The lobbying firm Continental Strategies increased its annual revenue to approximately $30 million after the start of the Trump administration.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
Lobbying Disclosure Act data reported by CBS and Politico show Continental Strategy's revenue rose from $1.8 million in 2024 to about $27.3 million in 2025, after Trump took office, which supports the claim's direction and roughly its magnitude.
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… Susie's daughter went to a lobbying firm, and it was an open discussion in the White House: if a if a company hired Susie's daughter, then that was getting a high priority. And there's this chart that shows Continental Strategies, the group Susie's daughter worked for, had almost zero in revenue before the Trump administration, shot up to 30 ish million dollars a year in revenue. So if you're a special interest and you want to get something done, the secret's out: you pay Susie's daughter. …
The Joe Rogan Experience · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Face the Nation's transcript note cites public Lobbying Disclosure Act records showing Continental Strategy reported $27.3 million in 2025, up from $1.8 million in 2024.[1]
Supports. Washington Sun and Sludge report Continental Strategy's revenue rising to about $27.3–27.4 million in 2025, a more than 1,400% increase from 2024, consistent with the claimed jump after Trump's return to office.[3][4]
Supports. Politico's Q3 2026 K Street rankings list Continental Strategy with quarterly revenue continuing to rise, consistent with a firm whose revenue grew sharply under the Trump administration.[2]
Context. Continental Strategy called the allegations linking it to Katie Wiles and special-interest favoritism "inaccurate and baseless," but the sources do not dispute its revenue figures.[1][5]
Context. The $30 million figure originates with Calley Means's podcast remarks, and a biggo.com summary notes that his revenue figures rest on his own account, though the official disclosure figures match them closely.[6]
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6 sources: 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Transcript: Calley Means on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 8, 2026cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 2Your Q3 K Street rankingspolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Trump 2.0 Shakes Up K Street Power Balance - The Washington Sunwashingtonsun.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4K Street’s Trump Boom - readsludge.comreadsludge.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5The Battle Over Glyphosate Inside Trump's White Housedtnpf.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Calley Means: Bayer's Glyphosate Win Shows How Lobbyists Captured Trump's Health Policyfinance.biggo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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