The president’s eldest son said through a spokesperson that he wasn’t involved. The Pentagon said Trump Jr. played no role in the record-setting deal. And the startup’s founder told reporters that his company, Vulcan Elements, received no political favoritism.

But interviews and Defense Department records reviewed by ProPublica show that the request to loan hundreds of millions of dollars to the firm linked to Trump Jr. was made by Peter Navarro, a White House adviser to President Donald Trump and a friend of Trump Jr.’s.

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      Hi, Pentagon here 🙂…no problem - what can you make? We need lotsa missiles atm 👍.

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          Ok, that’s a start…we can use a drain pipe for the body…now, who can do explosives, lol!

          Note to CIA/FBI: Just joking - terrorist? Naw, not me 🙂.

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            Rocket fuel = explosive, so you’re good. Only consideration, that use case is only sold under Explosive X package. You pay more for the extra feels.

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        All the drones. And the cyber! You’ve heard of the cyber, right? In fact, we’ve developed a drone that only kills the bad people. It’s amazing. Perhaps you’ve seen their work in Gaza?

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    Anyone even slightly surprised by this hasn’t been paying attention to Trump and his family for at least a couple decades. It would be far more shocking if this hadn’t happened.

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      No kidding. Id say I was pretty oblivious to trump politically or otherwise besides seeing him appear in home alone and having heard the name until he was running against Hilary and I was forced to give a fuck about his antics and I always knew he was a grifter dirt bag.

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    Next sane admin goes scorched earth and seals all the cracks in our system or this nation continues circling the drain and by the end of our lives this will be a very, very bad place to live, especially if you’re dealing with end-of-life care.

    Many will point out that this is already a bad place to live in many aspects, but what I’m talking about will make our current situation look good.

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    Only the best people.

    I’m sure he would have done just as well without help. He’s got that go - getter, winner attitude that just can’t fail.