Among dozens of companies competing for Pentagon contracts to supply attack drones, one stands out.
Powerus is flush with cash and ballooning in size as it buys up rivals and has one other advantage: It is partly owned by Donald Trump’s two oldest sons.
The Trump family has drawn criticism for expanding its real estate business into foreign countries that are trying to curry favor with the president and for making billions of dollars off cryptocurrency ventures benefiting from his policies. Grabbing less attention are new ownership stakes in federal contractors providing everything from rocket parts and rare earth magnets to AI chips and computer hardware.
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sandwich@piefed.social · 70 pts · 188d
Replace “hopes to” with “will.”
This administration is so corrupt and transparent.
Lydia_K@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 188d
Remember when they made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm? Pepperidge farms doesn't remember due to government sanctions on historical accuracy that does not align with national values.
ClownStatue@piefed.social · 22 pts · 188d
Oh I bet their fingers are crossed! Every day, they’re calling up daddy asking, “Will we win the contract daddy? Will we?” And he’s all like, “I don’t know. Did you do your homework?”
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 188d
More like "Shut the fuck up, you fucking losers."
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 188d
I swear, ideally the entire admin needs to be charged with high treason, but if the Democrats refuse to punish them at all once in power, the US deserves to fall.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 15 pts · 188d
About ten years ago I read "Fascism and great capital" by Daniel Guérin. Back then it blew my mind that the industries (during WWII) were so intertwined with war, occupation, genocide. My simple understanding then was that wars were mostly ideological. He wrote it in 1934 and already he was seeing clearly the collusion of these spheres.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 188d
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 188d
Corey Lewandowski will throw them a contract, ohhh, right....
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 188d
Hopes toIs guaranteed to
wirebeads@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 188d
Beyond fucked, America is.
abcdqfr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
If we could give 1% of the shit we give about church and state separation for capital in politics, that'd be great
Blurstoftimes@feddit.online · 1 pts · 188d
Just let them. They’ll probably be useless knowing these scam artists.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 188d
Daddy Warbucks gonna make sure the people pay for their shit.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 188d