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Couple of questions… The president’s take on his trip to China, and his interpretation of the Thucydides Trap. “President Xi was not referring to the incredible rise that the United States has displayed to the world during the 16 spectacular months of the Trump Administration, which includes all-time high stock markets and 401K’s, military victory and thriving relationship in Venezuela, the military decimation of Iran (to be continued!)—Strongest military on earth by far, economic powerhouse again, with a record 18 trillion dollars being invested into the United States by others, best U.S. job market in history, with more people working in the United States right now than ever before, ending country destroying DEI, and so many other things that it would be impossible to readily list. In fact, President Xi congratulated me on so many tremendous successes in such a short period of time. “Two years ago, we were, in fact, a Nation in decline. On that, I fully agree with President Xi! But now, the United States is the hottest Nation anywhere in the world, and hopefully our relationship with China will be stronger and better than ever before!” Okay sure. Then why all the panic to gerrymander to assure GOP election wins? Surely if things are as great as president Pollyanna says they are, y’all don’t need to cheat? But things actually are great. For the Trump family. Bloomberg reported that a new financial filing shows that in the first quarter of 2026, Trump or his investment advisors made more than 3,700 trades—over 40 a day—“totaling tens of millions of dollars and involving major companies that have dealings with his administration.” Trump did not move his assets into a blind trust with an independent manager, as his predecessors did if they traded in stocks at all (former presidents Biden and Barack Obama did not). Instead, his sons manage the business as it operates in areas that are directly related to government policies decided by Trump himself. Trump invested in major companies with business affected by what he decided to do, including Nvidia, Intel Corp, Netflix, Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros Discovery, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon. Insider trading par excellence. Corruption with impunity. Out in the open. Using the office of the president. WH spokesperson told Bloomberg that Trump “only acts in the best interests of the American public” and that “[t]here are no conflicts of interest.” Trump finally found a foolproof grift. And he’s laughing all the way to the bank. What will the GOP Congress do about it?