Since Donald Trump became the 47th president on January 20th, the White House has sold to the highest bidder. And like most metropolitan real estate these days, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. has an astronomical price tag.
You may have seen a few weeks ago report that Trump’s net worth increased by a whopping $2.9 billion in 2025. It’s a shocking number, but it doesn’t capture the full scope of the worst presidential corruption in US history.
The only thing more spectacular than the magnitude of Trump’s corruption scandal is the relative silence it created.
The $400 million jumbo jet from Qatar is hoping to take it home in 2029 as presidential library property after Trump’s short stint like the Air Force.
For a corrupt and contented Trump, it doesn’t include what appears to be a change under his sofa cushion, like the $28 million Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos pays Melania Trump for a documentary that no one sees.
It doesn’t include the new “trade” that keeps coming, like the scheme where Trump’s media goes into encryption.
The only thing more spectacular than the magnitude of Trump’s corruption scandal is the relative silence it created. I don’t want to reduce Richard Nixon’s 1970s Watergate scandal. The 37th President greatly abused the power of his office through illegal intrusions and thefts, politicizing politics from the CIA to the IRS. But he feels that his willingness to cash out the power of the Trump family’s presidential office is at least ten times worse than Watergate, perhaps even more.
The Trump administration reportedly contacted Qatar first about getting a jet that the president could use as an air force. It is a direct contradiction to Trump’s public claim that Qatar provided the jet as a gift to him.
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– Crew (@citizensforethics.org) May 21, 2025, 5:12pm
Still, there is no chance of a hearing in Magazine Zombie Congress with Trumpet, let alone bullet each. Big chunks of cow elite media are not focused on scandals as they are sucked into themselves. Strong institutions at Watergate have been declining significantly, and it is in the air whether the Trump administration will even comply with judicial rulings.
Trump’s corruption is so widespread that it’s not open, but often it’s tied to complex financial products, the average voter doesn’t realize that our weakened systems are as overwhelming as the Pacific tsunami. But there’s no need to do this.
Branding is everything in America in the 2020s. So let’s help voters by giving Trump’s scandal a simple, easy to remember name. I’ll go with encryption. If people have better ideas, I’m accepting suggestions, but get this with bumper stickers.
Next: Knowledge is power. The goal of this work is to put all Trump’s financial corruption (all of cryptographic) in one rather compact guide.
This is an AZ (OK, AW) guide to encryption.
Air Force 1: The President’s obsession with luxury travel has made Qatar’s oil dictator happy to find a trading partner. The 13-year-old 747’s $400 million “gift” is not fully confirmed, but can saddle $1 billion taxpayers meeting Air Force 1 specifications, and then, in 2029, the former president can ride a gorgeous free ride.
Dinner with Trump: Several major news organizations have reported that top business leaders are being recruited, and in some cases agree to pay $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. This is money deposited in a political action committee called Maga Inc. Trump is forbidden to run in the third term, so where will this money go? It is reportedly led to the Trump Library project, which could be a big slash fund (see next section).
Donald J. Trump Presidential Library: I don’t know when or where (probably Florida?) when this proposed building will be built. However, the nonprofit, just founded by Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump’s husband Michael Boulos, has emerged as Trump’s main cash conduit. A $37 million legal settlement has been promised from two giant companies ($22 million) and two giant companies from Disney/ABC News ($15 million). There are many more, such as the proposed Megadeal with Paramount (CBS News) as they seek federal approval for the merger. Did you say there are 747 jets in the library?
Executive Branch: Certainly, it feels like the whole executive branch is on sale, but this refers to a gallery of new Georgetown members-only social clubs announced recently by Donald Trump Jr., as well as his illicit business partners, including Alex and Zach Witkov, the sons of the President’s Middle Eastern son and the sons of Ukrainian Envoy (more on this later). The membership fee is a whopping $500,000, but Junior Trump claims he already has a waiting list.
First Fund: Don’t forget last month, Trump’s first fund announced a record $237 million operation from anyone who of the big US companies. It is believed that little has been spent on the modest inauguration ceremony in January, so where did this money go? stay tuned.
»Read more: The stunning glyft of Trump’s first fund | bundle newsletter
Justin Sang: This 34-year-old Chinese-born Wharton graduated (of course) – yes – the man who paid $6.2 million for a banana – the crypto billionaire is intertwined with several crypto ventures below, but he deserves his own entry for the bravery of his scheme. Last fall, Sun purchased approximately $75 million in tokens from Trump Family Crypto Startup and World Liberty Financial. And he wasn’t finished. This year, Sun purchased $20 million in Trump meme coin, $Trump. This won him a front row seat, even the President’s private Virginia dinner for coin investors, a White House tour, and even the Trump watch, but those were not important perks. Trump’s appointee to the Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended fraud and market operation lawsuits filed in 2023 against the Sun during the Biden administration.
