Graft the Likes of Which the World Has Never Seen Before (Half the Answer #108, with Zach Everson)
Donald Trump made more than two billion dollars in the first year of his second term.
Half the Answer
Graft the Likes of Which the World Has Never Seen Before (Half the Answer #108, with Zach Everson)
Donald Trump made more than two billion dollars in the first year of his second term.
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Donald Trump made more than two billion dollars in the first year of his second term. Much of it was from cryptocurrency, which he used to refer to as "based on thin air" until he started selling it. Zach Everson from Public Citizen explains how Trump ramped up his corruption and grifting after getting away with smaller stuff in his first term.
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https://www.citizen.org/about/person/zach-everson/
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