Karl Mehta
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3x Exited Founder/ CEO of tech cos, Chairman Emeritus- QUIN(Quad), former VC@Menlo Ventures, Author of 2 books, fmr White House fellow. All tweets personal.
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Karl Mehta@karlmehtaThe Scotland Meeting Just Changed Everything—And Nobody Saw This Coming Trump and von der Leyen announced a 15% tariff deal, but that was just the cover story. The real deal was never about tariffs....
SummaryTrump and von der Leyen announced a 15% tariff deal in Scotland, but the real breakthrough was Europe committing to $1.4 trillion in investments with the US over three years in exchange for tariff relief—establishing a new template of 'commercial diplomacy' where countries negotiate lower tariffs through massive investment pledges.Jul 29, 202512 tweets♥ 55.2KKarl Mehta@karlmehtaTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent's new interview is going viral. He's NOT just talking about Trump's tariffs. He revealed why your wages are about to explode... and the trillion-dollar secret Wall S...
SummaryTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses how wage growth has surged to 7-8% through reduced illegal immigration workforce participation and tariff-based negotiation leverage, attributing the economic gains to a strategic shift favoring manufacturing and Main Street over Wall Street interests. He frames this as a deliberate policy change designed to rebuild America's industrial base and restore middle-class prosperity after decades of financial focus on coastal elites.Jun 20, 202516 tweets♥ 34.6KKarl Mehta@karlmehtaWhat Happened in the Oval Office Today Will Rewrite Everything You Know About DOGE. The media thinks they covered Elon Musk's farewell. They have no idea what they actually witnessed. Trump exposed...
SummaryThe thread argues that Trump's Oval Office farewell of Elon Musk represents a constitutional transformation, with Musk maintaining permanent executive influence without Senate confirmation, embedding DOGE staff throughout agencies, and establishing a precedent for tech billionaire advisory access that bypasses traditional oversight. It also highlights DOGE's documented federal waste findings and suggests the 130-day limit was 'legal theater' masking a deeper institutional capture.May 31, 202514 tweets♥ 55.9KKarl Mehta@karlmehtaTrump's Art of the Deal Just Transformed Middle East Politics His $2 trillion deal spree revealed 3 commercial strategies the media missed completely. His Pakistan move left diplomats speechless. S...
SummaryTrump is pursuing 'commercial diplomacy' by leveraging massive business deals and trade agreements as foreign policy tools, appointing business leaders instead of career diplomats, and engaging with traditionally problematic partners like Pakistan and Syria when economics align. This represents a fundamental shift from ideology-based diplomacy toward deal-making focused on economic gains and American influence, with significant potential benefits and risks.May 17, 202517 tweets♥ 72KKarl Mehta@karlmehtaBig Pharma’s worst nightmare just came true: Trump and RFK Jr. exposed a decades-long scam bleeding Americans dry. The room fell silent when Trump revealed why we pay 10X more than Europe for identi...
SummaryTrump and RFK Jr. announced a new executive order implementing "most favored nations" drug pricing, which would tie US pharmaceutical prices to the lowest prices paid in other developed countries, potentially reducing drug costs by 59-90%. The thread argues that Americans have been subsidizing global drug development through inflated prices while other nations negotiated lower rates, and that pharmaceutical lobbying has blocked previous reform efforts.May 13, 202518 tweets♥ 59.3KKarl Mehta@karlmehtaMajor Breakthroughs in US-China Trade Negotiations. The US-China trade standoff just ended with a historic 90-day agreement. Chinese officials made THREE major concessions the media isn't reporting....
SummaryThe US and China reached a historic 90-day trade agreement after tariffs escalated to 125% on both sides. China made three major concessions: reducing tariffs by 115% to 10%, removing all non-tariff trade barriers, and unexpectedly addressing the fentanyl crisis. The deal establishes ongoing negotiation mechanisms to address the $1.2 trillion goods deficit and rebalance manufacturing between the two countries.May 12, 202516 tweets♥ 49.1KKarl Mehta@karlmehtaTulsi Gabbard’s new interview with Megyn Kelly is going viral. And she’s NOT just talking about border security. She just uncovered a classified intel leak, a buried pandemic link, and a secret figh...
SummaryTulsi Gabbard revealed in a Megyn Kelly interview allegations of classified intelligence leaks, pandemic cover-ups including US funding of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, and systematic efforts to undermine Trump administration policies. She documented these abuses through criminal referrals and investigations, and is redirecting resources from DEI programs toward security priorities.May 2, 202518 tweets♥ 56.9KKarl Mehta@karlmehtaSec. of State Marco Rubio’s new interview just went viral. And he's NOT talking about tariffs or China. He exposed a secret $50M shadow agency inside the State Department that tried to silence Ameri...
SummarySecretary of State Marco Rubio exposed a $50M State Department unit that allegedly used taxpayer funding to target American voices and media outlets as "foreign agents" through NGOs, starting as a counter-terrorism program but evolving into domestic censorship by 2020. The thread claims this censorship apparatus was renamed and relocated to avoid accountability, and warns of similar threats from EU censorship laws now targeting American speech.Apr 29, 202518 tweets♥ 60.6KKarl Mehta@karlmehta