Friend, 

Donald Trump has long masqueraded as some expert businessman with a talent for making deals. On his recent tour through the Middle East, he boldly proclaimed and took credit for "$2 trillion" worth of investments in the United States from the likes of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.

But a closer examination from The Washington Post, among others, revealed Trump's math to be "fuzzy" and inclusive of contracts that happened before his return to the White House.

On this same trip, the so-called dealmaker announced the end of all sanctions on Syria, following the country's toppling of the longtime dictatorial Assad regime by a rebel group whose commander is now president.

This came without seeking any leverage on radical terrorists that still operate within Syria, including the Islamic State; with only an encouragement from Trump for Syria to normalize relations with Israel; and without consulting Congress. Any and all leverage when it comes to Syria, and security throughout the Middle East, has been squandered by Trump, who asked for nothing in return for lifting sanctions.

It's less than surprising, when the main purpose of Trump's tour through the Middle East was to ratchet up wealth for himself and his billionaire supporters. After all, consider whom he invited to accompany him. Skilled diplomats or experienced negotiators who have a deep understanding of the region’s history and relationships, and will keep our national security and interests at heart? No. His delegation was 30+ CEO’s of major corporations who will benefit directly from these deals: Elon Musk. Sam Altman of OpenAI. IBM’s Arvind Krishna. Amazon’s Andy Jassy. Kelly Ortberg, CEO of Boeing. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia. Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber. And Palantir’s Alex Karp. Just to name a few.

For instance, Saudi Arabia's $20 billion investment in U.S. AI technology is certain to make the wealthiest man, Elon Musk, even wealthier. The reality is that Musk has clearly been using his DOGE efforts as a masquerade to collect government data on the American people – he has failed flamboyantly in his claim to save taxpayers’ dollars or improve government efficiency. But, the evidence reveals that that was never really his goal. Instead, with Trump’s blessing, he and his mini-minions have created a glaring privacy and security threat for American citizens, only enhanced further now by these close ties to and investment from foreign actors.

Whether it's to enrich his largest donor or himself, it is clear that Trump has put America's national security up for sale.

The long and short of it is this: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the whole lot of them – they are in this not to govern in a way that improves the lives of Americans but to mine our government for profit. To enrich themselves to unprecedented levels. I will do everything in my power to hold them accountable and stop Trump from turning our democracy into a would-be oligarchy, with him at the top, crowned as king. 

Thank you for being with me in this fight.

Dick

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