So, let me get this straight. I'm busting my ass, trying to keep my 17 hotels afloat – 17 hotels, people, and managing another 11 – during a pandemic that damn near wiped a lot of folks out. Occupancy plummeted. Revenue tanked. I managed to weather the storm, thankfully, but it was a close call. And while all this was happening… WHILE… I'm reading about how Politico, the New York Times, and the World Economic Forum – profitable businesses, mind you – are getting showered with tens of millions in aid? Tens. Of. Millions. Not pandemic relief, mind you, but USAID funding. During the past administration. Coincidence? Thanks to @elonmusk and @DOGE , the curtain's been pulled back a bit, and what do we see? A bunch of grift and a lot of politicians lining their pockets. This wasn't about helping small businesses like mine, the ones that were actually struggling. No, this was something else. It smells like influence peddling. A big, fat, taxpayer-funded payoff. They're playing Santa Claus with our money, handing out gifts to their cronies. It's like a Vegas casino in Washington, and we're all the suckers at the table. Just imagine what that money could have done for actual struggling businesses. Imagine the jobs it could have saved. Imagine the real good it could have done. But no, that's not how this works, is it? Instead, it's funneled for partisan purposes, corruption, fraud and waste, all while they preach about "equity" and "fairness." The hypocrisy is astounding. And don't even get me started on the deficit. Our kids are going to be paying for this obscene display of corporate welfare for generations. They'll be the ones footing the bill for these "aid" parties. This isn't just about me. It's about every small business owner, every taxpayer, every American who's sick and tired of seeing their hard-earned money wasted on this kind of blatant cronyism. It's time to call these people out. It's time to demand some accountability.

GERMANY: EU regulators think it is too dangerous to simply break a bottle across the bow of a new ship, instead they insist on the use of this contraption. This is why the EU is failing. This is Economy Minister Habeck flailing.

Gelje Sherpa, the man who was guiding a private client up Mt. Everest when he saw someone in distress near the summit. He went up, rolled him up in a sleeping mattress and gave him oxygen. He then strapped the man to his back and trekked 6 hours to safety

🚨BREAKING: Trump was at the Super Bowl and decided “You know what? Now’s a good time to get rid of the penny.” The Golden Age! 😂 💀