In years past, we could have a debate over our country’s worst, most corrupt president. That time is GONE.
Anyone wanting to put money in the president’s pocket has a plethora of options. Give Trump a plane , buy his meme coin , spend billions on his stablecoin , invest in his media company , buy his merch — whatever your budget, from $19.99 to a few billion, you can show him you care, or need a favor from him. But this lawsuit, against the IRS, for $10 billion, beats them all. He wants every American taxpayer to open up their own wallets and give him a payoff. Not because he needs it, not because he deserves it, but because he can. Because he controls the government and everyone in it, and he is bound by neither principles nor shame. A few years ago, we could still have a debate about who the most corrupt president in American history is. Consider that debate closed. The New York Times put the total amount of Trump’s and his family’s profiteering in his first year in office at $1.4 billion; using a slightly different method, ...