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Josh Gay

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2039 total appearances

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The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

has been publicly associated with two competing prediction market companies.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

The Trump administration has openly thrown its support behind both Polymarket and Kalshi.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

They've sued states that have tried to regulate them, and they've cleared the way for Polymarket to reenter the U.S.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

market when it was banned under Biden.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

This administration, the Trump regime, is actively protecting these platforms.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

And it's presumably because people that they're close to are profiting off of the White House's policy decisions.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

And even the White House knows that there's a problem because you can see this happen in real time.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

After the ceasefire, the White House management office sent a staff-wide email warning employees not to use their positions for these well-timed bets.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

This wasn't an email sent out as a hypothetical.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

they know people are doing it from inside the White House.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

Over $760 million in oil futures changed hands in less than two minutes, 15 minutes before Trump's announcement.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

Senator Blumenthal, he sent a letter to PolyMarket saying that it was an illicit market to sell and exploit national security secrets.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

And it was a honeypot for foreign intelligence services.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

I mean, why wouldn't it be?

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

If I were an enemy of the United States, I would take full advantage of this.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

You even have Republicans like Blake Moore saying that we don't want to imagine a war where America's adversaries use the prediction markets to anticipate our next move.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

It's not partisan.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

Both parties have bills pending to ban these kind of bets.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

And that's where it's really important to make a distinction here.

The David Pakman Show
Trump loses mind on friends as war backfires badly

Donald Trump is not a Republican.