JNN 20th July 2026 New York : Trump’s Corruption has transformed U.S. foreign policy into a profit center for his family, allies and wealthy insiders.
Trump’s highly unpopular war of Aggression, we cannot forget who really stands to gain from the death and destruction: the Trump family, who has been quietly profiting from a war that nobody asked for and nobody wanted.
Journalist Josh Rogin and other global security analysts have exposed a multi-billion dollar market anomaly where anonymous traders are making massive, perfectly-timed financial bets minutes before President Donald Trump’s major Iran war announcements.
These highly suspect financial movements, detailed in a comprehensive Washington Post Intelligence Report by Josh Rogin, have sparked intense federal investigations into potential systemic corruption and insider trading within the administration.
Documented Trading Anomalies
A series of massive market-moving trades occurred precisely before major geopolitical shifts.
Evident Proofs of Inside Trading as follows:
- The March 23 Pause Bet: Traders shorted over $500 million to $580 million in oil futures contracts roughly 15 minutes before Trump posted on Truth Social about pausing planned infrastructure strikes in Iran. The post sent crude prices plunging, netting the anonymous traders immediate fortunes.
- The April 7 Ceasefire Bet: A massive $950 million wager was placed on oil prices just hours before the U.S. and Iran announced a temporary ceasefire. The subsequent 15% drop in oil prices generated hundreds of millions in profit.
- The CBS Interview Move: On March 9, a surge of bets predicting a sharp oil price decline was executed at 2:29 PM ET. This occurred exactly 47 minutes before CBS News published an interview where Trump claimed the conflict was “pretty much” complete, crashing oil prices by 25%.
- Prediction Market Exploits: Beyond traditional oil futures, decentralized prediction platforms like Polymarket have seen unprecedented windfalls. For instance, a single wallet secured a $550,000 profit by betting on the exact moments preceding the targeted assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
- The “Casino” Defense: When questioned about the optics of these windfalls, President Trump dismissed the systemic concerns, stating publicly that “the whole world has become somewhat of a casino”.
Over the past months, Trump’s unqualified son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been leading negotiations with Iran while personally raising billions of dollars from neighboring countries with a stake in the outcomes of this war. The Trump family is raking in profits while thousands of innocent people are killed as a result of U.S. government actions (including least 168 students and teachers killed in the horrifying Minab school bombing on Feb. 28).
This is just one example of how this administration is weaponizing U.S. foreign policy to build the wealth of its leaders, at the expense of everyone else.
Since taking office, Trump’s personal net worth has grown by $3 billion, while Americans pay more at the gas pump and the grocery store. That’s not a coincidence—it’s a corrupt business model under the cover of Foreign Policy.
However, now more than ever, Trump’s foreign policy puts money over morals—and it’s hurting Americans, especially those who are already struggling to get by and increasingly concerned about affordability.
Trump’s “strong man” cosplay in waging his unconstitutional, unpopular war with Iran comes at the expense of America’s working families: Gas prices have skyrocketed, increasing the cost of everything from transportation to basic necessities.
But for Trump’s billionaire friends—some of whom are getting even richer because of the war—higher prices are barely a nuisance.
Trump has turned foreign policy into a profit center, one where public resources flow to private pockets, taxpayer dollars fund family businesses and the rules that constrain everyone else simply do not apply to him or his inner circle.
Forbes estimated the Trump family doubled its net worth to top $10 billion. A significant portion of this money is believed to have come from crypto and partnerships with wealthy companies in the Middle East, which is where Kushner is running free without accountability.
Despite being a “peace envoy,” Kushner is not an official U.S. government employee. Though the Trump administration likes to hail his volunteer status as a savings to the U.S. taxpayer, it allows Kushner to avoid being subject to the required financial disclosures to ensure he does not have any conflicts of interest.
Kushner simultaneously maintains his full-time job as the head of a multibillion dollar venture capital firm, Affinity Partners. About 99 percent of the company’s $61 billion in assets are held by non-U.S. investors, including the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.
Without filing a public financial disclosure or divesting from any conflicting assets—like all U.S. senior executive branch officials and political appointees have been required to do for almost 50 years—the public cannot be sure if Kushner is working in the interests of the American people or his own personal investments.
Trump’s sons Donald Jr., Eric and even Barron (still in college) have all multiplied their wealth many times over since their father took office again.
And their pockets are not only being fattened by unknown foreign investors—they are also enriching themselves with tax dollars. U.S. government dollars have fueled Trump family businesses by sending payments to Trump-owned resorts, slapping his name onto state institutions and diverting public funds to his so-called Board of Peace, where he circumvents government accountability for spending and conveniently serves as the board chair for life.
U.S. foreign policy has long been flawed for its lack of transparency and its notoriously anti-democratic nature, yet Trump has taken it to new lows.
While billionaires, including Trump and his family, all grow richer thanks to his foreign policy choices, Americans face the economic consequences of higher costs and rising gas prices, and the most vulnerable people around the world suffer even more.
President Donald Trump’s sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr., have poured money into more than a dozen federal defense contractors that are collectively making billions from their father’s administration.
A Washington Post analysis published Monday reveals that those firms have raked in more than $3.2 billion in Pentagon deals under the second Trump administration. Most of Eric and Donald Jr.’s investments came after President Trump, 80, retook the White House last year. The firms have also secured $3.1 billion in potential future work, along with the right to “bid exclusively” for up to $200 billion more.
Prediction market startups such as Kalshi and Polymarket have been battling regulatory risks for years now, including concerns over market manipulation and insider trading.
Neither Donald Jr. Nor Eric had any great experience in the defense sector before they began investing in companies seeking federal contracts.
Even President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez is under investigation by federal regulators over potential insider trading on prediction market platform Kalshi, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Foreign policy should promote peace and improve people’s well-being. That would mean refraining from senseless, immoral wars and leveraging foreign policy to create global conditions where all people can thrive.
Never should billionaires dictate the rules or profit off the preventable deaths of vulnerable populations. A foreign policy rooted in fairness and anti-corruption would focus on reducing conflict and instead invest in global infrastructure, good union jobs, and peace-building initiatives that promote global collaboration, fair trade and human rights.
U.S. foreign policy has long been flawed for its lack of transparency and its notoriously anti-democratic nature, yet Trump has taken it to new lows.
While billionaires, including Trump and his family, all grow richer thanks to his foreign policy choices, Americans face the economic consequences of higher costs and rising gas prices, and the most vulnerable people around the world suffer even more.