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Jared Kushner’s Financial Empire: Billions in Assets Under Management from Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds During the 47th Presidency

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Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Donald Trump and informal adviser in the second Trump administration, controls a private equity firm that grew its assets under management to 6.2 billion dollars by the end of 2025. Affinity Partners, founded in 2021 after the first Trump term, derives nearly 99 percent of its capital from non-U.S. investors, primarily government-backed funds from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Regulatory filings document the surge from approximately 3 billion dollars at the start of 2024 to 4.8 billion dollars by the end of that year, then to 6.2 billion dollars at year-end 2025, reflecting both new capital commitments and investment gains. Kushner owns 100 percent of the firm, valued at approximately 215 million dollars as of mid-2025, up from 170 million dollars earlier that year. This stake forms a core component of his… 

Trump’s Empire in the 47th Presidency: Billions in Revenues from Crypto Ventures, Overseas Licensing, and Property Patronage

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Donald Trump entered his second term as the 47th president on January 20, 2025, without divesting from his business empire. He maintained ownership through a revocable trust structure managed by family members and executives, with himself as the primary beneficiary. Financial disclosures, property valuations, securities filings, and analyses from independent trackers document unprecedented revenue streams into Trump-owned entities during the first 15 months of the term through April 2026. Estimates place family-wide gains tied to the presidency at nearly 4 billion dollars in the initial year alone, with Trump’s personal net worth rising from approximately 2.3 billion dollars pre-inauguration to 6.5 billion dollars by March 2026. This increase of 1.4 billion dollars in one year reflects direct inflows from cryptocurrency operations, licensing and management fees on foreign developments, heightened activity at domestic resorts and golf clubs, and expanded real estate… 

The Trump administration has offloaded an American doctor infected with Ebola to Germany instead of treating him in a U.S. high-security biocontainment facility, exposing significant gaps in domestic preparedness for high-consequence infectious diseases. Donald Trump. Credits: White House

The Silent Exodus: How Trump's Science Policy Drives Away America's Researchers

Dr. Eirliani Abdul Rahman has left Harvard behind. The social scientist, who holds a doctorate in Public Health from the elite university, moved to the University of Mannheim in early March 2026 with a scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Foundation. The reason: the increasing restrictions on academic freedom in the USA since the Trump administration took office in January 2025. "In Mannheim, I feel safe and free in my work for the first time in a long time," she explained. Rahman, who previously fought for over a decade with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi in India against child trafficking and sexual abuse, is not an isolated case – she represents a growing trend: US scientists are leaving their country because politics is removing the foundation of their research. What begins as an individual story is part of a systemic crisis. Since Trump's return to the White House, the administration has implemented massive cuts to key research funders: The National ...

Analysis: Donald Trump vs. Emperor Nero

Historical analogies between modern politicians and ancient rulers like Nero (reigned 54–68 AD) often serve to illustrate power dynamics, personality patterns, or leadership styles. However, they are highly problematic because the contexts are fundamentally different: Nero was an absolute autocrat in an ancient empire without separation of powers or free elections, while Trump acted as an elected president in a democratic republic with checks and balances. Historians explicitly warn against directly "mapping" Trump onto Nero, as the political systems, societies, and constitutions show no comparable structure. Nevertheless, on a fact-based level – supported by ancient sources (Tacitus, Suetonius, Cassius Dio) and psychological as well as biographical analyses of Trump – parallels can be recognized in certain behavioral patterns, primarily related to narcissistic traits, self-representation, and the exercise of power. This analysis strictly adheres to verifiable facts and emphasizes both similarities and significant differences. 1. Self-staging as a performer… 

No Kings: The Protesters Are Right

On March 28, 2026, more than eight million Americans turned out for over 3,300 coordinated “No Kings” events across every state and in more than a dozen countries. The demonstrations targeted President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement, the war with Iran, rising living costs, and what organizers describe as authoritarian overreach. They also spotlighted the administration’s handling of the Epstein files. This was not symbolic street theater. It was a fact-driven rebuke rooted in concrete violations of U.S. law that the executive branch has repeatedly sidestepped. Donald Trump has acted outside statutory boundaries on multiple fronts. The federal election-interference indictments—centered on 18 U.S.C. § 371 (conspiracy to defraud the United States), 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (obstruction of an official proceeding), and related conspiracy-against-rights provisions—stemmed from documented efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. While the Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in… 

