By
’Tunji Ajibade
You see, the Arabians don’t think in terms of president and prime minister. So they can’t have respect for you unless you are a prince, better even if you are the king of your country. It means you have to refer to yourself as a prince and the person you represent as king. And that was what I did when I was introducing my father-in-law to the princes of Arabia. I said he was the king of America and I was the prince. Don’t mind the fact that my father-in-law was the president of the United States at the time. The Arabians have royals so you too must be an American royal in order to steal their attention. That’s the way it works if you wish to be a successful salesman among the Arabians as I was, and I still am.
I’m still active in the field, you know, otherwise I should have no reason for charging you 300k for one hour and one session on how to be a good salesman among the Arabians. This virtual training will show that– Uhn? Tuck, in Arizona. You say what are my qualifications? What qualifications are you talking about? Were you not aware that I was a senior salesman, no, I mean I was a senior adviser to my father in-law while he was in the White House? I had also related fine with the Arabians, organizing meetings between them and my father-in-law when he was president, no, I mean when he was the king. It was my career-high, that time. Of course, my job was mainly to sell one side to the other and I did it successfully such that even now that my father-in-law is out of the White House we’re doing good business with the Arabians, particularly their–
Uhn? Cyndy. You are in Kentucky, am I correct? I don’t see clearly the lettering on your screen? Right, Kentucky. You say, what were my qualifications for my position as a senior adviser to my father-in-law, and for the consultancy service that I now offer. I have to inform you that this kind of question and the awful details it requires that I give are beyond the scope of this course. As a matter of fact your kind of question doesn’t matter because image is everything. In this line of business, image is what sells. And I mean when you are operating at the highest level as I do. Uhn? Cyndy, you say what do I mean by that?
I can see that you are not conversant with today’s trend. You need to be conversant with things as they apply in this 21st century otherwise your chances of being a good salesman will be nil. And if you can’t sell ice to the Eskimos, then you won’t be able to sell a business to the Arabians. That’s the fact. Didn’t you see the guy who became the king of crypto currency? He only used his mind, put his head to good use. So what has qualification or experience got to do with it? The mind is the important thing. Have a mind that knows how to organize, how to joggle things, and mouth the right set of things and you would be an excellent salesman, sell sand to the Arabians, even. When his company crashed, I mean the self-styled king of crypto, he said he would soon set up another company, make billions of dollars and pay investors what they lost. Where did you think he got that confidence from? It’s the mind, not the qualifications. In any case, it’s the salesman to King Trump you asked about. But I like to use the king of America as my example throughout the session. If I don’t, who else would I use?
This was one person who had proved his worth as a first class business man. He made millions and millions of dollars and later became president of the greatest nation on earth. What other definition of success do you have than that, Tuck? He was his own best salesman in his time. I am only learning from him. Be like him and you would make your own gold too from the sands of Arabia. Learning how to call sand gold is the joker in this course. Image. Packaging. This is what matters. If you’re looking for qualification, you are on your own.
Let me tell you this; the Arabians are eager to link up with the Americans as much as you like to make gold from them. It’s been like that since we showed them how to mine crude oil from the vast sand of Arabia. We were there at the start and we are still there now. It’s one thing we have going for us, one reason your chances are brighter if you are a salesman among them. I hope no one is here who thinks I am talking about salesmen as they operated in the 1950s and 1960s in America. Ben, in Idaho. You said it was the question you wanted to ask. Uh, come on. Who’s talking about that? Don’t be so old fashioned. Who makes good cash, and I mean big cash, from the oil-rich Arabians selling items door to door. You didn’t see me do that, did you? It’s not where big money is. Big money is in being the middleman, knowing the big guys and linking one big guy to the next big guy. It’s where the big money, the big deal is.
