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Jonathan V. Last

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2407 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Because what happened was a bunch of people went out to purchase this coin and it became obvious to people who wanted to influence the president. Oh, right. We could just buy this this thing and that will funnel money to him. He's asking us to do that. And so we say no jump. But since then, the coin is floated back down.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Because what happened was a bunch of people went out to purchase this coin and it became obvious to people who wanted to influence the president. Oh, right. We could just buy this this thing and that will funnel money to him. He's asking us to do that. And so we say no jump. But since then, the coin is floated back down.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

So freight technologies, they publicly announced that they were going to float this bond. And simultaneously, they said that we've already put a million dollars into the Trump coin. When they did that, their stock, which has been tanking since Trump took office, spiked. So the marketplace jumped on this and said, oh, yeah, OK, well, these guys have figured it out.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

So freight technologies, they publicly announced that they were going to float this bond. And simultaneously, they said that we've already put a million dollars into the Trump coin. When they did that, their stock, which has been tanking since Trump took office, spiked. So the marketplace jumped on this and said, oh, yeah, OK, well, these guys have figured it out.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

So freight technologies, they publicly announced that they were going to float this bond. And simultaneously, they said that we've already put a million dollars into the Trump coin. When they did that, their stock, which has been tanking since Trump took office, spiked. So the marketplace jumped on this and said, oh, yeah, OK, well, these guys have figured it out.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

They know that they need to bribe the president and the... merely the fact that they said they were going to try to bribe the president was enough to push their stock price up. Because again, remember, they haven't succeeded in doing yet. All they've said is we're going to put together a bond offering and maybe people will give us the money to bribe him. But here's what I want to say.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

They know that they need to bribe the president and the... merely the fact that they said they were going to try to bribe the president was enough to push their stock price up. Because again, remember, they haven't succeeded in doing yet. All they've said is we're going to put together a bond offering and maybe people will give us the money to bribe him. But here's what I want to say.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

They know that they need to bribe the president and the... merely the fact that they said they were going to try to bribe the president was enough to push their stock price up. Because again, remember, they haven't succeeded in doing yet. All they've said is we're going to put together a bond offering and maybe people will give us the money to bribe him. But here's what I want to say.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

They've already lost money. So they put a million dollars, they say, they've put a million dollars into the coin, but the coin has lost. It's gone from like $13 to $10. So they're already down 30%.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

They've already lost money. So they put a million dollars, they say, they've put a million dollars into the coin, but the coin has lost. It's gone from like $13 to $10. So they're already down 30%.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

They've already lost money. So they put a million dollars, they say, they've put a million dollars into the coin, but the coin has lost. It's gone from like $13 to $10. So they're already down 30%.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

But the point in all of this is that the markets are reacting to all of this stuff as though the only thing that is real is the corruption. Right. And the actual reality of whether companies have lost money in the bribes or whether the Trump coin is down or up or whether they'll be able to get securitized debt or bonds or anything, that stuff is immaterial. The market is simply reacting to...

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

But the point in all of this is that the markets are reacting to all of this stuff as though the only thing that is real is the corruption. Right. And the actual reality of whether companies have lost money in the bribes or whether the Trump coin is down or up or whether they'll be able to get securitized debt or bonds or anything, that stuff is immaterial. The market is simply reacting to...

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

But the point in all of this is that the markets are reacting to all of this stuff as though the only thing that is real is the corruption. Right. And the actual reality of whether companies have lost money in the bribes or whether the Trump coin is down or up or whether they'll be able to get securitized debt or bonds or anything, that stuff is immaterial. The market is simply reacting to...

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

Oh, yeah, finally, somebody understands that they have to bribe the president if they want to stay in business. Therefore, this company we can reward with a slightly higher stock price because they now understand the new American economy.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

Oh, yeah, finally, somebody understands that they have to bribe the president if they want to stay in business. Therefore, this company we can reward with a slightly higher stock price because they now understand the new American economy.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

Oh, yeah, finally, somebody understands that they have to bribe the president if they want to stay in business. Therefore, this company we can reward with a slightly higher stock price because they now understand the new American economy.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

You know, what's funny is there's, there's one outlier in all of this and that's crypto. Yeah. Right. And on, on crypto, uh, this administration wants to be way out into the future. Total deregulation. Total deregulation really unleashed the animal energies, right, of the animal spirits of the crypto, which of course is perfect because crypto is nothing, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

You know, what's funny is there's, there's one outlier in all of this and that's crypto. Yeah. Right. And on, on crypto, uh, this administration wants to be way out into the future. Total deregulation. Total deregulation really unleashed the animal energies, right, of the animal spirits of the crypto, which of course is perfect because crypto is nothing, right?

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

You know, what's funny is there's, there's one outlier in all of this and that's crypto. Yeah. Right. And on, on crypto, uh, this administration wants to be way out into the future. Total deregulation. Total deregulation really unleashed the animal energies, right, of the animal spirits of the crypto, which of course is perfect because crypto is nothing, right?