💰 Genocide, Inc.: While Gaza Is Slaughtered, the Trump Family Invests In the Literal Killing Machines. The Company Advertises as Lowering the "Cost Per Kill."
The U.S. backs Israel—and the president’s son invests in the weapons industry making slaughter cheaper.
Ramadan is days away, and Gaza is still being pushed to the edge of human survival. Families are trying to live through what should be unthinkable, while the world scrolls past catastrophe after catastrophe like it’s weather.
And then I read something that made me sick.
The Wall Street Journal published a report by David Uberti revealing that Eric Trump is investing in an Israeli drone company whose products are marketed as “low cost-per-kill” munitions—drones “battle-tested” in Israeli operations in Gaza. Uberti reports the investment is tied to a $1.5 billion deal to take the company public, and that the company has already secured Pentagon business and is being considered for a Defense Department procurement program that could ultimately reach $1.1 billion.
Let that sit in your chest for a moment.
“Low cost-per-kill.”
Not low cost-per-flight. Not low cost-per-mission.
Low cost-per-kill.
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Now let’s talk about what this actually means.
A slaughter backed by Washington—and monetized by the president’s family
The United States has backed Israel at nearly every turn as Gaza has been devastated. Diplomatic cover. Political cover. Military cover. And a constant stream of weapons and support that makes the killing machine hum.
And while all of that is happening—while Gaza is reduced to rubble, while children are pulled from ruins, while the world hears the word “ceasefire” and then watches death continue anyway—the Trump family is expanding its business empire into sectors the Trump administration regulates, and now, according to The Wall Street Journal, into the drone industry tied directly to Israeli warfare.
This is not “separate.” This is not “coincidental.” This is not “just business.”
This is the moral rot of a system where power is used to protect profit, and profit is used to reward violence.
And it is despicable.
Because when the family of the president of the United States invests in weapons linked to the war it is politically and materially supporting, that’s not merely a conflict of interest.
That’s a blueprint for a world where policy becomes a profit center—where killing becomes an investment portfolio.
“Low cost-per-kill” is not a slogan. It’s a confession.
When a company markets itself with the phrase “low cost-per-kill,” it is telling you what it values.
It is not valuing human life.
It is not valuing restraint.
It is not valuing peace.
It is valuing efficiency in death.
And this is exactly what modern warfare is becoming: not a last resort, but a technology race. Not a tragedy, but a market. Not a moral catastrophe, but a growth sector.
In the same report, Uberti writes that Xtend’s drones align with U.S. defense directives to wage modern warfare. He reports the company opened a facility in Florida, secured a multimillion-dollar Pentagon contract, and is part of a continuing Defense Department competition for new suppliers.
Do you see the pipeline?
Gaza becomes a proving ground.
A product is “battle-tested.”
Marketing follows.
Pentagon contracts follow.
Public markets follow.
Investors profit.
And then we all pretend we’re shocked when violence expands.
This is what “the military-industrial complex” looks like in 2026
People throw around the phrase “military-industrial complex” like it’s a documentary title. Like it’s a history lesson. Like it’s something we learned about in school and then moved on from.
But this is it. Right here. In real time.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Eric Trump is a strategic investor in the Xtend deal, and Donald Trump Jr. is tied to another drone company as an investor and adviser. The report notes that this expansion of the family business has renewed conflict-of-interest concerns—concerns the White House and Trump Organization deny.
Of course they deny it.
They always deny it.
But denial isn’t a rebuttal. Denial is a reflex.
The point isn’t whether they will admit wrongdoing. The point is whether we are willing to name what’s in front of our faces.
Because it’s hard to overstate how grotesque this is:
The U.S. government is intertwined with Israel’s war machine.
And the president’s family is positioned to profit from the tools of modern killing—tools being celebrated for how cheaply they can kill.
If you still believe this is “normal,” that’s not neutrality.
That’s surrender.
Gaza is not a backdrop. Gaza is the billboard.
One of the most poisonous tricks of our era is how suffering becomes scenery.
Gaza becomes a “conflict.”
Dead children become “casualties.”
Flattened neighborhoods become “operations.”
And then a weapons company can calmly describe the killing as “battle-tested.” As if Gaza is a showroom.
