Saagar Enjeti on Who’s Profiting From Trump’s New America of Gambling, OnlyFans, and Drugs

September 3, 2026

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In early 2024, leaked internal documents revealed that the single largest donor to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was a Ukrainian-born man named Leonid Radvinsky. Radvinsky owned OnlyFans, one of the world’s largest pornography and human exploitation platforms. According to the documents, Radvinsky and his wife had pledged $11 million to the pro-war, neoconservative organization. Around the same time, Miriam Adelson—whose late husband Sheldon built a global casino empire—became one of the biggest donors to Donald Trump’s campaign, pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars. She also became a driving force behind the push for war with Iran, and was powerful enough within the administration to personally select Justice Department employees. Tucker Carlson and his guest, journalist Saagar Enjeti, argue these connections are not coincidental. They see a single worldview linking the promotion of gambling, pornography, marijuana, and endless foreign war: a worldview that treats ordinary Americans as livestock to be exploited for profit.

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1 (00:00) **The Pornographer and the Neocons** - Tucker introduces the puzzle that drives the episode: the largest donor to AIPAC was a Ukrainian-born owner of OnlyFans, while Trump's top donor Miriam Adelson runs a casino empire, and Ben Shapiro seamlessly pitches a gambling company while calling for war with Iran.
2 (06:50) **Meet Saagar Enjeti** - Tucker introduces his guest as one of the few journalists who noticed the gambling-politics connection because he doesn't take money from gambling interests.
3 (09:53) **Gambling as Legalized Theft** - Saagar explains why modern online gambling is far worse than traditional casino gambling.
4 (13:28) **The Social Destruction of Sports Betting** - Saagar details the measurable harms: a 25-30% increase in states with legalized online gambling, $2 of lost savings for every $1 bet, and a 10% increase in domestic violence after NFL upset losses.
5 (15:27) **Prediction Markets vs. Sportsbooks** - Tucker reveals he was approached by gambling companies he mistook for polling companies, leading to a distinction between sportsbooks (house vs. bettor) and prediction markets (peer-to-peer).
6 (18:31) **Betting on Everything, Including Insider Information** - The CEO of Kalci envisions a future where people can trade on everything, from flight delays to the weather.
7 (24:40) **The Corruption of Sports and the Great Recession Origin** - Sports betting was banned for a century because it corrupted games; now commissioners embrace it for valuation.

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Guests on this episode

Saagar Enjeti

Show Notes

What kind of government would push gambling, porn and drugs on its own population? Saagar Enjeti on who’s getting rich from the destruction of young men in America.

Saagar Enjeti is the host of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar available on YouTube and your favorite podcast player. Saagar previously worked at The Daily Caller as a White House correspondent.

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