Melania Trump: There was too little focus on how the rarely seen first lady was cashed out on her husband’s return to the White House. After Amazon’s Bezos and post-election dinner at Mar-a-Lago (who is desperately trying to make a favor with Potus 47), the online retail giant announced that it is purchasing rights to all the unexpected Melania documentaries in a deal that will hand over $28 million in cash. Over the inauguration weekend, she launched a $Melania meme coin even dramatically than her husband $Trump, soaring and crashing. Fortune reported last month that an unknown insider bought it before its release and was cashed at peak, winning around $99.6 million.
Pardon: Like many of the tentacles of Nixon’s Watergate, on January 6, 2021, Trump’s taste of around 230 friends and political allies, including rebels, is another overlapping scandal, as the possibility of financial glyft is so great. This month, Trump forgives Paul Waltzak, a tax cheating just announced, and frees him from paying $4 million to the government after his mother spent $1 million to attend a Maga Inc. political fundraiser with the president. Trump’s willingness to wield his pardon pen suggests there may be more to come.
$ Trump: Launching Trump Meme Coin – A token that has no inherent value other than the seller’s brand. In this case, the power and fame of the US president is perhaps the most eccentric corrupt play of the president, just three days before he took office. Trump has increased its value with a variety of tricks, like the recent Virginia Golf Club Dinner, which gives direct access to the president for the biggest $Trump buyers. These include the Sun (above) and the Mexican trucking logistics giant, who announced that he was buying $20 million worth of money to lobby the president at tariffs.
Trump is either directly profiting or can benefit in two ways. Journalist Fake estimated he earned about $300 million in trading fees. Additionally, Trump owns 80% of the coin, and is estimated to be $10 billion in value at present, but only on paper. If Trump tries to sell it all in difficult cash at once, then $Trump would be almost nothing worth it. But he could potentially win hundreds of millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars, by selling over time.
Trump Organization Real Estate Transactions: The Trump family’s real estate development OG business has slowed down in recent years, until the founder of Trump’s organization won a second term as president. Currently, as many as 20 international transactions are underway. Here are some more troublesome things. The partnership for the development of the Trump brand in Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with a company linked to the Saudi Arabian government, was supported by Trump on his first overseas visit. A luxurious $500 million skyscraper in the Serbian capital of Belgrade has been controversial on land donated by right-wing governments seeking to win favors for us. After the president attempted to impose high tariffs on Asian countries, he is currently seeking a $1.5 billion golf resort during construction in Vietnam, seeking US trade contracts. The $200 million Trump Tower in Damascus’ Syrian capital announced around the same time Trump lifted sanctions there.
Trump Media: Remember the Trump-to-Trump release from a company that owns a true social website? Trump’s interest in public companies is worth around $2.7 billion despite losing $400 million on low traffic sites last year and little hope for little profitability. Like Trump’s Crypto Ventures, its value appears to depend heavily on the fame of its founder as president. Perhaps you won’t be shocked to learn that Trump’s media is also moving forward with encryption. There are plans to sell bonds that buy $2.5 billion in Bitcoin this week.
World Liberty Financial: This is Trump Family Planning Linchpin, which is to join the world’s wealthiest people. Launched during the 2024 home stretch campaign, Trump himself called out the financial future of a new cryptocurrency venture. In addition to Trump and his son, WLF partners include former marijuana sellers Chase Hero, Waitroscolon Cleanser, Zachary Folkman, Zachary Folkman, who ran the hot girls on the site, and Zach Witkoff, whose father becomes Trump’s Middle Eastern envoy.
That initial coin offering was a good way of investing in Sun, bringing healthy benefits to Trump and his partners, but there are big days ahead. The oil-rich Abu Dhabi government-backed fund, part of the UAE, is using $2 billion in WLF “Stablecoins” to invest in the huge Binance of problematic crypto. In other words, a Trump-bound company can earn hundreds of millions of people by investing large cash. As president, it is important to note that Trump has a wide range of powers to regulate (or not) codes, and has the power to sign or veto, like the pending Genius Act. It is undoubtedly the most blatant conflict in White House history.
Of course, there’s more to it, like the money Trump hotels and resorts get from Secret Services, Saudi-backed golf tournaments, foreign enhancers, but the bottomless nature of his corruption is the point.
There’s no need to support this.
Call members of the council and demand a hearing that appears to have been exposed to Watergate. The U.S. Department of Justice does nothing, so urge state prosecutors in New York and elsewhere to look at the president’s partner. Starting on June 14th with the “No Kings” protest, we’ll take it to the streets.
If we live in a world that tolerate this level of corruption, we need to build a new world.
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