But every president since Kennedy has put his wealth in a blind trust or at least unloaded all stock holdings (Nixon had some real estate investments). Trump is just completely outrageous, violating both the foreign and domestic emolument clauses of the Constitution, and openly soliciting bribes.
He wasn't too successful at enriching himself in the first term--he's just not a good businessman--but in this one he's had help and made billions, especially with crypto schemes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He's the first truly American president - and the most pious. When money is your actual God, when you worship money, a lot of what you or I might call 'corruption' or 'white collar crime" or "bribery" is actually covered by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
fair enough
BUT…IOKIYAR
republicans are not sending their best