The Trump era news cycles are jam packed with outrages, and this was either a particularly packed week.
There were so many stories related to Trump’s greed and corruption that you could almost see a pattern, with less obvious crimes lurking beneath each broad assault. Like an onion. Or Russian nesting dolls.
The revelation that in 2021, Capitol One closed nearly 400 Trump business accounts because they indicated possible money laundering.
For $100,000 a month, Truth Social now allows users early access to Trump’s posts (which often affect markets) - basically a subscription for insider trading
The Trump administration is running a corporate shakedown operation to fund his pet projects and award government contracts.
The reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial continued to be in the news this week, after DOJ dropped four vandalism cases and admitted that the damage to the lining was a result of a botched installation. But Trump’s whirlwind of construction around DC continues - and it is costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
That Qatari plane that was supposed to go into Trump’s presidential library when he’s gone? Maybe not. In fact, he may be planning to leave office with TWO Air Force One planes.
The Trump family’s financial relationships with the crypto industry - and Trump’s policy decisions - continue to reap them windfall profits. The chumps in investing in their coins - not so much.
Don Jr. and Eric have also become very good at investing in companies that do business with the US government. Democrats in Congress are urging an investigation.
This is more than enough to gab about for a couple of hours. But we also wanted to touch upon the Todd Blanche nomination, and Tuesday’s primary in Michigan. And that was a LOT - especially regarding Abdul El-Sayed’s victory. Aliza and I were mostly in agreement on rising anti-semitism on the left and why that is a threat to the Democratic Party’s strong support among Jewish voters.
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