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David Rutherford Show: The Lobbying Firm That Controls Trump's White House
đ°You've heard "follow the money" your whole life. Today, I'm going to show you exactly where it leads. There's a K Street lobbying firm most people have never heard of â Ballard Partners â that now controls more access to the Trump White House than just about any other outside entity. Before Trump's first election, they had zero federal clients. Today they're billing $88.1 million a year and representing foreign governments from Qatar to Saudi Arabia to Libya. And the firm's former employees? They're the White House Chief of Staff, the Attorney General, and â through connected networks â the Secretary of State. This isn't a partisan attack on Trump. Some of what this administration is doing I think is exactly right. This is a SEAL and a former CIA officer showing you how the game is actually played â so you can stop being a pawn in it. â Sponsors:âď¸ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ đ˛ Follow us on social: https://linktr.ee/davidrutherfordshow đŤ Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/đ Get David's novel, The Poet Warrior: https://www.ballastbooks.com/ballast-bookstore/the-poet-warriorđ° Sign up for David's newsletter for free coaching tips, updates, and more: https://davidrutherfordletter.substack.com/đ Timestamps:00:00 â The war inside the Republican Party no one is naming 03:11 â What is the "deep state" â and where does it actually live? 11:13 â Ballard Partners: $88.1M, 300 clients, 3 continents 19:39 â The pipeline: Susie Wiles and Pam Bondi came from the same firm 26:25 â Foreign clients: Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Libya 27:35 â The client roster: Amazon, TikTok, Nippon Steel, UnitedHealth 34:04 â Why David supports some of what Trump is doing â and what worries him 36:21 â Susie Wiles: foreign agent, Netanyahu's campaign, and the DC expansion 43:20 â Pam Bondi: lobbied for Uber and Geo Group before becoming AG 46:40 â The Rubio 2028 setup: donor class picks the next candidate 53:31 â The bipartisan machine: Democrats running the "Republican" firm's DC office 57:21 â What this means for you in 2026 and 2028 Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuck See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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