Jaw-dropping corruption: Trump admin insiders profit from war on Iran

from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton

Donald Trump administration insiders have been widely accused of corruption, insider trading, and market manipulation related to the US war on Iran. Ben Norton analyzes the evidence, showing why this may explain Washington's contradictory policies and flip-flopping between bombings and peace talks. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkg472Ia1Q Topics 0:00 Trump TACOs on Iran War 1:40 USA has no clear strategy 2:49 Market manipulation 4:30 Oil market volatility 5:50 Options trading 6:49 Iran alleges US corruption 8:31 Steve Witkoff & Jared Kushner 9:56 Insider trading accusations 10:57 Shady trades on Wall Street 11:28 Corruption in US Congress 12:43 Trump sells early access 14:12 Big Oil sees record profits 14:42 USA is losing the war 15:22 Rich oligarchs are winning 17:27 Outro

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