‘Unprecedented Kleptocracy’: Sanders Slams Trump Family’s Presidential Profiteering; “The Trump family has made $4 billion off the presidency,” the senator said.
Source: FancyNewMe
‘Unprecedented Kleptocracy’: Sanders Slams Trump Family’s Presidential Profiteering; “The Trump family has made $4 billion off the presidency,” the senator said.
Source: FancyNewMe
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The mob.
Hilarious he always talks about the Biden crime family.. lol. Always their accusations are admissions of guilt.
Trump is trying to make our country like how Hungary was under Viktor Orbán. He’s *somewhat* succeeded; he’s making lots of money through corruption. But, Viktor Orbán *lost* to a landslide of voters who were *tired* of his evil. And so too will Trump and his regime lose the Congress in the midterms. So *vote*, and we can reclaim our democracy.
**In Brief:**
* Amid renewed scrutiny of self-dealing by President Donald Trump and his relatives ahead of this weekend’s Mar-a-Lago gala for top investors in the $TRUMP meme coin—whose value has plummeted more than 90% from its high—Sen. Bernie Sanders took aim at the First Family’s corruption.
* **“The Trump family has made $4 billion off the presidency,”** Sanders (I-Vt.) said on X following reporting by New Yorker staff writer David Kirkpatrick and others detailing how Trump and relatives have profited from his position during his second term.
* **Sanders listed sources of Trump family presidential profiteering**, including more than $3 billion from cryptocurrencies like $TRUMP and $MELANIA—the latter whose value has plunged by over 99%—Persian Gulf deals worth over $425 million, $150 million in the form of a luxury jumbo jet gifted by Qatar, and various business ventures and deals the senator slammed as part of an “unprecedented kleptocracy.”
* In addition to the two meme coins, many of those crypto gains are linked to ventures including American Bitcoin and World Liberty Financial—which has raised eyebrows for being co-founded by Trump’s sons, with disclosures showing 75% of its token sales going to a Trump-linked entity.
* **Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee have published their own running tally showing nearly $2.5 billion in “Trump family digital grift profits”**—including more than $634 million from foreign sources—and $6 billion in “Trump family digital grift wealth.”
And that’s because the Republican Party took a “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” stance.
The most corrupt president ever could not exist without the most corrupt Congress ever.
“I’m sure he’s learned his lesson”. Remember that?
If we were to add in the rest of the GOP, how much would that be?
He’s about to steal another $14 billion off of you too. Idk how any sane country could allow that sort of conflict of interest to exist, its madness.
When this administration is gone, there had better be a change in the laws regarding what a president can and can’t do… with the repercussions being swift, decisive and punishing. The grift while the people languish is a travesty.
Enough is enough
4 billion dollars isn’t money. It’s power. Power that will never be taken away. The only way to bring us back to sanity is to stripe all power from the billionaires.
no president will ever match trumps level of thievery and corruption.
“but he doesn’t take a salary!”
i- i just can’t imagine the mental gymnastics the remaining unalienated supporters do here (yes i know part of that is them being unwilling to believe they were conned or fooled)
He’s probably got $8b in debt though
Only 4 billion that you know about…
Trump is the Commander-in-Thief.
It was always just kind of understood that a president would not use the office to enrich themselves it was just considered something a gentlemen wouldn’t do.
Trump is no gentlemen though. The world has changed and not for the better.
Let’s hope that those who claim to be part of the MAGA movement will finally open their eyes.
This man doesn’t work for the American people, he plays the banker in a casino and sets the rules for himself and those close to him.
Needs retirement money!
And they had the gall to pretend that somehow “Sleepy Biden” with a heart of gold for his family was running some crime family and making money off the presidency.
Yeah Bern, that number is low. The whole family has likely garnered in 10’s of Billions at this point.
Get’em Bernie!