pienaar serves on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Institute of Peace which was renamed in December 2025 to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.  That board is currently under disruption like everything Trump II, private equity underwriters (PEU) and TechGods touch.

An SEC filing stated:

Admiral Michael Mullen, Ret. joined the Pine Island Capital Partners team in 2018.  

Mullen was not alone in getting a free pass on his conflicts of interest.  The Carlyle Group's Admiral James Stavridis got same. 

Surely, Carlyle's global strategists are working overtime with the seismic remaking of industries and the globe, something they have had a hand in for decades.

Thank heaven for the French.  They may be the first to surrender in war, but they did not surrender to conflicted warriors.  Their interview with General David Petraeus disclosed his PEU role with KKR and his numerous positions, one of which deals with the Middle East.

The PEU Admirals & Generals have returned to the airwaves, no longer afraid that Trump II might twist their words or whack heir firm in retaliation for anything less than "Trump is great, Trump is good and I thank him for our food."

It's risk taking time, everything, everywhere and all at once.  Where are the sane minds in Congress and the Supremes?  Many are retiring, so I hear.  How many will end up on a PEU or TechGod payroll?  

And how many PEU/TechGod candidates will emerge to replace them?

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one and for this many suffer needlessly.

Shield the Little People, Lord

Trump II hosted similarly oriented leaders at his Trump National Doral for the launch of the Shield of the Americas.  Let me guess:  This shield involves a bunch of high tech stuff that is obscenely expensive and enriches the already richest people on the planet.  And that shield, which includes a high tech military, will be used against "the cartels."

It is the seventh day of Trump II's War of Choice on Iran, a historic "fully integrated, multi-domain operation."  No wonder Iran is blowing up data centers.  TechGods will not be pleased.

Trump II wants to open up Iran to the West and direct where their natural resources go while using oil proceeds to buy TechGod products/services and invest in unsellable private equity underwriter (PEU) affiliates/secondary offerings.

World leaders may not be aware that showing up to any meeting with Trump II is at their peril.  They risk being used, usurped and/or reduced to a prop in Trump II's irreality play. 

Chris Whalen of The Institutional Risk Analyst wrote:

The year 2025 was another year of magical thinking ℅ Donald Trump, a man whose mere presence in the room causes everyone else to descend to their most base level. Trump came to Washington as a president who spurned convention and embraced crypto currencies. 

He rejected New Deal regulation and shamelessly encouraging greed and self-interest in a way not seen since the years following WWI. The impact on financial markets is profound and may continue for some time.

Trump's military escapades are hostile takeovers of attractive targets, formerly known as sovereign countries.  He's a deal maker and deal makers earn deal fees.

Trump II's usurping is ceaseless, driven by want.  It's a form of resource lust.  That combined with his desire to dominate means nearly everyone and everything is a potential target. 

Greed is the language of PEUs and disruption the signature mark of TechGods. 

Lord, shield us from the takers of the world and their violence.  Soften their hearts such that they can fully rejoin the human family and fulfill what Christ taught us, to love you and to love our neighbor.  

Update:  TechGods hate when one of their own (a former Palantir engineer) reveals the rigged game and offers to work on behalf of the little people.  They want government power and resources trained in their direction. 

TechGods are good at stealing, but bad on sharing or making whole people damaged by their products/services.  

Jilted Synapse "bank" customers could use some of what Andreessen Horowitz is passing around.  Might those Synapse account losers show up at Joe Lonsdale's Erebor Bank, the new Bank of TechGods?  They'd be smart not to touch it.  "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."

Power Pledges: Old & New

TechGod companies pledged to fund increased electricity costs from their data centers at Trump II's White House.  Major TechGods did not personally show up to make the pledge.  They sent representatives.

True to form Trump II, the Digital Caligula, worked in a revenue source for data centers.  In times of emergency (likely caused by the strain they place on the system) data centers can sell their power back to the grid.  In some areas that could fetch sky high rates.

This is not the first pledge by the rich and powerful.  Recall the Giving Pledge?

TechGods were once for it but now against it.  Divorced wives have proven far more effective philanthropists than the men who set them aside.

Only eight of the twenty two deceased signers of the pledge fulfilled their commitment.  That's a 66% failure rate.  The pledge has not aged well.

Politicians Red & Blue love PEU (private equity underwriters) and their new TechGod brethren.  Increasingly, more are one.

The public got to see one in action as Red Team Senator Tim Sheehy (PEU Blackstone Group) manhandled a U.S. Marine protesting Trump's War of Choice conducted in conjunction with our 51st state (Israel).  Blackstone co-founder Steve Schwarzman must be proud. 

Decorum has been replaced by Deplorum.   Sheehy has a bright PEUture.

Obsequiousness Abounds

Trump II entered his War of Choice on Iran based on a "feeling based on fact."  When exposed to similar brilliance my physician father-in-law would say, "that may be the result of eating a bad burrito."  It was a nicer way of saying don't confuse your brilliance with your excrement.  

Trump II is infamous for his savage whims.  Libertarian TechGods prostrate themselves before Trump II (with Anthropic being a recent exception).  

Apparently our TechGods learned the fealty position from Congress.  It's one with a good view of Trump II's cankles.

The public is unhappy with the economy, Trump and Congress.  Voters did not elect Trump to run Venezuela, Iran, Gaza, Cuba, Greenland, Canada, Mexico or any country other than the United States.

Gasoline is up from $2.33 to $2.93 per gallon.  That's a 25% increase in a few days.  I'm sure more consequences are coming for Trump II's "feeling/bad burrito" that he rated a 15 on a scale of 1 to 10.  It takes a lot of gas for someone to punch through the maximum number of the scale they just set.  Trump II is full of it.

Time will reveal if Trump II's effort to open up Iran for the PEU (private equity underwiter)/TechGod class is successful.  It is a bold, brash whim, worthy of ketamine fueled TechGod in the midst of a rager.