Trump’s $900 Billion IOU: The Japan–South Korea “Investment” Mirage

23/10/2025 6 min
Trump’s $900 Billion IOU: The Japan–South Korea “Investment” Mirage

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LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured  Trump is touting massive “investment deals” from Japan and South Korea — $550 billion here, $350 billion there — but Chris digs into the fine print and calls it what it is: a fantasy wrapped in dangerous precedent. These aren’t private-sector deals but government-to-government “sovereign wealth” funds giving the U.S. president direct control of hundreds of billions with no congressional oversight. Chris breaks down why the math doesn’t add up, why Tokyo and Seoul’s voters will never go for it, and why Republicans would be howling if Biden tried the same stunt. Another example, he warns, of party loyalty replacing constitutional principle — and Congress asleep at the wheel.