Uberti reports that Xtend’s CEO previously described how the company’s products helped Israeli forces map terrain, explore buildings, and deal with booby traps around tunnels. The report also cites a company press release about “one-way” drone kits built for small tactical teams in “irregular warfare operations.”
That language is meant to sound technical.
But behind “one-way” is something simple: a weapon designed to go out and not return. A weapon meant to end in impact.
And behind “irregular warfare” is something simpler: war without clean lines, war inside neighborhoods, war where civilians are trapped in the same space as the violence.
The part that makes this worse: it’s happening while the world’s rules are collapsing
This is not just corruption. It is corruption timed perfectly for a world where accountability is collapsing.
When international institutions are weakened, when oversight is mocked, when law is treated as optional, the most predatory people on earth smell opportunity.
And that’s exactly what this looks like: opportunity.
A war that has already produced obscene suffering becomes a launching pad for contracts, IPOs, stock spikes, board appointments, and family wealth.
According to The Wall Street Journal, a Trump Tower-based financial firm organized a private placement into the company involved in the merger, and shares skyrocketed after the investment was announced. The report also notes the appointment of a former White House lawyer who has worked with the Trump Organization to a board role.
This isn’t subtle. It’s not even trying to be subtle.
It’s the normalization of a governing class that treats the public as an audience and war as a business plan.
The quiet question this forces on every American taxpayer
I’m going to say something many people don’t want to hear, but it’s true.
If you are an American, your tax dollars are part of the machinery that enables U.S. policy. That does not mean you personally chose every decision. It does not mean you personally approve.
But it does mean you live inside a system that spends on war, shields allies from consequence, and then quietly creates channels for the already-powerful to profit.
That is complicity by structure.
And if we don’t name it, it only deepens.
The pushback you’re going to hear—and why it’s garbage
Somebody will say: “He’s a private citizen.”
No. Not in any meaningful sense. When you’re the president’s son, investing into industries regulated and funded by the government your father runs, “private citizen” is a costume.
Somebody will say: “This is just national security.”
No. Marketing “low cost-per-kill” isn’t “security.” It’s a sales pitch. It’s a celebration of efficiency in killing. And it’s being treated like an investment opportunity.
Somebody will say: “You can’t prove this affects policy.”
That’s the oldest trick in the corruption playbook: demand an email that says, “I am now corrupt.” The issue is incentives. The issue is access. The issue is proximity to power. The issue is that war, in this system, creates wealth—and wealth has a seat at the table.
What a decent society would do
A decent society would treat this as disqualifying.
A decent society would demand hard, bright lines between political power and personal profiteering.
A decent society would insist on real oversight, disclosure, and recusal that actually means something.
A decent society would not allow the family of the president to position itself inside the weapons pipelines of a war it is politically shielding.
But that’s the point, isn’t it?
We are watching the decay of decency in real time.
And Gaza—Gaza is where the world learned the lesson that powerful people can do almost anything, and institutions will blink.
Why I’m writing this even though we’re all overwhelmed
Corruption doesn’t need you to agree with it.
It just needs you to be too tired to fight it.
They count on you saying, “I can’t take one more thing.”
They count on you forgetting yesterday’s horror because today’s horror is louder.
They count on you being numb.
I refuse.
And I need you to refuse with me.
Not because outrage is fashionable, but because silence is how empires keep moving. Silence is how war becomes normal. Silence is how “low cost-per-kill” becomes a slogan you barely notice.
What you can do right now
Talk about this. Share it. Force it into daylight.
Ask your representatives why this is acceptable. Ask your friends why this is acceptable. Ask yourself why this is acceptable.
And don’t let anyone tell you it’s “too complicated” to understand.
It’s not complicated.
It’s simple: people in power are profiting from killing.
And if we allow that to become normal, we are walking into a future where violence is not just tolerated—it is monetized, optimized, and expanded.
This is what I mean when I say the world is changing.
It’s changing into a place where weapons companies market death like a product feature, and political families buy in.
It’s changing into a place where Gaza is not treated like a human catastrophe, but like a business opportunity.
And if we don’t stop pretending this is fine, it will spread—because it’s profitable.
Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun
The things that people used to at least have to hide from the public they now do out in the open.
No words. Just grief, disgust, and rage.