For the first time since Trump II started his war of choice on Iran CNN host Michael Smerconish shared Admiral James Stavridis' day job as Vice Chairman for international activities and global strategy at The Carlyle Group, a politically connected private equity underwriter (PEU). Smerconish disclosed this role when he introduced his guest and later in the program CNN showed it on screen.
Smerconish cited a Bloomberg article by Stavridis in their interview. He did not mention a Semafor story.
Stavridis has been a regular on Smerconish. I chronicled a number of their nondisclosures over the last six weeks and am glad to see the most basic declaration to have happened today. I hope they keep it up.
Update 5-3-26: Admiral James Stavridis shared that blockades are acts of war on Fareed Zakharia this morning. Fareed neglected to inform views that the Admiral is Vice Chair of The Carlyle Group, a politically connected private equity underwriter (PEU) that has profited handsomely from flipping defense contractors. So much for CNN keeping the disclosure going.
