And he sure picked a great business parter in Zak Folkman. Donald has no sense or right or wrong.



Trump teams up with pickup artist for new crypto scheme
Judd Legum, Popular Information
Sep 10






Donald Trump gives a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference on July 27, 2024, in Nashville. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
Donald Trump is not just running for president; he's also launching a new crypto company.

Trump, according to reports, is the "Chief Crypto Advocate" for the nascent venture, known as World Liberty Financial. Trump's three sons also have roles. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, in addition to being co-chairs of the Trump 2024 transition team, are "Web 3 Ambassadors" for World Liberty Financial. Both have been promoting the company through their social media accounts. 18-year-old Barron Trump is World Liberty Financial's official "DeFi Visionary."

Trump has already blurred the line between World Liberty Financial and his presidential campaign. In an August 29 post on X, Trump used an excerpt from his July campaign speech at the BitCoin Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, to promote the new company. In the speech, Trump pledged to make the United States "the crypto capital of the planet."


What will World Liberty Financial do, exactly? Neither Trump nor his business partners have released many details. Broadly, World Liberty Financial will be involved in "DiFi" or decentralized finance. DiFi companies offer financial services outside of the traditional banking system, typically allowing peer-to-peer lending, borrowing, savings, and other services. World Liberty Financial also says it wants to facilitate "mass adoption of stablecoins," crypto tokens pegged to the value of the U.S. dollar, "securing America’s financial leadership and influence on the global stage." It's unclear how the company will accomplish those goals.

If Trump wins in November, he would be in a position to dramatically increase the value of his family's stake in World Liberty Financial. Indeed, the company appears to be structured to take maximum advantage of a second Trump term.

A white paper laying out the details of World Liberty Financial's ownership structure was obtained by the industry publication Coinbase. Ownership in the company will be established through the issuance of a "governance" token. Notably, 70% of these tokens are allocated to "insiders" like Trump and his sons. Coinbase reports that this is "a significantly higher-than-normal allocation."

Typically, most of these kinds of tokens are offered for public sale because "proceeds have historically been largely invested back into projects, to grow them." (The company is reportedly planning on valuing the company at $1.8 billion.) Reserving most of the tokens for insiders "raises the question of whether the project is an attempt to cash in on the Trump family's fame rather than build a novel DeFi platform." The industry term for this is a "rug pull," where "founding teams hype up a project only to dump their own tokens once retail traders begin buying."

Another complicating factor is that, currently, the Securities and Exchange Commission treats most new crypto tokens as securities, particularly when marketed as investment opportunities. This means that absent complying with the SEC's regulations on issuing securities, World Liberty Financial's governance token could be illegal.

The company appears to be getting around this problem by making its governance tokens non-transferable at the outset. According to the white paper, the tokens will be "locked indefinitely in a wallet or smart contract until such time, if ever, [the tokens] are unlocked through protocol governance procedures in a manner that does not contravene applicable law." In other words, a future Trump administration could unlock the value of World Liberty Financial's tokens by appointing an SEC chair who is friendly to the crypto industry.

Notably, Trump has publicly pledged to immediately "fire" SEC Chair Gary Gensler, who has sought to rein in the crypto industry. That decision could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars for Trump and his family.

Trump's business partner is a professional pickup artist
World Liberty Financial is not owned by Trump or his family. The company is registered to Zak Folkman. Previously, "Folkman previously registered a company called Date Hotter Girls LLC and posted seminars on YouTube on how to pick up women." One of Folkman's "masterclasses" provided instruction on how to "Become the Ultimate Alpha Male." Folkman also partnered with Logan Paul to create Subify, a "censorship-free" competitor to OnlyFans, which sells subscriptions to explicit content, and Patreon.

Folkman, World Liberty Financial's head of operations, also has a checkered history in the crypto industry. Folkman previously co-founded Dough Finance, which lost more than $2 million of customer funds in a July 2024 hack. Early code from World Liberty Financial appears to be lifted "directly from Dough Finance." It is unknown if that code will be used in the final product or if that code contains the vulnerability exploited in the Dough Finance hack.

Trump fans already scammed
Last year, Americans "were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency," according to an FBI report released on Monday. World Liberty Financial has not even launched yet, and it has already unwittingly facilitated two scams.

World Liberty Financial has built a large community on Telegram, a popular messaging service, attracting more than 200,000 users. But a "rival channel operated by cyber criminals has managed to place ads on the official channel." The rogue channel, called "World Liberty Financial Airdrop" offers users "up to $15,000 worth of cryptocurrency for anyone who 'connects' their crypto wallet." 70,000 users have joined the fraudulent channel, although it is unclear how many have been taken in by the scam.

Separately, "the X accounts of Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump and Tiffany Trump were compromised" and "unauthorized users posted links to a hoax website" which purported to sell World Liberty Financial tokens. The posts "were viewed by at least 200,000 people" and "around 2,000 people collectively purchased $1.8 million worth of the fake token."

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Originally posted by frankinthelaurels:
Barnum&Bailey were right, "suckers are born everyday "

True.

They called VOTERS.

They vote every 4 years, for two stupid parties led by criminals!

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION!

Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

I wonder how they found somebody to act as stupid as trump?

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

https://apnews.com/article/tru...b434d05b694364470aa0

Just trying to keep it real for you Ann

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Who is on top??

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

The notation in the books was “legal expenses.” Seems correct to me.

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

The notation in the books was “legal expenses.” Seems correct to me.

I wasn't aware that "legal expenses " have any special treatment

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

https://apnews.com/article/tru...b434d05b694364470aa0

Just trying to keep it real for you Ann

Steve, when will you libs get it that I don't take any politician serious or 'real'? For that matter, the fact you take harris seriously is a joke.

