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Trump Media gifts DJT shares to FBI pick Kash Patel, Linda McMahon and president’s son​

Published Fri, Jan 31 20252:38 PM ESTUpdated Fri, Jan 31 20255:10 PM EST

nothing to see here folks,,,move along

Key Points
  • Trump Media gifted DJT shares to six board members, SEC filings revealed.
  • Shares were awarded to President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, as well as Donald Trump Jr., Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon, former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, and two other directors.
  • The disclosures come as critics say the president’s financial entanglements and recent business ventures pose conflicts of interest for members of his administration.
YA THINK?

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I looked at the article and here is the part left out.

The company awarded 25,946 stock shares each to Patel, Donald Trump Jr., and the president’s pick for Education secretary, Linda McMahon, who all serve as Trump Media directors, the filings Thursday reveal.


Here comes the truth......................

The filings said the stock was granted “as consideration for services provided” between late March — when Trump Media went public after completing a merger with a blank-check company — and Dec. 25.

Meaning, in lieu of compensation for services rendered.

These transactions happen everyday. There may be some truth in the original twisted post. Nothing to see, completely legal.

I also love the use of the words "blank check company". Makes it sound so devious, lol.

Here are some basic knowledge points.


A blank check company is a shell corporation that raises funds to acquire or merge with a private company. They are also known as special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs).

How they work
  • SPACs are registered with the SEC and are publicly traded companies.

  • The public can buy shares in a SPAC before a merger or acquisition takes place.

  • SPACs are created to pool funds for a specific time frame.

  • If a target company is identified, shareholders can choose to remain shareholders of the new company or receive a pro-rata share of the funds.

  • If a target company is not acquired within the time frame, the original capital is returned to investors.

It is actually how I made money before it got to its current form. Along with gains on warrants.
 
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THANK you for paying attention

‘Tremendous amount’ of instability under new Trump administration, says CIO​

Neal Berger of Eagle’s View Asset Management says the U.S. economy does not need a rate adjustment right now, but expects that the Trump government’s policies could become too inflationary for the Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged. He also explains why he remains positive on Argentina and Japan.
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movetheboat said:

Gold prices hit record peak on safe-haven demand amid Trump tariff threats​

Ayushman Ojha

AuthorAyushman Ojha
Commodities
Published 01/31/2025, 02:27 AM
Updated 01/31/2025, 06:44 AM

Investing.com-- Gold prices were largely steady in Asian trading on Friday, but were at a record peak after jumping in the previous session amid uncertainty around U.S. tariffs, while investors cautiously awaited a key U.S. inflation report.

At 06:43 EST (11:43 GMT) Spot Gold prices were down 0.1% after hitting a record high of $2,801 per ounce.
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A little more complicated: Gold & Silver are moving mainly due to some major shifts in how these assets are allocated, stored and moved across the globe.

Here is the note from GoldFix last night 1/31:

1- Gold and Silver are Moving—And It’s Not Just Tariffs​

Gold and silver are being pulled into New York for reasons beyond tariffs. A new pipeline is now draining metal from the LBMA, just as another had already been pulling gold and silver toward China from the LBMA for years.

Recently we labelled this phenomenon as repatriation.

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Yesterday, ZeroHedge published a premium post on the same issue. While they avoided the word “repatriation,” they openly questioned why gold is moving to COMEX, concluding that tariffs alone don’t explain it. Their report highlighted contradictions from officials managing the narrative.

2- Contradictions in the Official Story​

Their post starts by questioning the official story out of London

The Financial Times (FT), usually indifferent to gold flows, made an exception this time. The official explanation? Logistics. Too much gold moving too fast. Yet the same sources on their article also cite liquidity issues, a lack of free-floating gold, and the need to borrow from central banks.

Which is it? A temporary logistical issue or a shortage of metal?

Consider this contradiction from the same FT article as noted by ZH:

“The movement of gold needed to make its way into New York, that is basically what has been driving ‘stockpiling’,” said Joe Cavatoni, market strategist at the World Gold Council. “That is leading a lot of people to say, ‘we want to get ahead of it’, and that is driving the futures market into a premium.”
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At the same time, he claimed:

“We are not getting a sense from the rhetoric from the administration that it intends to go after the monetary metals.”
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If tariffs aren’t the issue, what’s the rush?

3- Gold Has Been Relocating for Quite a While​

This isn’t new. The media ignored it, and bullion managers in London hoped it would go away. But it has been accelerating since August 2023, when the China premium emerged. China was first seen taking delivery of gold from the U.S. in October of that year.

In November 2023, we reported that a U.S. bullion bank facilitated this delivery. From Exclusive: China Took Delivery of US Gold Last

Now we can say here, that two unconnected sources [EDIT- One literally an FT person- VBL] confirm the delivery of Gold in China from the USA. One source with close Bullion bank ties stated: [T]he Chinese have definitely taken delivery of a bunch of physical New York gold in response to that arb.¹
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Despite this, U.S. demand for gold surged, likely to at first offset the outflow to China out of NY. But now it is overtaking China exports.

