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Personal Grift (Executive Watch)

Trump-Appointed Regulators Have Cleared His Crypto Business to Become a Bank Allowing Him to Further Line His Pockets
In the latest episode of Trump’s endless self-dealing, his crypto-friendly regulators have provided conditional approval for World Liberty Financial—the…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Sells Wall Street a $100k-Per-Month Head Start on His Truth Social Posts Despite Senators’ Insider-Trading Warning
Trump Media’s paid data feed, which charges trading firms up to $100,000 a month for millisecond-early access to the president’s Truth Social posts…
 • Executive Watch
Trump’s Qatari-Gifted Jet Just Flew Its First Mission as Air Force One
Back in 2025, Donald Trump created controversy by accepting a gifted jet—a “gift” that may have cost American taxpayers up to a billion dollars to…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Personally Made Over a Billion Dollars on Crypto Last Year, All While Promoting and Deregulating It
Both as candidate and as president, Donald Trump has clearly identified crypto bros as potentially powerful sources of both political quid pro quo and…
 • Executive Watch
Trump’s White House Ballroom Vanity Project Was Built on a Secret $500 Million No-Bid Contract
Trump has insisted, repeatedly and publicly, that his East Wing ballroom project wouldn’t cost taxpayers a single cent.
 • Executive Watch
Two Weeks Before ICE Sought a $220 Million Taser Contract, Trump Bought Around $5 Million in Taser Stock
On Feb.
 • Executive Watch
Instead of Draining the Swamp, Trump Turned the Reflecting Pool Into One
Trump’s attempt to remodel the Reflecting Pool—cleaning it and painting the bottom blue—has instead turned into a massive mess.
 • Executive Watch
Senior White House Adviser and Trump Pal Peter Navarro Pressured the Pentagon Into a $620 Million Contract With a Firm Linked to Donald…
In yet another instance of self-dealing corruption by this administration, the Pentagon has issued a $620 million loan to Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Settles His Own Lawsuit Against His Own IRS by Creating a $1.776 Billion Slush Fund for Political Allies and Blanket Immunity for…
Earlier this year, Donald Trump sued the IRS and Treasury Department over the actions of a former IRS contractor, who illegally disclosed Trump’s tax…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Routinely Buys Stock in Companies Days Before His Administration Approves Lucrative Decisions for Them
Donald Trump purchased stock in Nvidia and AMD just days before his own administration approved lucrative chip deals that sent both companies…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Seeks New 'Investments' in His Crypto Memecoin Fund by Selling Access to Himself Even as Previous 'Investors' Lose Money
Nearly a year ago, Donald Trump held one of the most flagrantly corrupt events of his administration—and that’s saying something.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Sues His Own IRS for $10 Billion for Leaking His Tax Returns That He Should Have Himself Disclosed
Donald Trump has filed multiple personal lawsuits against the U.S.
 • Executive Watch
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