Trump II Pumps Memecoin: Dinner Redux

Crypto whales bid up Trump II's flagging memecoin ($TRUMP), rescuing it from a new low around $2.75.  TechGods, CryptoBros and Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) Chiefs continue to throw good money after bad just to butter up our Global Tamperer in Chief.  

Catch the hype!

It was nice of Trump II to make it look like these people actually have the option of saying no.  Pick your poison, Florsheim shoes, WLFI token, USD1, a giant Ballroom donation?  Whatever you choose, it's Trump II's will that gets done.  Not yours.

The last "dinner competition" pumped $TRUMP to the $16-17 range.  It's been in a marked decline since, recently breaking $3.

Access....insiders....welcome to Trumplandia where everything is denominated and all proceeds go to Trump II and his conflicted family.  This too shall pass.

Update:  The SWF ask is actually far higher as Jared Kushner is seeking $5 billion in new investments from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE for his Affinity Partners PEU.  Nothing like a protection racket to motivate funders....

Whales Gorge on $TRUMP

Yesterday Trump II's memecoin had "no catalyst" to break its year long plunge.  Today it went up 54.5%.  One prior boost came from TechGod purchases for the "dinner with the President" opportunity.  Other bump ups occurred in conjunction with Saudi Arabian economic summits.

Today's massive rise comes as Middle East governments (with giant sovereign wealth funds-SWF) wrestle with protecting their public from Iranian retaliation for Trump II's War of Choice.

It also occurs after Iran's new Supreme Leader indicated TechGod facilities are fair targets under the current war.  Might either group have steered protection money to $TRUMP?  Maybe both...

I can imagine Trump II asking TechGods and Middle East governments to show him some love.  Deal fees can be direct or indirect.  

Trump Billionaires Club Game has been pushed back yet again.  That may be cover for $TRUMP's next big rise (also, a more palatable political influence laundering opportunity).  However, TechGods and Middle East monarchs don't care about hiding their money flaunting and the political benefit it buys.  And Trump II is shameless in his overt selling of same.

Update:  Trump will host a dinner at Mara-Lago for the top 297 $TRUMP holders with the top 29 having VIP privileges.  It was nice of Trump II to give TechGods and SWF Chiefs a reason to go "all in" on his waning memecoin.

Update 3-14-26:  WSJ found the story.  A White House official stated Trump is not confirmed to attend the event.  Someone is out of the communication loop.  

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 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 an anonymous basement near Wall Street. (They office in the Trump Tower)

Once Eric employs the drones to get rid of that "gopher cartel," he and Don Jr. will be free to front-run other federal initiatives pushed by their father.  

The pattern begins with an engorged Trump II summit.  Days later out comes a new corporate announcement by the boys riding that summit's momentum.  It's all one Trump package with Velcro straps and extra absorbency.

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

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

Update 3-11-26:  Lo and behold:

“Following the transaction, these (golf) properties are expected to continue operations and may serve as proving grounds for Powerus precision agriculture drone systems.”

Gopher cartels, beware! Also, I'm not sure another profit making boondoggle for the boys is the support U.S. farmers are expecting.

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.

Update 3-11-26:  This is for Trump's other crypto offering (WLFI):

Trump dilutes and usurps everything...

"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 decad

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.

Update 3-11-26:  This morning CNN interviewed Brig. General Steven Anderson.  I found he was Chief Growth Officer for Sallyport Global.  Sallyport was acquired by Michael Baker which was acquired by Acuity International, which is an affiliate of PEU DC Capital Partners.  Their Advisory Board is chock full of military brass:

Brig Gen. Anderson is now with the Bodwe Group.  In 2025 Bodwe paired up their Native American non-gaming operations with a service disabled, veteran owned logistics company.  .

The integration is so deep at this point, there may not be a PEU way out.

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."

Update 3-11-26:  Prayers for the little people may become more important if Trump II's irreality becomes completely disconnected from the widespread harm he has unleashed with his War of Choice on Iran.  Expect lots of brain breaking behavior from Trump II who will accept not one iota of responsibility for jacking anything, much less everything up.