Trump cryptocurrency took $100 million from investor Guren "Bobby" Zhou
“As Trump has blown $1.8 billion on construction projects, he’s also been busy profiting off the presidency through stock purchases that reek of insider trading, foreign licensing deals, crypto sales, and even the stocking of Trump wine and cider in stores run by the Coast Guard.” Absurdly corrupt.
Betsy Cazden6There seems to be a strong likelihood that every one of these overbloated no-bid contracts includes a substantial kickback. Why wouldn't he? And I doubt the record-keeping is anywhere near in compliance with the Presidential Records Act, so it may be hard to know for sure unless someone squeals.
FlyFishGirl4And congress does nothing. The 3 co-equal branches of government have fallen.
ElieMar2Trump’s 3 Sons are MILLIONNAIRES since father took office & BILLIONS in Pentagon contracts Trump Economy is UNAFFORDABLE #usa Turn Congress blue get subpoena power & prosecute the Trump family cartel & corrupt Republicans Vote 💙 to impeach Trump for raping kids with Epstein
Denise Noy2With that, the “Executive Branch” club in dc is a clearinghouse of fraud and kickbacks All so obvious it’s just gross
sosboss.bsky.social2That wine and cider have to be so awful tasting.
Stop Casting Porosity 𓅨2Oof. No thanks, I'll stick with the Military Special.
Pete Fraser11I’ve heard many, many commentators going ‘the Trump era has made us realise that many things we considered rules were in fact simply norms all along’ but it feels impossible that Congress and the SC wouldn’t utterly flip if a previous democrat president had done a 10th of what Trump has.
Lloyd Shepherd7I wonder if America can get its head around how *absurdly* corrupt Trump is. Comically crooked. I read this week that it’s estimated his wealth increased by $2.2 billion in the *first year* of this presidency. I reckon he’s looking at a $10 billion take in total. How does the US reckon with that?
Regina Schrambling 2Blood needs a higher boiling point.
A Shanghai-raised businessman connected to shady practices handed Trump’s crypto firm $100 million. Where did this money come from? It looks like he was fronting for someone. This ought to be investigated by Dems if they win the House. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦6So a belly-up flooring entrepreneur and his team were charged with money laundering in London, some pled guilty, and Zhou flees to UAE. He ends up suddenly flush with cash and making the Trumps & Witkoffs $100M. Appears pretty obvious the money was foreign sourced. @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social
Mykel3I'm convinced that nothing bad will ever happen to trump. Even if the Dems flip the house he has his minions in place to protect him. Do you think Blanche will prosecute trump or his family if he gets a referral?
oystertoadfish.bsky.social3Remember when Rs were furious that Hunter Biden sold art while his father was president? The total amount Hunter made is estimated to be $1.5 million. The Trump corruption is orders of magnitude worse, but for some strange reason Rs, don't care.
🇨🇦💚💙DomesticMetisGoddess💚💙🇨🇦 Names Jen!2So much corruption to investigate
Devourer of Wordles2I remain convinced that crypto should be made non-convertible to usd by financial institutions if at all possible. If it's so valuable let it stand on its own value as a good and shef this illusion of being a currency.
Pasha Redfeather2WHEN WE WIN BACK THE NATION. “WHEN.”
John Wiswell9This is what they've done.
Chris Nagano3As long as the money is green, Trump and Repub politicos will do anything to get it, even if it’s illegal or treasonous
Cindi-Be Kind (mostly)2The amount of corruption with the current prez is so far off the hook it’s frightening; who they are, who is at the helm allowing criminals to run rough over the rest of us.
Trump made vastly more money in crypto last year than all of the presidential salaries since the beginning of the republic combined. He made more from crypto than the salaries of every member of Congress over the past 15 years *combined*. It’s yielded a collective shrug from his fellow Republicans.
GP3335Calling all hackers. Do your thing. Get him where it hurts the most. Transfer it to pay all student loans, etc…
What a relief!4“Astonishingly corrupt” simply doesn’t do this justice. Republican Party is clearly dead.
Mike3But he’s donating his salary…
Doug Wolfe3It’s a golden age for him; a platinum age for corruption.
DistrictofAlex1Allowing the Iran disaster to continue. Confirming Blanche. Leaving horrifying appointees in place. Allowing him to retain immunity. Letting him continue raking in the money w/ historic conflicts of interest including pay-for-pardon schemes. It’s not a shrug, it’s a big giant thumbs up.
Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦1Trump's grift, graft, and undisclosed bribe receipts knows no bounds.
I've worked in anti-money laundering financial crimes compliance for many years. You bet your ass Capital One's AML Team was 1000% correct to flag Trump's business accounts. If anything, Capital One should have de-risked and closed Trump's accounts far sooner. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
Lordgreystoke617Is it a surprise that Trump or his family are utterly corrupt? No. Is it surprising that 99.9% of Repub pols are corrupt cowards? Again no. Is it surprising that his supporters are too clueless to figure out they are being played? Unfortunately no. Repubs have worked at this for decades.
Jordi in Rural PA2Can this be part of the docket of crimes to investigate in 2029?
A Word1HORROR STORY NYT/ Under World Liberty policy, as much as $75 million of that money was distributed to a company controlled by the president and his three sons. The money also benefited the family of Steve Witkoff, the Trump administration’s special peace envoy and the father of Zach Witkoff.
The curious case of Guren “Bobby” Zhou shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds and unknown motivations can funnel money to the president By Russ Buettner, who covers the Trump family’s finances. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
tgunsh.bsky.social23Any article about crypto needs to put up front that the purpose of its existence is to anonymously transfer money outside the traditional banking system…you know, for crime
Ric Fouad10Of a piece w your work on how Trump pyramid scheme victims lost $3.8B as Trump family garnered $1.4B. Only most corrupt banana republic puts guy running swindle in charge of overseeing it: this is crypto racket in US under Trump today—& Trump was already a serial fraudster when he entered politics.
sageboomer.bsky.social8Hawaii passed first-of-its-kind legislation—Senate Bill 2471—to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. The measure prevents "artificial persons" like corporations and LLCs from spending money on state elections and ballot measures. Make it National!!! Name the Names!! NO LLCs
AftershaveDave7ALWAYS follow the money ... CRYPTO is pushed simply for this corruption. Simple minded people getting rich. Simple, dont tackle healthcare, univ pre k, education......just grift
Andrew Whiteley4Sounds a bit like, I don't know, money laundering.
penguins18.bsky.social1Gotta say, not that curious.
Steve Merelman376In any prior era, a windfall for the president of that size from a foreigner with no signs of access to that level of wealth might have spawned an investigation. Instead, the curious case of Mr. Zhou illustrates how buyers can use the anonymity of cryptocurrency to shower Mr. Trump with money.
Nancy Levine Stearns91“the involvement of the Trump family would typically trigger ‘the highest level of regulatory scrutiny available in the financial system’ … because international anti-money laundering laws classify the Trumps as ‘politically exposed persons’ with a heightened vulnerability to influence peddling”
djdubd.bsky.social3The opposition party in Congress really is making it clear that we, the people, have to take care of this. They are not going to act. They are too worried about clinging on to their already eroded power and enriching themselves.
The crypto ecosystem could not be better designed to launder money in terms of its technology AND the utter lack of oversight against anything Trump (or Witkoff) related in this Congress. A reckoning is coming. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
Sean Casten32The TL;DR - a Chinese national with a history of money laundering, no obvious personal wealth and ties to various Emiratis buys $100M of Trump family crypto tokens. That should set off MASSIVE red flags.
Kathy L Weiss1Here's a free link for those who don't have a subscription: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
