Robert Reich - Don't call them "potential conflicts of interest." They're corruption.

[Nevilledog]

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dont-call-it-conflicts-of-interest

Friends,

Words matter. When the media points out Trump’s “potential conflicts of interest,” as it has in recent days when describing Trump’s growing crypto enterprise, it doesn’t come close to telling the public what’s really going on — unprecedented paybacks and self-dealing by the president of the United States, using his office to make billions.

The correct word is corruption.

Trump holds a private dinner at the White House for major speculators who purchase his new cryptocurrency, earning him and his allies $900,000 in trading fees in just under two days. One senator calls this “the most brazenly corrupt thing a president has ever done.”

He’s doing other things as brazen if not more brazenly corrupt.

He collects a cut of sales from a cryptocurrency marketed with his likeness.

He promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent a quarter of a billion backing him during the 2024 election.

He posts news-making announcements on Truth Social, the company in which he and his family own a significant stake. Truth Social thereby becomes the world’s semi-official means of knowing Trump’s thinking and policies.

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[erronis]

1. Can I bet that his "winnings" don't get reported anywhere?

Must be really nice for him to also be in charge of the IRS, DOJ, etc.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread Nevilledog