Arey, scene yeh hai ki ek report aayi thi jisme kaha gaya tha ki US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ka ek broker, February mein BlackRock se mila tha. Unhone Defense Industrials Active ETF mein multi-million dollar ke investment ke baare mein pata kiya tha. Yeh sab supposedly tab hua tha jab America, Iran (Tehran) par military action karne ki planning kar raha tha, action se kuch hafte pehle.
Lekin Pentagon ne toh is report ko seedha 'jhooth' bol diya! Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell ne X (pehla Twitter) par zor dekar kaha ki yeh story "entirely false and fabricated" hai aur isko wapas lene ko bola. Parnell ne bilkul saaf kar diya ki na toh Secretary Hegseth ne aur na hi unki team mein se kisi ne BlackRock se aisi koi baat ki thi.
Waise, Financial Times ki report mein yeh bhi bataya gaya hai ki yeh jo investment ki baat chal rahi thi, woh ultimately hui nahi. Shayad isliye kyunki woh fund, jo pichle saal May mein launch hua tha, abhi tak Morgan Stanley clients ke liye available nahi tha. Report mein yeh nahi bataya ki broker ke paas kitni authority thi ya Secretary Hegseth ko is sab ka pata bhi tha ya nahi. Yeh incident abhi aise time par ho raha hai jab government ke bade decisions se pehle kiye gaye financial trades par sabki nazar hai.