Wednesday, June 18, 2025

‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term | Trump administration | The Guardian

Trump and his team of billionaires have led the US on a dizzying journey into the moral twilight that has left public sector watchdogs struggling to keep up. Which is precisely the intention, said Kathleen Clark, a government ethics lawyer and law professor at Washington University in Saint Louis. 

 "They have mastered the technique of flooding the zone – doing so much so fast that they are overwhelming the ability of ethics groups and institutions to respond." 

…a "pay-for-play administration. That's the underlying theme. You pay Donald Trump money, he does favors for you. That's old-fashioned corruption." 

 … "People talk about 'guardrails' and 'norms' and 'conflict of interest', which is all very relevant," she said. "But this is theft and destruction. This is the looting of America…" 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/trump-conflict-of-interest 


 


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