"They bet on the war before you knew there was one." Wajahat Ali
May 8, 2026
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1:00:14Now Playing"They bet on the war before you knew there was one." Wajahat Ali
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as posted by the channelSomeone knew the Iran war was coming — and they traded on it. From $950 million in suspicious oil bets placed minutes before Trump's Truth Social posts, to rigged district maps stealing your vote, to the grift hiding in plain sight — Wajahat Ali joins Jim Acosta to break down how power protects itself while the rest of us pay the price. They're caught red-handed — and nobody in charge is doing a thing about it.
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