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BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 01:49 AM Jun 2020

Donald Trump's Corruption Is Killing Americans:

"The government’s coronavirus response is just another example of quid pro quo"

DAVID CORN JULY/AUGUST 2020 ISSUE
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/06/trump-coronavirus-corruption/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=naytev&utm_medium=social

For all the corruption he has enabled, enacted, and exercised—that we know of—there likely remains more to be rooted out. After all, as Trump sees it, the government does not exist to defend the people from killer viruses or foreign attempts to subvert American democracy. It exists to protect and serve him. (The use of federal security forces to violently clear away peaceful protesters so Trump can hold a meaningless photo-op was a clear example of Trump-uber-alles statism.) That is the core corruption of his presidency. It is manifested in minor acts of sleaze (buy Ivanka’s stuff!), major acts of policy (let’s kill regulations for industries that donate to us), and monumental decisions with immediate life-or-death consequences for thousands of Americans (don’t warn of a pandemic because that could screw up my reelection). Graft, grift, and greed have been—and always will be—a problem in government. But with Trump, corruption kills.

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