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Exclusive — ‘German Influence Operation’: Don Jr. Hit Piece in ‘Business Insider’ Backfires Spectacularly on Outlet’s Foreign Owners
Breitbart ^ | May 13, 2025 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 05/14/2025 5:06:08 PM PDT by Twotone

Talk about your all-time backfires. Instead of landing a major hit on the president’s son, a German-backed publication has drawn massive federal attention onto its foreign ownership structure and lobbying activities before the federal government.

This broader “German Influence Operation” has grabbed the attention of the White House and senior administration officials and even entangles a key Washington lobbyist who has reportedly had an on-again-off-again lukewarm relationship with the president. It all comes, too, as worldwide pressure builds on German government officials over their censorship regime against political opponents and the efforts of a central European nation with a dark history to silence people it disagrees with. Now, Axel Springer as a company is in federal crosshairs as U.S. officials determine if the media conglomerate that owns Business Insider and Politico among other major publications in the U.S. and around the world is running afoul of federal ethics norms.

Business Insider published a meaningless hit piece this week on Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s eldest son, over Trump Jr.’s business enterprises. The story ludicrously compares Trump Jr. to previous first son Hunter Biden, former President Joe Biden’s son, over Trump Jr.’s work with a venture capital firm. Absurdly, the article declares in the headline: “Don Jr. is the new Hunter Biden.”

The central allegation is that Trump Jr. is a partner in an investment firm called 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm that’s invested in a number of companies in the United States. The article goes through several of the investments that 1789 Capital has made, and then quotes three different experts by name and one anonymous Wall Street investor as arguing there is something possibly untoward going on here.

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TOPICS: Germany; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: axelspringer; backfire; brianballard; businessinsider; defundnato; donjr; germanlobby; germany; influenceoperation; lobbying; lobbyingfirm; lobbyists; politico; publishers; publishing

1 posted on 05/14/2025 5:06:08 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

“”” Instead of landing a major hit on the president’s son, a German-backed publication has drawn massive federal attention onto its foreign ownership structure and lobbying activities before the federal government.””””


I learn something new every day. I did not know the BUSINESS INSIDER was owned by the Germans.


2 posted on 05/14/2025 5:19:26 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Whoever manages the RSS feed for US readers is a rapid leftist of the worst kind.


3 posted on 05/14/2025 5:51:03 PM PDT by Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger
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To: Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger

Rabid, not rapid, though I am pretty certain that they are indeed rapidly rabid.


4 posted on 05/14/2025 5:52:15 PM PDT by Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger
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To: Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger

They are rapidly rabid. 😝😜


5 posted on 05/14/2025 5:55:24 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF ISR pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Twotone

Germen men pee sitting down. Saw it on the youtube.

This is what big wars gets you.


6 posted on 05/14/2025 6:24:35 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Twotone

Politico is owned by Germany?


7 posted on 05/14/2025 8:50:12 PM PDT by roving
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Lop it off?


8 posted on 05/14/2025 9:17:54 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Schiff to GITMO)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?


9 posted on 05/14/2025 9:22:00 PM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
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To: Twotone

Someone should look into the near monopoly that a German family has on US textbooks.


10 posted on 05/14/2025 9:41:02 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

“I learn something new every day. I did not know the BUSINESS INSIDER was owned by the Germans”

And Forbes is owned by the ChiComs and the Wall St. Journal is the Murdochs play thing. None should be trusted.


11 posted on 05/15/2025 12:34:13 AM PDT by DAC21
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“...we stand by our fair and accurate reporting.”

Sssooo.... they stand by nothing.


12 posted on 05/15/2025 1:12:26 AM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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