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Last week, the US Supreme Court dealt President Donald Trump a massive blow with a rule that effectively nullified his existing tariff policy… Or at least, that’s what the media would have you believe.

Hello, and welcome to your weekly Capitol Gains Trader update! Congress is in recess. And Matt Clark is in Kansas, taking some well-earned vacation time. So this week, I thought we’d “zoom out” from our usual day-to-day focus on specific trades to analyze one of the financial megatrends now sweeping both Wall Street and Main Street.

This is it, folks. History in the making. Just last month, President Trump kicked off what could be the single biggest and boldest power play of his entire political career… In one fell swoop, Trump aims to transform the flow of money, energy and power throughout the world — while simultaneously crippling an immensely powerful Russian asset kept completely hidden (until now).

In November of last year, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that she’d not be seeking re-election, marking the end of her 39-year career in Congress. While opinions are divided on Pelosi’s political accomplishments, there’s another aspect of her legacy that most Americans can agree on… Her insider trading.

One of Donald Trump’s greatest political strengths has always been his ability to consistently defy our expectations… From his first speech after coming down from that golden escalator back in 2015, Trump has delivered one surprise after another — routinely punishing his political opponents for the assumptions they’ve made. Most folks assumed Hillary would win in 2016. Trump turned the situation to his advantage, and his victory now seems obvious in hindsight. The same thing happened in 2024, when pollsters seemed certain Harris would win the election.