"They're Playing the Gulf"

NBC News reported 

Trump hit the links at his golf course in Florida today before his address at the FII Institute.

His remarks at the Saudi backed Future Investment Institute (FII) meeting included:

You can’t work at home. They’re not working, they’re playing tennis, they’re playing golf, or they have other jobs, but they’re not working, or they’re certainly not working hard. You could never build a company or a country with that."

Trump cited his "King like" persona while attending a meeting sponsored by the Saudi Crown Prince.  Potentates often have little insight into their actions vs. words:

Trump spent at least 7 out of his 29 days in office playing golf

The Miami FII crowd included son-in-law Jared Kushner who manages billions in Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) money.  FII is part of PIF.   PIF invested in LIV Golf which holds many events at Trump golf courses.

Back to Trump's address, the highlight of the FII Priority meeting.  The speaker's list had a number of TechGods, private equity underwriter (PEU) legends and cryptobros.  Some wore multiple hats.

Trump II, the digital Caligula spoke for free.  Representatives from Galaxy Digital and Moonpay, crypto firms that aided his Fight, Fight, Fight meme-coin launch, were at the meeting.

It takes a corporate village to create billions out of thin air.  Trump knows this well.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman knows how to get money from royal family members and key corporate leaders.  The Prince also knows how to reward loyal supplicants.

The U.S. has an aspiring King, according to Trump's recent social media post.  Long live the Donarch!  May he play many rounds around the globe, all on the public dime.

Update 2-21-25:  Yesterday Bloomberg extolled the virtues of Ares Management and Michael Arougheti.  Arougheti is a partner in David Rubenstein's Baltimore Orioles.  Rubenstein's daughter Elle was a speaker at FII Priority, as was Arougheti.