The half-billion-dollar stake purchase by a UAE royal in the incoming US president's company was never announced and kept secret until WSJ revealed it in January 2026.
Where this was said
At 2:01 · chapter starts 1:25
Jessica Mendoza introduces Rebecca Ballhaus, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has spent the past year investigating how the Trump family is profiting from the presidency, with World Liberty Financial as her central focus. Ballhaus explains that the investigation began with Binance, but the discovery of an entirely separate, hidden player — a UAE royal family member — came as a genuine shock. She recounts the moment her colleague Sam Kessler called her on a weekend with company documents proving the deal. Mendoza lays out the stakes: in less than two years, World Liberty earned the Trumps at least $1.2 billion, significantly from foreign entities. The revelation that a foreign government official had secretly bought into an incoming president's company before inauguration — and that it had never been disclosed — is described as unprecedented in modern American politics.
World Liberty Financial has earned the Trump family at least $1.2 billion in cash in less than two years, much of it from foreign-owned businesses.
In less than two years, World Liberty Financial earned the Trump family at least $1.2 billion in cash. A significant portion came from foreign-owned businesses — raising serious questions about the line between commerce and diplomacy.
Kalanick estimates that a decade ago, 90% of media coverage of tech business was negative, treating companies like political targets.
2024–2025 marked the single largest decrease in violent crime and murder in the US since 1937.
From 2024 to 2025, violent crime decreased 9%, property crime decreased 12.4%, and motor vehicle theft decreased 23%.
California's Ebony Alert Program, designed for the swift recovery of missing Black youth and women, officially went into effect on January 1, 2024.
Andrew Santino discovered that American tourists now need to pay $20 to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK, starting January 2025.
Kay Classman, a 28-year-old woman, was arrested for repeatedly enrolling in a Bronx high school posing as a 16-year-old student across multiple school districts.
A poll around 2011 found that 16% of Americans believed 9/11 was an inside job, illustrating how viral misinformation had already embedded itself in public opinion before social media peaked.
Andrew Wilson offered Candace Owens $300,000 to debate her Charlie Kirk conspiracy theory, but she refused.
According to the podcast, only 11 people were killed by the coordinated Israeli pager attack on Hezbollah operatives, despite widespread detonations.
We use essential and analytics cookies to run Vuci. To understand how the site is used: Privacy Policy.
Install Vuci on your phone
Add it to your home screen for a faster, app-like experience.
Install Vuci on your phone
Tap the Share button, then “Add to Home Screen”.
A new version is available
Reload to get the latest Vuci.