The Daily Beast
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A broker for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly sought to invest in major defense companies just weeks prior to the commencement of President Trump’s war in Iran, a new report has alleged. According to three people familiar with the matter who spoke to the Financial Times , a Morgan Stanley broker representing Hegseth contacted investment firm BlackRock in February about a potential multimillion-dollar investment in its Defense Industrials Active ETF. On Feb. 28, Trump began conducting joint strikes with Israel on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and starting a new war in the Middle East. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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