What’s happening right now isn’t complicated. It’s corruption. Big, bold, out-in-the-open corruption.
The president and his family have leveraged his office to the tune of nearly $4 billion. We’re talking about a $400 million jet from Qatar. About $243 million in profits are tied to crypto deals involving the United Arab Emirates. Tens of millions more from real estate deals in Saudi Arabia.
And who’s investing? Large corporations. Foreign nationals. Even state actors. All are hoping to curry favor with the administration.
And don’t even get me started on the pardons!
No other president in our history has sought to profit from his office like this before. That Trump does it so shamelessly is the point. And it’s consistent with the audacious corruption of his entire presidency.
You know who else exhibits this kind of behavior? Authoritarians.
Meanwhile, the president has raised hundreds of millions more from wealthy donors and corporations for things like a ballroom, a presidential library, and — yes — a triumphal arch. (Nothing says “public servant” like a triumphal arch.)
And according to reporting, tens of millions intended for that library are… unaccounted for. Gone. Poof.
That’s why it’s so important that we win the midterms and take the House and Senate. So Democrats can hold real hearings, demand answers, and enforce the Constitution (especially that pesky little thing called the emoluments clause).
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P.S. What are Republicans doing about this? Nothing. Unless you count some of the bills they’re pushing in the House like…minting a $250 bill with Trump’s face on it, or directing the NIH to conduct research on “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Not a joke!