The bottom line: gold is being repatriated to the U.S.

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continued:

4- The Data Confirms It​

The two charts below shows this shift, reflecting COMEX demand vs. London’s physical supply. First we can see the change in metal stored using a chart provided by the FT itself.

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Note the increase in vaulted bullion in New York spiked during Covid first. That was followed by a n orderly drawdown. The second spike only just started in January of this year.

However the chart below reveals something even more strange. New York demand for London metal has been increasing since August of 2023 despite the increase in metal only visibly manifesting in 2025.

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The same pattern can be seen in Silver as well. Bank of America just last week raised the point that Silver may become monetized again by Central Banks and Sovereign wealth funds which we covered just last week in a post published on Scottsdale Mint’s site.

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From Silver EFPs: The Canary in the Mine

mall shifts in central bank FX reserves could make a difference to the white metal: at current spot prices, the silver market is valued at around $30BN versus total foreign exchange reserves of $15TN. Shifting just 1% of global reserve assets into silver would be equivalent to 5 years’ worth of silver supply.
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Therefore both Comex precious metals have been going in one door and out the other since August 2023. But now, for some unspoken reason, the US has stopped making deliveries. The fresh incoming Gold and Silver are staying in NY. Why?

5- Legacy Media Misses the Point​

The FT and others frame this new drainage event as a tariff-driven shift which provides a convenient scapegoat:

“Trump’s tariffs are why gold is leaving London.”
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In reality, the volume of gold leaving the LBMA far exceeds what tariffs alone would explain. The U.S. is pulling gold back, just as China has been.

Tariffs were not a black swan event. They were seen coming for months. What’s more, it is not even certain the Tariffs will be levied to their full capability against bullion. Trump has already indicated a partial carve-out might be made for Oil

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This kind of steepness is reserved for true panic repatriation. Tariffs on Canada and Mexico are not why this is happening. Something else has triggered Bullion repatriation. It is very hard to believe the Banks and their clients did not see this risk coming. It is more likely the onshoring of Gold and Silver has to do with what comes next combined with a fear that some of the Bullion held offshore may be encumbered unethically



6- Where the Gold Is Really Going​

Next ZeroHedge highlights what we’ve also been saying: London’s gold pool is drying up. The media ignores the bigger picture—gold has been flowing out of London to China at a far greater scale than to the U.S.

Since late 2024, central banks have ramped up gold purchases, pushing prices to $2,800 per ounce. The biggest buyer? China.
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Gold has been leaving London for both the U.S. and China for some time now. The China-tell is in this Goldman Sachs’ analysis, which shows China’s real demand far exceeds official numbers.

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Source: China Buys 10x More Gold Than Publicly Stated
London’s role as the world’s gold hub is fading. The LBMA has operated on the assumption that gold can always be leased. That model is breaking down. Basel III, deglobalization, and central bank accumulation are reshaping the market. Nations are preparing to use their Gold and Silver in Trade once again

7- Global Stackers: Repatriating Gold and Silver​

The repatriation trend started in 2016 with Germany finally getting its gold back 3 years after asking for it, then the trend moved to China, India, and now the U.S. Everyone wants their gold back.

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Source: CNBC
The LBMA is losing relevance as a centralized depository. Gold is going regional. The global order is shifting. And the East-West divide is now final, with assets being divided.

Why? Because in a world where gold is tier-one capital, owning it outright matters. Stackers are indeed ascendant.

London’s Gold Pool is Running Dry​

The rapid outflow of gold has raised alarms. Critics of the LBMA—long suspicious of double claims and commingled metal—are seeing their concerns validated.

We’re not saying London doesn’t have the gold. But the freely available supply looks much smaller than assumed.

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We once said that Fort Knox, were it opened, might have nothing but Moths and half-eaten IOUs in it. It’s quite possible those IOUs and the moths eating them are being exported to London right now in exchange for the real thing.

Why is The Old System is Breaking Down?​

In an era of Basel III, deglobalization, and rising demand for gold as money, the model of leasing and rehypothecation no longer holds.

The gold is leaving. The world is taking it home.
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And the U.S. is no exception.

Fort Knox jokes aside, the acceleration of this trend suggests something bigger is at play. The U.S. wants its gold back—just like everyone else.

8- Final Thoughts​

In Supply-Chain terms, Repatriation means reshoring those things that matter most to a nation’s welfare.
The question as raised by ZeroHedge is: What has spooked the world's savviest investors to suddenly park as much as gold in vaults some 100 feet below Manhattan all of a sudden?

The answer offered is: Just as Gold and Silver were were expatriated stateside during Covid it is again being bought. The price of gold futures in the US remaining much higher than in London just might have little to do with Trump tariffs and more to do with the US needing its metal supply chain reshored

This is precisely what is prescribed in a world where re-securing supply-chains means onshoring and reshoring those things that matter most to a nation’s welfare. Repatriation is part of that answer.

