Friday, May 29th, 2026 - Trump Wants His Face on a $250 Bill, Don Jr. Got a $620 Million Pentagon Deal, CIA Officer Stole 300 Gold Bars

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's controversial proposal for a new $250 bill, a Pentagon loan for Don Jr.'s startup, and various legal and economic issues including inflation and the Epstein coverup.

Today's Headlines: Trump's Treasury appointees are pushing to put his face on a new $250 bill — the printing director who resisted was reassigned, Trump personally gave the artist edits, and the whole plan is technically illegal since living people have been banned from US currency since 1866. ProPublica revealed that the White House intervened to help Don Jr.'s venture firm secure a $620 million Pentagon loan for a rare earth startup called Vulcan Elements, pushed through by Peter Navarro with officials told to approve it at unusual speed because "the call came from the White House." The DOJ also opened an investigation into E. Jean Carroll — who won two civil cases against Trump and is owed over $80 million — over whether she committed perjury by not disclosing that a nonprofit covered some of her legal fees, because losing twice apparently wasn't enough. April's inflation came in at 3.3% — the highest since May 2023 — with personal income growth falling below the inflation rate and the savings rate dropping from 3.6% to 2.6%, meaning people are draining their savings to cover rising costs. Pam Bondi testified before the House Oversight Committee about the Epstein files coverup…

People in this episode

Host: Betches Media

Topics covered

• Trump's currency proposal
• Pentagon loan investigation
• E. Jean Carroll perjury investigation
• inflation rates
• Epstein files coverup
• Iran ceasefire negotiations

Keywords

• Trump
• Don Jr.
• Pentagon loan
• E. Jean Carroll
• inflation
• Epstein
• Iran ceasefire
• ProPublica
• DOJ

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, ProPublica, DOJ, Vulcan Elements, White House, House Oversight Committee, Epstein

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