Iran War: Acute Threat to the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The war initiated by the US and Israel against Iran on February 28, 2026, is a preemptive war of aggression without a UN mandate, launched in the midst of negotiations over the nuclear program. Under the codenames Operation Epic Fury (US) and Roaring Lion (Israel), thousands of targets were attacked, including leadership structures, nuclear and missile facilities, and energy infrastructure. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and numerous high-ranking officers were killed, Mojtaba Khamenei was newly elected. By March 22, 2026 (Day 23), the US had bombed over 7000 targets, largely destroyed the Iranian navy and air defense, and sunk more than 40 mine-laying ships and 11 submarines. Iran retaliated with hundreds of missile and drone attacks on Israel, US bases, and Gulf states, including hits in Dimona, Arad, and Jerusalem, where dozens were injured. The Strait of Hormuz is partially blocked, shipping traffic is severely reduced, and oil prices are exploding. This unilateral war violates the UN Charter, ignores… 

Trump öffnet Irans Ölhahn – und zerlegt seine eigene Iran-Politik in Echtzeit

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Die Vereinigten Staaten heben Sanktionen gegen 140 Millionen Barrel iranisches Öl auf. Offizieller Grund: Präsident Donald Trump will die Benzinpreise senken. Der US-Botschafter bei den Vereinten Nationen nennt die Maßnahme gegenüber CNN „very temporary“ und begründet sie mit dem Versuch, Teherans Preistreiberei auf dem Weltmarkt zu kontern. Was wie ein nüchterner wirtschaftspolitischer Schritt klingt, ist in Wahrheit der bisher spektakulärste Selbstwiderspruch in Trumps zweiter Amtszeit – und ein strategisches Desaster von historischer Dimension. 2018 verließ Trump mit Fanfaren das Atomabkommen (JCPOA), verhängte „maximum pressure“-Sanktionen und versprach, den Iran wirtschaftlich in die Knie zu zwingen. „Never again will Iran have a nuclear weapon“, schwor er. Der Öl-Export des Regimes sollte auf Null gedrückt werden. Das war die Linie – bis heute Morgen. Nun flutet genau dieses Regime mit stillschweigender US-Genehmigung wieder Hunderttausende Barrel auf den Markt. Kein Deal mit Teheran, keine… 

Washington: Resignation of the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center – Criticism of US War Against Iran

Joseph Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), has announced his resignation. In a letter to President Trump, revealed on March 17, 2026, he cites conflicts of conscience over the ongoing war with Iran. Kent states that Iran posed no immediate threat to the US. The war, he claims, was initiated due to pressure from Israel and a powerful American lobbying network. He alleges that high-ranking Israeli officials and influential media representatives in the US launched a disinformation campaign to create a war mentality. This tactic, he argues, misled the President into a conflict that is costing American lives and depleting the nation's resources. The departing director refers to Trump's previous terms, during which he conducted military strikes – such as the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and the defeat of ISIS – without long-term military entanglement. The…

Ushering in Europe’s Sovereign Dawn: A Polite but Firm Adieu to American Troops

In the evolving landscape of global security, Europe stands at a pivotal crossroads. The continent, long tethered to American military presence for its defense, must now embrace a future of self-reliance. The recent escalation in the Middle East, particularly the conflict with Iran initiated on February 28, 2026, has illuminated the vulnerabilities inherent in this dependency. It is time for Europe to extend a gracious yet resolute farewell to U.S. troops stationed on its soil. This transition is not born of animosity but of necessity, grounded in Europe’s proven capacity for self-defense and the imperative to forge an independent path. By doing so, Europe can inaugurate a new era of sovereignty, free from external pressures that compromise its interests. The conflict with Iran, which erupted with joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026, serves as a stark case… 

Trump's Disaster: NATO Blackmailed, Iran in Chaos, Putin Myth Debunked – America's Self-Inflicted Global Catastrophe

In the history books of American presidencies, Donald J. Trump will be remembered as the man who, with brutal arrogance, impulsive decision-making, and strategic short-sightedness, plunged the global order into the abyss. On March 16, 2026, we look upon a field of ruins: NATO is divided by open blackmail, the Middle East is burning in a self-provoked war against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, oil prices are exploding, and the world economy is reeling. Trump has repeatedly threatened that NATO faces a "very bad future" if its partners do not help secure the Strait of Hormuz – a passage that has become a battlefield due to his own policies. He claims Putin "is not afraid of Europe," only of him personally. And as Commander-in-Chief, he bears full responsibility for the Iran disaster that has plunged the US into a global energy crisis. This editorial is…