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Good article detailing the corruption of the Trump Administration (so far)


http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/trump-and-co-are-stealing-america-blind-timeline.html

"501 Days in Swampland" in New York magazine details all the massive occurrences of self-enrichment by Trump and members of his administration as they use their new-found powers to pick the pockets of America to increase their fortunes. Here is an excerpt from the introduction:

"More than at any time in history, the president of the United States is actively using the power and prestige of his office to line his own pockets: landing loans for his businesses, steering wealthy buyers to his condos, securing cheap foreign labor for his resorts, preserving federal subsidies for his housing projects, easing regulations on his golf courses, licensing his name to overseas projects, even peddling coffee mugs and shot glasses bearing the presidential seal. For Trump, whose business revolves around the marketability of his name, there has proved to be no public policy too big, and no private opportunity too crass, to exploit for personal profit.
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What follows is 501 days of official corruption, from small-time graft and brazen influence peddling to full-blown raids on the federal Treasury. Given how little Trump has disclosed about his finances, this timeline of self-dealing is undoubtedly only a fraction of the corruption that will eventually come to light. But as even this initial glimpse makes clear, Trump isn’t draining the swamp — he’s monetizing it."

What is particularly jaw-dropping about reading all these myriad examples of greed is when you remind yourself that these have all transpired in only a year-and-a-half of Trump's time in office. Just imagine what's yet to come...

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