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

https://apnews.com/article/tru...b434d05b694364470aa0

Just trying to keep it real for you Ann

Steve, when will you libs get it that I don't take any politician serious or 'real'? For that matter, the fact you take harris seriously is a joke.

Who did you vote for??

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Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Who is on top??

An old joke about Bill and Hillary. When/if they made love in the WH who was on the bottom? Bill, he was always fucking up.

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:

Steve, when will you libs get it that I don't take any politician serious or 'real'? For that matter, the fact you take harris seriously is a joke.

I have said repeatedly that Harris is a terrible candidate with, as far as I can see, a single positive attribute. She is not Trump.

Are you sure that constitutes taking Harris seriously?

On the other hand, your support for the Orange Trump seems iron clad.

Harris does not pose a threat to our democracy like trump. She'll accept the result of the election. She won't file lawsuits designed to thwart the will of the American voter. She won't foment an insurrection to prevent losing the election. She won't encourage her followers to riot and take over the Capital.

So, yeah.....she ain't trump. She wouldn't be my first choice but I wouldn't call her terrible either. But, the important thing is to keep trump from becoming POTUS again. If that means voting for someone less than my ideal, I'm there.

It will be interesting to see what happens if she loses.

I don’t think your predictions are quite right.

Now that team Trump opened that bottle, I fear it will be a new norm.

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Harris does not pose a threat to our democracy like trump. She'll accept the result of the election. She won't file lawsuits designed to thwart the will of the American voter. She won't foment an insurrection to prevent losing the election. She won't encourage her followers to riot and take over the Capital.

So, yeah.....she ain't trump. She wouldn't be my first choice but I wouldn't call her terrible either. But, the important thing is to keep trump from becoming POTUS again. If that means voting for someone less than my ideal, I'm there.

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Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

I wonder how they found somebody to act as stupid as trump?

They just caught a mentally handicapped orangutan and gave it a bad haircut.

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

The notation in the books was “legal expenses.” Seems correct to me.

Damn, what a stretch. Your lawyers pays off your blackmailing hooker and you reimburse him for legal expenses. What a Christian way of conducting your business. Of course, only policy matters, Christian principle be damned. Must be really nice to have such flexible values, eh Lane??

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

The notation in the books was “legal expenses.” Seems correct to me.

Damn, what a stretch. Your lawyers pays off your blackmailing hooker and you reimburse him for legal expenses. What a Christian way of conducting your business. Of course, only policy matters, Christian principle be damned. Must be really nice to have such flexible values, eh Lane??

I wonder, how was slick Willie's $850k to Jones and what ndas were involved...

Oh, so now it's a different story.

Wait, I thought sex work was okay by many folks? Full disclosure, I think it's a legit job, and only crazies try to drive it into the shadows

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

The notation in the books was “legal expenses.” Seems correct to me.

Damn, what a stretch. Your lawyers pays off your blackmailing hooker and you reimburse him for legal expenses. What a Christian way of conducting your business. Of course, only policy matters, Christian principle be damned. Must be really nice to have such flexible values, eh Lane??

None that has any bearing on legal vs. illegal now does it?

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

The notation in the books was “legal expenses.” Seems correct to me.

Damn, what a stretch. Your lawyers pays off your blackmailing hooker and you reimburse him for legal expenses. What a Christian way of conducting your business. Of course, only policy matters, Christian principle be damned. Must be really nice to have such flexible values, eh Lane??

None that has any bearing on legal vs. illegal now does it?

You deny legality when it comes to your boy's crimes, but fall back on legality when it suits you. Figures.

What about what's moral, Ledvm?

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by Steve Bertram:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:


Kamala Harris Is Secluded In A Hotel With A Trump Impersonator

Trump makes hush money payments to hookers and is so cheap he tries to write it off on his taxes

The notation in the books was “legal expenses.” Seems correct to me.

Damn, what a stretch. Your lawyers pays off your blackmailing hooker and you reimburse him for legal expenses. What a Christian way of conducting your business. Of course, only policy matters, Christian principle be damned. Must be really nice to have such flexible values, eh Lane??

None that has any bearing on legal vs. illegal now does it?

You deny legality when it comes to your boy's crimes, but fall back on legality when it suits you. Figures.

What about what's moral, Ledvm?

What about Tara Reade?

Never heard of her. What's she got to do with Trump's misbehavior?

Or was that just a "Look! Over there!"

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Never heard of her. What's she got to do with Trump's misbehavior?

Or was that just a "Look! Over there!"

Literal 5 second search.. dang, man, the willful ignorance. And paired with arrogance.. or is it just lasiness? You might take a look... just might edumacate yourself.. I think I was 5, mebbe six, when my mother gave me great advice... "if you don't understand it, look it up" and I had to ride my dinosaur, uphill in the snow, both ways, to the library...

Obviously our parents had different approaches

Allthe love you send trump for his misdeeds... and brett over unfounded allegations, and you are grossly uninformed about your guy... and it's been covered here on AR, your professed primary source...

So, in your mind, I have some sort of obligation to Google it whenever you or she throws up a red herring.

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So, in your mind, I have some sort of obligation to Google it whenever you or she throws up a red herring.

Nah, man.. there's lots of data here... but if you are going post to other questioning it, you could reduce the appearance of foolishness by a 5 second google search...

See how that works? You have already spent more time wenging about it than if you had looked it up

You don't like the messenger, cool, but the advice is actually sound

I won't give two seconds more to your fantasies.

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I won't give two seconds more to your fantasies.

wow, honey, you must type REALLY fast