Men's Lifestyle July 6, 2026 0 Comments

Inside the Sudden Collapse of Trump’s Multimillion Dollar Scheme – What You Didn’t See Coming!

Ever feel like keeping up with every twist and turn in the White House Grift-o-Rama is like chasing a mirage in the desert? Trust me, I get it — it’s a nonstop circus of schemes that could make your head spin. But take a breath; here’s a rare gem of good news wrapped in all that chaos: one of the more outlandish cons, the whole “Board of Peace” trademark hustle, has just been officially canned. This wasn’t your garden-variety political play — no, it was a billion-dollar, pay-to-play extravaganza that would have made even the craftiest hustler raise an eyebrow. Imagine trying to corner the market on the word “peace” itself. Yep, that happened. But as of July 3, the U.S. government, effectively on Trump’s behalf, waved the white flag on registering this trademark, shutting down one bizarre revenue stream in the process. Let’s dive into how this curious chapter unfolded, and why it matters far beyond just a quirky headline. LEARN MORE

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You can be forgiven if you can’t keep track of all the various schemes and scams of the White House Grift-o-Rama. But you can rest easily now knowing that at least one of them is no more. From the IP Watchdogs:

The United States government, on behalf of President Donald Trump, abandoned its application to register the trademark Board of Peace on July 3, after filing an express abandonment, according to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) documents. The application was a source of controversy earlier this year, when Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to USPTO Director John Squires pressing him to answer questions about the Office’s role in filing the trademark application on behalf of the Trump Administration.

You remember the Board of Peace, right? This was the multimillion dollar grift launched by the president in January to capitalize on the violence in Gaza. This was a pay-to-play scheme allegedly designed to bring peace and reconstruction to Gaza. Interested observers noticed that the buy-in for countries to be part of the Board of Peace was a billion dollars. And they also noticed that the board morphed into a Trump-branded property in one quick hurry. From David Corn at Mother Jones:

Shortly after the White House unveiled this outfit, it released the charter for the Board of Peace. Oddly, the document said nothing about Gaza. It proclaimed that the Board of Peace would seek to “promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict.” That is, anywhere in the world. Under the rules presented in the charter, Trump would be the chairman and the U.S. representative to the Board of Peace … forever. That is, until he resigns or is booted due to “incapacity”—which would require a unanimous vote by the executive board. And, according to the charter, he decides who’s on the executive board. Each member serves entirely at his pleasure (and whim).

Even after he leaves the White House, Trump will rule this competitor to the United Nations (which now is in danger of financial collapse). And the charter gives him “exclusive authority” to “appropriate,” which seems to mean total control over the funds. Also, he determines what nations can join. Nations can only serve a three-year term, subject to renewal by, of course, Trump. But if a country ponies up $1 billion (in cash) to the Board of Peace, the three-year limit is waived.

One of the lesser angles being played in this con was the application by the U.S. Patent Office to register “Board of Peace” as a trademark on behalf of the president. Back in March, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democratic member on the House Judiciary Committee, raised questions about this very questionable action, telling Patent Office director John Squires:

You recently took an extraordinary and unprecedented action. Earlier this year, the USPTO itself filed trademark applications on behalf of Donald Trump’s ill-defined private global pet project: The Board of Peace. President Trump has declared himself Chairman for Life of this elusive entity. He’s promised billions of dollars in U.S. taxpayer dollars to the Board although Congress has not voted a dollar for it and he has secured billions of dollars more from mostly corrupt foreign governments, including Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, UAE, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Uzbekistan, and Kuwait.

Beyond that, there’s much we don’t know about this shadowy venture: basic corporate structure, whether it’s a registered entity anywhere in the U.S., who controls the billions of dollars in its bank accounts, what country those accounts are located in, who will conduct audits and oversight of the Board, or what the President intends to do with this massive secret slush fund while he is in office—and after he leaves.

This isn’t just a disreputable use of the trademark registration process. It’s the first step in giving Trump and his subordinates a monopoly in our country on use of the word “peace,” to make the very notion of peace unthinkable if it departs from the control of the Big Brother who now owns it. If President Trump can’t win a Nobel Peace Prize because he just plunged us into an aggressive war of choice, he’ll just own the word “peace” instead. So now war will be peace, as Orwell predicted, because he will own the word thanks to our newly corrupted trademark system.

So, it appears that this one channel of pecuniary sewage has been shut down. The president will not be owning the word “peace” any time soon. Thus are dozens of Christmas carols saved for the public domain.