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David Frum: Trump Made BILLIONS in Office – The Most Corrupt Politician Ever?
The Atlantic's David Frum returns to discuss Donald Trump's second term one year in.
From making $1-4 billion through family enrichment and foreign deals (including Abu Dhabi investments tied to national security favors), to unprecedented corruption on a scale never seen in American history, Frum argues Trump has turned the presidency into a personal ATM — dwarfing petty scandals like Hunter Biden's.
We dive into why corruption is an underrated story, the collapse of checks and balances, Supreme Court impunity, tariff-driven price hikes, the Epstein fallout shattering Trump's myth for some…
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