Potentially, the cast of characters could range from the January 6 Capitol Hill rioters; Ross Ulbricht, creator of the dark web marketplace Silk Road; George Santos, a Republican congressman who admitted to identity theft and fraud; and more recently CZ Zhao, founder of the Binance crypto platform, which enabled the success of the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial US$1 stablecoin, all of whom have been pardoned.
Nothing lasts forever,
And we both know hearts can change
November Rain, the 1991 Guns N’ Roses classic song about love and loss, captures in part the mood heading into the final months of a year when risk assets globally rose amid political, economic and policy uncertainty as US President Donald Trump began his second term. He has mused about a third, or even eternity, as the East Wing of the White House is demolished in preparation for a new US$300 million ($389 million) gold-plated ballroom funded by a cast of billionaires.
