Ron Paul: Trump's New Policy Is 'As Dangerous to Liberty and Prosperity' as Mamdani's

Ron Paul: Trump's New Policy Is 'As Dangerous to Liberty and Prosperity' as Mamdani's centers on a July 13–14, 2026 essay by Ron Paul criticizing President Donald Trump’s approach to government-backed corporate ownership. Paul, writing for the Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, argues that using public funds to buy partial ownership of private companies is as damaging to liberty and prosperity as policies he associates with Zohran Mamdani or Bernie Sanders, while focusing on the mechanism rather than labels. The article says that since January 2025 the Trump administration has accumulated ownership interests totaling about 27 billion dólares across 30 companies, citing Intel as a prominent example after a planned 10% stake announcement. It also references a National Defense Authorization Act provision moving through Congress that would formalize such corporate investment. Paul frames the policy as corporatism, warning it could distort markets and create moral hazard.