Trump and family are a public-private partnership unto themselves. From Sasha Latypova at sashalatypova.substack.com:
In other news, WSJ rediscovered journalism
Dear readers, I wrote about Trump self dealing via the Pfizer-TrumpRx direct to consumer drug sales just the other day:
The Art of the Drug Deal: Pfizer may funnel up to ~$500M to Trump Organization via TrumpRx.
·Sep 30
TrumpRx deal: Congress must demand disclosure of the Trump trademark licensing arrangement.
·Oct 6
… but I underestimated the scope of self dealing by Trump. I thought he was “just” skimming off the top for his name licensing. Well, the 5D chess grossmeister that he is, he is skimming off the top not once but twice: once for him (TrumpRx) and once for baby Don Jr (BlinkRx), and possibly the third time via Lutnick/Cantor Fitzgerald investment vehicle into BlinkRx. What a caring father! Read the article below for details.
You may have seen the GOP propaganda machine, including Glenn Beck and a bunch of MAHA e-girls desperately trying to spin this into “Pfizer bent the knee…” – the hell they did. The deal simply takes out the middleman, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and redistributes the gains to Pfizer (Lilly, Amgen and others if they join) and to Trump and Lutnick families via these double-triple skimming arrangements. Everyone standing around Trump during the announcement is, at a minimum, allowed to ride in Lutnick/Cantor Fitzgerald investment vehicle. This is how these things work!
What is even more shocking is that WSJ somehow managed to accurately write about this. Republishing the article from WSJ, abridged:
Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit.
Family members of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to benefit from efforts to remake the industry
By Annie Linskey and Josh Dawsey
Oct. 7, 2025 9:00 pm ET
WASHINGTON—The country’s top drugmakers are set to meet in early December at the Four Seasons hotel in Georgetown with Donald Trump Jr. and senior Trump administration officials that regulate the pharmaceutical industry.
No Remphan onesie on the Trump coin?
How about a wrestling chair?
Do the cultists of Moshe Trumpstein (MIGA) ever wake up and smell the betrayal?