The Endless Conflicts of Interest in the Trump Administration

I intended to focus on the column this week on Donald Trump’s biggest scam today – and I will get there. But, as I write this, the president was on a manic tear of social truth, reporting that the Ukrainian president of Loladimir Zelensky is “this”dictator, without elections“” Modestly successful comedian “and the person who needs to act quickly or” he will not have a country. A terrible job, ”Trump broke out.

Trump’s comments combined with a speech by JD Vance Vice President at the Munich Security Conference last week must undoubtedly establish the American “negotiations” in Saudi Arabia, and the proposed Putin tramp that will follow, installed, installed Scene for betrayal on a truly global scale.

Not since 1938 in Munich in Munich Neville Cemberlen to meet Hitler and produce Czechoslovakia (former ally of England), the superpower behaved so dishonly to the state that he pledged to support the aggression of a strong neighbor.

Foreign policy, of course, always requires discussions; And this is a legitimate argument as to whether NATO expansion to Russia’s borders is a reasonable or humorous purpose. It is also a legitimate argument regarding how much America should be involved in this struggle. But what Trump does, go far beyond this. He, quite literally, rewrites the story by stating it Ukraine “started” war With Russia and Echo, the Putin line that Ukraine is an aggressor and Russia victim.

Why did he do it? Perhaps because the Russians hung up a huge profit for Trump and its inner circle. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mark Rubio talked about huge economic opportunities This will follow the normalization of the relationship – and made this normalization, even no conclusion for the war. At the same time Fund of the sovereign wealth of Russia Large US companies are expected to return in the coming months, after three years, when US sanctions have reduced economic contact between Russia and the West to a minimum. The Russians told Trump at a meeting in Saudi Arabia that the American business lost further More than $ 300 billion in investment From the beginning of the war.

The American public may not realize what is happening, but I guarantee you what the Ukrainians are doing, and I guarantee you that European allies of America, like our friends elsewhere in the world. This means the end of the global system after the world of the war and the processing of America as a malicious, dangerous and deep conditionally -channel force, at least the same likely to sell its allies how to protect them. In the short term, Americans could not notice their diminished global position; In the long run, when the allies run away or expel how new alliances are formed and as new economic partnerships are born, they will certainly be.

And why? For short -term solid, insurmountable lure of gold cottages and the likelihood that Russian and American oligarchs can combine their strength and gain even more resources, and even more profit from the agitation aimed at war, Ukraine, and from all other Eastern European country, who now tremble in the shadows of Putin’s armies.

Which seems as good as any to this week in the spotlight: endless, almost pathological, rigid, or continuous revenues of this Gangster government.

Trump is a master in spinning -dollar air. Witness: A few days before the inauguration, he launched a $ Trump cry. Sweater report that the cost of these coins instantly soared, and Trump’s share soon cost an amazing $ 58 billion.

There are many problems in this. Three, in particular, stand out. The first as Dutch tulip mania In the 17th century, or in any other irrational economic hobby, there are no real assets that support the coins. In one minute they cost a whole state; The next, as in the end of the hobby of the tulip, they just faded the flowers. Trump has definitely earned a long time ago leaving the poor Shmos, which acquired what looks strange as a pink scheme that holds a whole pile of insignificant investments.

Secondly, Trump has created an almost perfect arena to influence: any large business that wants his ear or wants a favorable treatment for the administration, knows that buying $ Trump will add its value, indirectly enriching Trump. As far as it is more effective than the vultures in Trump 1.0 if just foreign companies and governments paid inflated rates To stay at and organize conferences at Trump Hotel.

Here all this hides in mind, but, like any scheme of money laundering, it comes with sufficient plausibility to allow the president and his family to demand from an ignorance of efforts to influence them.

Third, Trump was kept up to the crypto -industry, like several other leaders around the world, reaping huge rewards. In the election cycle of 2024, Half of all corporate donations He came from the crypto-industry, and most of these dollars go to the gaps such as Trump. As soon as he entered the post, Trump repaid grace by signing Executive order The direction of the United States to enhance the cryptocurrency industry and potentially increase cryptocurrency – because it gives a huge incentive for the industry, including the moneta, which it now controls.

In normal times, this would be an unwavering conflict of interest. Trump 2.0, with a quiet congress and fired caretakers, ethics of ombudsmen and general -inspectors, and together with Elon Mus, using his alignment with the president to raise his own business, he rose barely asylum the opposition.

Every day another scandal with ethics unfolds – and every day it is lost in white noise.

Take Trump’s order to the Ministry of Justice so that no longer obey the law on corrupt foreign practices The white house memoWhat mostly encouraged the American business of interest to solve bribes. It is a White House that run in conflicts of interest. Consider the recent visit of the Prime Minister of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the DC to meet with Trump where Musk organized a side meeting. When Trump was asked if Musk Modi was found as a government official or businessman, he replied not to know, but then added: “I suppose (Musk) wants to run a business in India“

This week, The New York Times reported that Trump mixes Its political and business interests Having arranged the profitable golf -tour engaged in the Saudis who can gain financial benefits through the many golf sites that he owns.

Also this week Trump has signed The executive order is essentially giving itself Direct power over adjusting organs such as SEC, FDIC, FCC and FEC. It is a lot of acronyms, but mostly, if it withstands legal problems that will almost certainly run against it, it is a huge, dictatorial force to usurp the regulatory powers of the Law Trade Trade Agency on broadcasting licenses issued on television and radio stations, before, before, How elections are held.

In one month, Trump and Musk so tracked the constitutional system of management in America that when it comes to the federal government, there is virtually nothing left of checks and balances that should enter into a lawless leader. They are co -authored by direct Fiat, bypassing legislative, regulatory and public comments to make big changes to the major governing and administrative systems for their own personal financial benefits. They weakened to the lack of ethical fences designed to prevent mixing of political and business interests. And they stated that American policy is all over: from the crystance to Ukraine.

Heavy and dishonest don’t even start describing this Globe’s destruction administration.

Sasha Obramsky

Sasha Obramsky NationWestern correspondent. He is the author of several books, including American way of poverty. House twenty thousand books. Not surprising: Fairytale Loty Dodd, the world’s first sports superforeand most recently Chaos is calling: The Battle of the extremely right absorption of America in America.

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