Written by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com:
Bryan here.
As the bond markets crack open around the globe, the Trump family increased their wealth by $1.3 Billion.
Bloomberg reports:
Trump Family Adds $1.3 Billion of Crypto Wealth in Span of Weeks
“It took just a few eventful weeks for President Donald Trump’s family to rack up about $1.3 billion from two crypto ventures, each less than a year old.
The haul from crypto firm World Liberty Financial and separate mining operation American Bitcoin Corp. shows how still-nascent projects are already translating into tangible wealth for the first family.
The sums rival the values of long-held golf and resort properties that had been synonymous with the Trumps, whose fortune now stands at $7.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.”
As wealth transfers from bonds and USD to crypto, the Trump family are making off like Bandits.
However, that doesn’t include the two big bills of Bitcoin Trump scooped up through his floundering platform, Truth Social.
GoBakingNotes reports:
Trump Media’s $2 Billion Bitcoin Purchase Creates Stock Surge
“President Donald Trump’s media group, Trump Media, made headlines in July when it purchased a staggering $2 billion in bitcoin and securities…
…Devin Nunes, CEO and president of Trump Media, described the purchase as a means to “[rigorously implement] our publicly announced strategy and fulfilling our bitcoin treasury plan.
These assets help insure our company’s financial freedom, help protect us against discrimination by financial institutions, and will create synergies with the utility token we’re planning to introduce across the Truth Social ecosphere.”
Trump Media’s massive bitcoin purchase not only shored up enough crypto to facilitate the company’s bitcoin treasury plan, it also gave shares of Trump Media a boost in the stock market.
Following the $2 billion acquisition, shares of Trump Media increased by 5.6% — or $1.04, to an overall total of $19.71 — after a bumpy 2025 that has seen the company’s stock dip by 42%, per CBS News.”
But up front, the Patriarch of Paper, the King of Debt, the Big Orange of the family, Donald Trump is marketing US Treasuries as best he can.
Trump may have complained about poor labor market statistics, even firing the person in charge, but he got the result he wanted.
Here’s the 10-Year US Treasury Bond taking dropping over the past several days.
The latest job report pushed US bond yields down and demand up.
Last Friday, the U.S. added only 22,000 jobs in August, which was well below expectations.
As a result, yields on both the 10-year and 2-year Treasuries dropped sharply—10-year yields fell to about 4.08%, and the 2-year to 3.47%.
Bonds are the bait…with the hook to follow.
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
“Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier’s 50th birthday, which includes a letter with President Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
On Monday, House Oversight Committee members confirmed that they received a copy of the birthday book including the letter bearing Trump’s signature and a second letter that references Trump with a crude joke about a woman from another Epstein associate.
The Wall Street Journal in July reported on the book and the letter bearing Trump’s name, which contained typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman.
The letter concluded: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” The signature was a squiggly “Donald” below the waist, mimicking pubic hair.”
Here’s the creepy birthday book entry:
One thought on "The Bandit, the Bait, and the Baby Cradle"
Nice article about the crypto. I’m more gold and silver that I can hold in my hands. If this birthday book was real, why didn’t the Dems troop it out while President Trump was running? Timing seems off. And of course, it’s Epstein’s lawyers that have this blockbuster. I’d rather see the flight manifesto for Epstein Island, and all the Hollywood actors and politicians that were actually on the island. Now that would be interesting.