Trump has set new record for grift

Trump has set new record for grift

It has been widely reported that among Donald Trump’s family business ventures since he was reelected president in 2024 was a $500 million investment by the United Arab Emirates in the family’s crypto business (“Politics 101: Recognizing nonpartisan opportunities,” Feb. 10). Trump is no ordinary grifter. He does corruption on a scale that has previously never been known in U.S. politics. But that’s not all. The UAE got something out of their gen…

Brian Litwin: The grifting is the point (guest opinion)

In a world gone by, Republicans were outraged that Hunter Biden used his father’s name to enrich himself, which he did. I remember hoots and hollers about how this set up a system of pay for play, which it did, and all the fake outrage that followed. Republicans were angry, mad as hell even, and they weren’t going to take it anymore. Republicans had a point, but as usual, missed the forest for the trees. Republicans never cared about politicians…