Roger Stone Paid $50K/Month to Lobby for Myanmar Junta
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
Stone taking $50,000 a month from Myanmar's military junta — a regime the U.N. has found responsible for crimes against humanity — is exactly the kind of corrupt "pay to play" influence-peddling that poisons Washington. Stone has spent decades lobbying for foreign despots, and this is just the latest chapter. A convicted felon selling access to the Trump administration on behalf of mass murderers is a moral and political disgrace.
Pro-establishment narrative
Sanctions and moral grandstanding have failed Myanmar for decades, handing China and Russia the strategic influence America abandoned. Engaging diplomatically with Myanmar isn't an endorsement of its government — it's a hardheaded move to secure critical minerals, stabilize a key region and keep adversaries from filling the vacuum. Walking away at this moment would be a strategic blunder that serves no American interest.