I have been fortunate to know many of them, and my contacts are part of what you will be benefiting from long after this course, and that for another annual subscription of 500k. It’s only for those who are willing, you know. That one isn’t compulsory. So don’t let your imagination run wild. I can assure you though that the fee is worth it. One word from me here, and another there, and you are linking American kings and princes to people of equal statuses not only in the Arabian Peninsula but in the whole of Middle East as well. That was the kind of network I built while I was working for my father-in-law in the White House. Cyndy? You say, isn’t there a conflict of interest? Conflict of what? See, you don’t even understand how the system works these days. Who cares about conflict? If you don’t make use of what you have, what else would you make use of? Leave conflict alone; just do well for yourself. In any case, nothing under the US laws says a former king, no, I mean a former president cannot do business with foreign entities. That rule applies only to lower officials. One of the privileges of being a former king and prince in the White House, I must concede.
Now, as for the– Uhn? Tuck. You say you like to know how I am able to persuade the princes of Arabia to part with the contents of their pockets with so much ease. Simple. As I said, use what you have to get what you want. I worked for our government, and I used my contacts to place myself in a good position for life after office. Hmn-hmn, Cyndy, you again; but before you raise the usual objections, let me remind you that many top US government officials even in regulatory commissions leave office only to be appointed directors and heads in the companies they once regulated. Some even came directly from such companies to become officials in government. Remember the oil company boss that my father-in-law once appointed as Secretary of State? That’s it.
So don’t nail me, it’s not yet my time. Never assume the line is ever so clear-cut. My father-in-law came from business and after office he returned to business. You can’t tell me that he should stop doing business with people he knew before he arrived the White House, and even many more that he knew when he was in office. My father-in-law was a damn good salesman in his own right, and I am in mine. It’s not all the time former government officials are able to enjoy the confidence of foreign contacts they made while in office as we do. So you’ve got to give us credit for that. Business is business.
Still on your question, Tuck. You wanted to know how I made the Arabians part with cash. As I said, I formed good bonds with them while I worked in the White House. It paid dividends when I created a company that I transformed into a private equity firm with $2 billion from a sovereign wealth fund chaired by an Arabian Prince. Cyndy? You said did I disclose the source of the fund to the Securities and Exchange Commission? Oh, you ask inconvenient questions. I didn’t. And this is where the need to be a smart salesman is important. I sold the idea well by assuring the Arabians that my firm would structure the funds in such a way that I wouldn’t have to disclose the source. I use a business strategy that allows an equity firm to avoid disclosing funding sources. You don’t know such gaps exist, do you? Those are some of the tips you shall yet get post this particular course; if you’re willing to cough out the cash for it, that is. It’s all a matter of cash, as you well know.
Uhn? Tuck. You say why didn’t I mention this in my memoir? I don’t need to. Ever seen anyone who tells it all in their memoir? Meanwhile, I understood that some government officials alleged that while I was in office I had a broad agenda to do business post-White House with Arabians I had contact with. These officials aren’t smart. My father-in-law was smart; he knew exactly what he wanted to achieve when he appointed me as his link to the Arabians. He knew there would be post-White House. If these officials have just suddenly realised this, then I don’t know what to call them. They can bring their facts though, since they’ve suddenly become mind readers and speculators. See, speculation is something everyone is entitled to. They only have to be careful so that I don’t sue them into bankruptcy.
Meanwhile, it’s not my business alone that is doing good deals with the Arabians. My father-in-law has been asked by the Arabians to do LIV Golf, an event which the best names in professional golf have been outfoxing themselves to be involved in. And, don’t you mind those Democrats who have launched congressional investigations into our ties to the Arabians, claiming that there is no precedent for how we’ve done pretty good business with the Arabians, post-White House.
Their man in the White House has visited the Arabians, hasn’t he, bumping fists even with their prince? You see hypocrisy on the part of those Democrats, don’t you? The U.S. State Department had said that there continued to be significant human rights issues in Arabia, but the current occupant of the White House was in the Arabian Peninsula, wasn’t he? He has even walked back from his campaign promise to hold their prince to account for human rights abuses. Now they talk about ethics in international dealings as though they were in some ethics class, learning to do things so straight. Even you, do you think anything is that straight in the international system?
Alright, now I return to the real business of–
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