*****. “The point is you can’t be too greedy.” [ Donald John Trump ]
This post is excerpts from: “Trump’s Corrosive Culture Of Corruption” [New York Times editorial; 6/8/25] READ the entire article – more evidence ITEMIZED on the NORMALIZATION of corruption by Trump and people around him.”
***** “The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.” [ David Hume ]
1] “..and shortly after the Trump administration took office in January, the Securities and Exchange Commission paused its lawsuit against him on charges of cryptocurrency fraud.”
“The message seemed obvious enough: People who make Mr. Trump richer regularly receive favorable treatment from the government he runs.
“The cryptocurrency is perhaps the starkest example of the culture of corruption in his second term. He and his relatives directly benefit from the sale of their cryptocurrency by receiving a cut of the investment.”
2]. “Only a few years ago, Mr. Trump was deeply skeptical of cryptocurrency, calling it “potentially a disaster waiting to happen” and comparing it to the “drug trade and other illegal activity.” Since he and his family have become major players in the market, however, his concerns have evidently disappeared. He shut down a Justice Department team that investigated illegal uses of cryptocurrency. He pardoned crypto executives who pleaded guilty to crimes, and his administration dropped federal investigations of crypto companies. He nullified an Internal Revenue Service rule that went after crypto users who didn’t pay their taxes
***** “Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.”
[ Justice Lous Brandeis]
3} “The self-enrichment of the second Trump administrration is different from old-fashioned corruption>>>>>Nonetheless, he is presiding over a culture of corruption. He and his family have created several ways for people to enrich them – and government policy then changes the ways that benefit those who have helped the Trumps profit.. Often Mr. Trump does not even try to hide the situation. As the historian Matthew Dallek recently put it, “Trump is the most brazenly corrupt national politician in modern times, and his openness about it is sui generis.” He is proud of his avarice, wearing it as a sign of success and savvy
***** “The corruption that hides in plain sight is the real threat to our democracy.” [ Zephyr Teachout ]
4]. “This culture is part of Mr. Trump’s larger efforts to weaken American democracy and turn the federal government into an extension of himself. He has pushed the interests of the American people to the side, in favor of his personal interests…By using the power of the people for personal gain, he degrades that power for any other purpose. He stains the reputation of the United States, which has long stood out as a place where confidence in the rule of law fosters confidence in the economy and financial markets. This country was not previously known as an executive kleptocracy.” [Note: for perspective, read Casey Michel’s. “American Kleptocracy” – 2021 – Trump is in it!]
Note: Our next post will provide ITEMIZATION compiled by the New York Times in this 6/8/25 editorial of the scope of Trump’s NORMALIZATION of corruption. Donald J. Trump, the people around him, the POWER BEHIND HIM are a CANCER on America. YOUR democracy is deliberately being destroyed by multiple ways by the Trump administration. Much was written up in “Project 2025,” the far right blueprint to create a plutocratic theocracy. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” now in congress is 1,000 pages of more far right destruction and immorality – not the least is making Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for the rich permanent – which means services for people like YOU MUST be cut to pay for it.
Abraham once said that if America was to be destroyed it would have to come from within. YOU are now witnessing this destruction from within – by “..the most brazenly corrupt national politician in modern times…”
*****!!!!!*****. What are YOU going to do about it????? What are you going to say when your children ask?
With Justice For All 