Trump was 'extremely disciplined in grifting' and trying to use the presidency to make money, expert

[Eugene]

Source: Business Insider

Trump was 'extremely disciplined in grifting' and trying to use the presidency to make money, expert on fascism says

Erin Snodgrass and Charles R. Davis 4 hours ago

Donald Trump pursued a unique goal as former president of the United States; an objective that required extreme discipline and dedication from the unlikely leader, according to an expert on authoritarianism.

"Trump's aims as president were totally different from any other president, Republican or Democrat," Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian at New York University and expert on fascism, told Insider. "His aims were autocratic in that he wanted to turn public office into a vessel of making money for himself; to have private profit off of public office."

With the January 6 public hearings prompting renewed scrutiny over Trump's final days in office, Ben-Ghiat spoke to Insider's Charles R. Davis about the insurrection, its ongoing aftermath, and the divisive former president at the center of it all.

In the congressional committee's second televised hearing earlier this week, lawmakers focused on Trump's massive fundraising efforts following the 2020 presidential election, in which his campaign sent millions of emails to supporters claiming "the left wing mob" was threatening the integrity of the election and encouraging potential donors to "step up" and "fight back."

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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-used-presidency-to-try-and-make-money-fascism-expert-2022-6

Alternate no-paywall link: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-extremely-disciplined-grifting-trying-010746130.html

[musette_sf]

1. File under

No Shit, Sherlock

[Scruffy1]

6. You beat me to it. n/t.

[doc03]

2. It took an expert to figure that out? I am not an expert on anything and I figured that

out before he even became pResident.

[dalton99a]

3. Trump is an unindicted lifelong criminal

[tanyev]

4. And the same people who pitch a fit over a modest amount of taxes--especially considering

the services they receive in return--will happily send Donald Trump hundreds, even thousands, of dollars that only benefit Trump and his family.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. And it is time that the IRS and others went after this fraudster and nailed his a&& for

tax fraud, the biggest one would be undeclared income I bet (and close behind is millions and millions of dollars of deductions (non-existent deductions). Makes me sick that he's gotten away w/ it for so long.