Eric Trump and Don Jr. Learned the Phone Grift From Their Dad’s Licensing Deals
A Florida shell company took the $100 deposits. The Trumps got an undisclosed licensing fee. Same play as Trump Toronto, Trump Panama, Trump SoHo. Ready for some more receipts? Eric Trump and Don Jr. didn’t invent the gold phone grift, they learned it watching their dad license the Trump name onto buildings he didn’t finance,…
The Man Who Ran A16Z Is Now Running Federal Hiring, and His Old Friends Are First in Line
Trump put the former head of one of Silicon Valley biggest VC firms in charge of federal hiring. Now his old portfolio companies are sending employees inside federal agencies - stock intact - to shape the policies that govern them.