The Secret $500 Million UAE Deal Behind Trump's Crypto Firm — Monday, October 19, 2026

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Alex and Jorden break down the Wall Street Journal reporting behind a viral video: a UAE-linked entity's five-hundred-million-dollar deal for forty-nine percent of the Trump family's crypto company World Liberty Financial, signed four days before the inauguration; what the money trail shows and what it doesn't prove; the United States' approval of advanced AI chip exports to the UAE; and a House hearing this week on World Liberty's bid for a national bank charter.