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Jonathan V. Last

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1036: Jonathan V. Last: An Economic Tsunami Is Coming

It is, of course, Trump would be into crypto because crypto is just air. Like there is nothing there. It's hype. It's what he's good at. Right. Right. And there's no underlying value. And here's the thing, Tim, we're going to talk about corruption at some point. Yeah. It's easy to understand it through the lens of just naked corruption.

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

It is, of course, Trump would be into crypto because crypto is just air. Like there is nothing there. It's hype. It's what he's good at. Right. Right. And there's no underlying value. And here's the thing, Tim, we're going to talk about corruption at some point. Yeah. It's easy to understand it through the lens of just naked corruption.

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

It is, of course, Trump would be into crypto because crypto is just air. Like there is nothing there. It's hype. It's what he's good at. Right. Right. And there's no underlying value. And here's the thing, Tim, we're going to talk about corruption at some point. Yeah. It's easy to understand it through the lens of just naked corruption.

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

It's harder to understand at the level of just mass destruction of the American economy because that's coming.

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

It's harder to understand at the level of just mass destruction of the American economy because that's coming.

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

It's harder to understand at the level of just mass destruction of the American economy because that's coming.

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

Yeah, the mass destruction driving the dollar down, the dollar is down against every major world currency. It's down significantly against some of them. The Asian currencies are getting stronger.

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

Yeah, the mass destruction driving the dollar down, the dollar is down against every major world currency. It's down significantly against some of them. The Asian currencies are getting stronger.

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

Yeah, the mass destruction driving the dollar down, the dollar is down against every major world currency. It's down significantly against some of them. The Asian currencies are getting stronger.

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

There are some guys in logistics like Ryan Peterson from Flexport have been sounding the alarm on this, saying that the end result of this is that China is going to wind up buying American companies out of bankruptcy. And that this entire scheme is going to end up with China leading the world order. Well, that's exciting.

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

There are some guys in logistics like Ryan Peterson from Flexport have been sounding the alarm on this, saying that the end result of this is that China is going to wind up buying American companies out of bankruptcy. And that this entire scheme is going to end up with China leading the world order. Well, that's exciting.

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

There are some guys in logistics like Ryan Peterson from Flexport have been sounding the alarm on this, saying that the end result of this is that China is going to wind up buying American companies out of bankruptcy. And that this entire scheme is going to end up with China leading the world order. Well, that's exciting.

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

It makes Jared's stuff look respectable. Yeah, high class. Right, high class. And it makes Jared look smart. Like, you know, Jared Kushner only looks smart standing next to the Trump boys. So here's one of the things that I find interesting. Trump's first administration had massive corruption, but it was on a very bespoke level.

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

It makes Jared's stuff look respectable. Yeah, high class. Right, high class. And it makes Jared look smart. Like, you know, Jared Kushner only looks smart standing next to the Trump boys. So here's one of the things that I find interesting. Trump's first administration had massive corruption, but it was on a very bespoke level.

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

It makes Jared's stuff look respectable. Yeah, high class. Right, high class. And it makes Jared look smart. Like, you know, Jared Kushner only looks smart standing next to the Trump boys. So here's one of the things that I find interesting. Trump's first administration had massive corruption, but it was on a very bespoke level.

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

scale it was like handcrafted artisanal construction so for instance donald trump owned an office building in san francisco 555 california street and one of the tenants there was the qatari government which rented an entire floor of office space and just left it empty Right.

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

scale it was like handcrafted artisanal construction so for instance donald trump owned an office building in san francisco 555 california street and one of the tenants there was the qatari government which rented an entire floor of office space and just left it empty Right.

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

scale it was like handcrafted artisanal construction so for instance donald trump owned an office building in san francisco 555 california street and one of the tenants there was the qatari government which rented an entire floor of office space and just left it empty Right.

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

Qatar knew that they had to get him a cut and they wanted to get Donald Trump a taste that he would listen to them and be amenable to them. So they would rent an office space in a floor of a building he owned. People who were coming to visit D.C. and were going to conduct business with the federal government knew that they needed to stay at the Trump Hotel across the street.

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

Qatar knew that they had to get him a cut and they wanted to get Donald Trump a taste that he would listen to them and be amenable to them. So they would rent an office space in a floor of a building he owned. People who were coming to visit D.C. and were going to conduct business with the federal government knew that they needed to stay at the Trump Hotel across the street.