The crush of news is unrelenting but don’t miss this:
‘As a candidate, Trump vowed to drain the swamp. But he did not merely fail to end favor-seeking; he reinvented it, turning his hotels and clubs into the new back rooms, where special interests reign.’ nytimes.com/interactive/20…
‘As a candidate, Trump vowed to drain the swamp. But he did not merely fail to end favor-seeking; he reinvented it, turning his hotels and clubs into the new back rooms, where special interests reign.’ nytimes.com/interactive/20…
‘Trump built a system of direct presidential influence-peddling unrivaled in modern American politics’
By 9 NYT reporters.
By 9 NYT reporters.
Under huge financial stress before his election, Trump’s businesses discovered a lucrative new revenue steam: people who wanted something from the president.
NYT found more than 220 individuals, groups and companies that had business before the Trump administration and patronized the president’s resorts and hotels. Nine in 10 were successful.
A portrait of government for sale under Trump.
Trump attended 34 fund-raisers at his properties, events that brought his hotels and resorts $3 million apart from the donations.
‘Sometimes he lined up his donors to ask what they needed from the government.’
It’s hard not to read this and conclude that for Trump, being president has been a shake-down opportunity for his family company.
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