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If not, then you are even more of a lost cause than we all think.
Here are some recent examples that will become grist for the necessary investigation mill...
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AI Overview
Watchdog reports, congressional records, and government summaries highlight several prominent financial, defense, and policy deals from President Donald Trump's second term tied to self-dealing and conflicts of interest:
• Vulcan Elements Pentagon Loan: The Pentagon awarded over $600 million in loans to Vulcan Elements, a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr. and his venture capital firm 1789 Capital.
• Powerus Drone Interceptors: Powerus, backed by Trump's sons, secured deals to sell drone interceptors to Persian Gulf countries.
• World Liberty Financial & Crypto Investments: The Trump family's crypto ventures generated massive revenues, including a $75 million investment from crypto billionaire Justin Sun—whose SEC fraud investigation was subsequently suspended—and a pardon for Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao after Binance assisted Trump's crypto platform.
• Qatari Boeing 747-8 Jet: The administration accepted a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet from the government of Qatar, raising constitutional Emoluments Clause concerns.
• Direct File Cancellation and Intuit: The administration cancelled the IRS Direct File program following a $1 million inauguration donation from Intuit.
• Large Foreign Weapons Sales: Over $23 billion in weapons sales were approved for Gulf nations like the UAE, Kuwait, and Jordan, bypassing normal congressional review, amid reports of foreign investments in Trump family business ventures.
• Secret No-Bid White House Ballroom Project: The construction cost for a new White House ballroom ballooned from $3.3 million to $17 million via a secret no-bid contract utilizing public funds.
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