He's Pete Hegseth's Wealth Manager. He Also Pushes "Pro-Israel Policies" Like War With Iran. [View all]
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Source: Mother Jones
The mostly unmemorable event was held at a midtown Manhattan restaurant to honor former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, then a potential presidential candidate yet to fall from Donald Trump’s graces. But one notable aside came when Hegseth singled out the IHF’s honorary chairman, Jonathan Burkan, saying they had become friends.
“Jon has a force of personality that you will never underestimate,” Hegseth said, before adding. “He manages my money now. It’s true.”
Burkan, who works at Morgan Stanley, remained Hegseth’s wealth manager after the TV personality became defense secretary last year. A person with knowledge of the arrangement said Burkan works most closely with Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Rauchet, who manages the couple’s finances and also functions as a Pentagon adviser.
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/pete-hegesth-israel-morgan-stanley-jonathan-burkan/
I feel like it is not exclusively the Republicans that are in the business of warmongering but like basically everything else that is "bipartisan" to some level, the Republicans are on the wrong side of the issue statistically.
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