Repatriation to what ends is the final question we all hope to have the answer to soon.

Good luck this weekend.
 
movetheboat said:
THANK you for paying attention

‘Tremendous amount’ of instability under new Trump administration, says CIO​

Neal Berger of Eagle’s View Asset Management says the U.S. economy does not need a rate adjustment right now, but expects that the Trump government’s policies could become too inflationary for the Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged. He also explains why he remains positive on Argentina and Japan.
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DISASTER!! FUTURES IN DA TOILET


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US Tech 100​

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U.S. futures sink as Trump tariffs roil global markets - what's moving markets​


Investing.com - U.S. stock futures swoon following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision over the weekend to place fresh tariffs on some of America's closest trading partners. Canada, Mexico, and China were all targeted with levies, with Trump arguing the measures are necessary to help stem the flow of illegal immigrants and the opiate fentanyl into the U.S. The dollar strengthens in the wake of the announcement, while oil rose and the price of gold dropped from record levels.

1. Futures swoon following Trump's tariff announcement

U.S. stock futures sank on Monday as investors assessed the ramifications of President Trump's new tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China.

By 03:31 ET (08:31 GMT), futures linked to the benchmark S&P 500 had fallen by 82 points or 1.6%, Nasdaq 100 futures had shed 355 points or 1.6%, and Dow futures had fallen by 515 points or 1.2%.

Over the weekend, Trump slapped 25% import tariffs on traditional trading partners Canada and Mexico, with Canadian energy products facing a 10% levy. A tariff of 10% was also placed on goods incoming from China.

The changes, which are due to come into effect on Tuesday, have exacerbated fears over renewed global trade tensions. Canada and Mexico have announced plans to impose their own tariffs on U.S. goods, while China's Ministry of Commerce intends to challenge the actions at the World Trade Organization.

Economists have suggested the tariffs could cause a period of faster inflation and weaker growth in the U.S., and potentially fuel recessions in Canada and Mexico. Both countries rely heavily on trade relations with their larger neighbor.



Trump has said the measures may lead to some "short-term pain" for Americans. He added that tariffs on the European Union would "definitely happen", although he did not specify when they would be implemented.

In Asian markets on Monday, stocks slumped, with car manufacturers Toyota (TYO:7203), Honda (TYO:7267), and (OTC:Nissan (TYO:7201) -- all of whom construct some vehicles in Mexico and export products to the U.S. -- falling particularly sharply.

2. Dollar strengthens, oil rallies, gold falls

The U.S. dollar strengthened in the wake of Trump's tariff announcement, as analysts warned the levies could push up inflation -- and potentially lessen the impetus for the Federal Reserve to roll out further interest rate cuts.

In a note to clients, analysts at Capital Economists predicted that the "resulting surge" in price gains in the U.S. from the tariffs and "other future measures" could come "even faster and be larger" than they had initially anticipated.

"Under those circumstances, the window for the Fed to resume cutting interest rates at any point over the next 12 to 18 months just slammed shut," the analysts said.

The rise in the dollar ate into the appeal of gold, making the yellow metal more expensive for other currency holders. Gold fell, halting a short-lived run-up over the past week to record highs that was underpinned by safe haven demand.

Meanwhile, oil prices climbed as traders worried the tariffs could disrupt supplies to the U.S., the world's biggest crude consumer, although fears that the measures could hit global fuel demand mitigated gains.
 
TARIFFS are paid by those in the USA who import anything from those countries. They then pass that along to U.S. consumers. If this goes thru expect inflation to go up.....interest rates to go up.....and markets to go down. RECESSION IN THE U.S. /MEXICO/CANADA
 

This is why the market turned mr time machine​

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Mexico President Says Tariffs Delayed After Conversation With Trump​

Published Feb 03, 2025 at 10:44 AM EST

another flip flop by your glorious fuehrer

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that 25 percent tariffs imposed on her country by U.S. President Donald Trump would be put on hold for a month from now.

The announcement came after a "good conversation" with Trump, Sheinbaum said. (SHE BEEETCH SLAPPED HIM) LOL

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

Imagine the dough they are making front running all this chit?
 
movetheboat said:

This is why the market turned mr time machine​

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Mexico President Says Tariffs Delayed After Conversation With Trump​

Published Feb 03, 2025 at 10:44 AM EST

another flip flop by your glorious fuehrer

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that 25 percent tariffs imposed on her country by U.S. President Donald Trump would be put on hold for a month from now.

The announcement came after a "good conversation" with Trump, Sheinbaum said. (SHE BEEETCH SLAPPED HIM) LOL

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

Imagine the dough they are making front running all this chit?
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was talking to a buddy in Florida about that (frontrunning) last night!
 
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