David Rutherford Show: The Lobbying Firm That Controls Trump's White House

💰You've heard "follow the money" your whole life. Today, I'm going to show you exactly where it leads. There's a K Street lobbying firm most people have never heard of — Ballard Partners — that now controls more access to the Trump White House than just about any other outside entity.

Before Trump's first election, they had zero federal clients. Today they're billing $88.1 million a year and representing foreign governments from Qatar to Saudi Arabia to Libya. And the firm's former employees? They're the White House Chief of Staff, the Attorney General, and — through connected networks — the Secretary of State.

This isn't a partisan attack on Trump. Some of what this administration is doing I think is exactly right. This is a SEAL and a former CIA officer showing you how the game is actually played — so you can stop being a pawn in it.

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🕒 Timestamps:
00:00 — The war inside the Republican Party no one is naming

03:11 — What is the "deep state" — and where does it actually live?

11:13 — Ballard Partners: $88.1M, 300 clients, 3 continents

19:39 — The pipeline: Susie Wiles and Pam Bondi came from the same firm 

26:25 — Foreign clients: Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Libya

27:35 — The client roster: Amazon, TikTok, Nippon Steel, UnitedHealth

34:04 — Why David supports some of what Trump is doing — and what worries him

36:21 — Susie Wiles: foreign agent, Netanyahu's campaign, and the DC expansion

43:20 — Pam Bondi: lobbied for Uber and Geo Group before becoming AG

46:40 — The Rubio 2028 setup: donor class picks the next candidate

53:31 — The bipartisan machine: Democrats running the "Republican" firm's DC office

57:21 — What this means for you in 2026 and 2028

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