The UnPopulist

The UnPopulist

Home
Notes
U.S.
World
Podcast
Video
Book Reviews
Executive Watch
Liberalism & Religion
Fireproofing the Presidency
Archive
About

Personal Grift (Executive Watch)

Google Delivers $22 Million to Trump to Settle His Frivolous Lawsuit—Just Like Other Major Companies Afraid that He’ll Otherwise Use His…
The signature form of corruption for Donald Trump’s return to office has been big corporations settling frivolous lawsuits they could easily win in…
 • 
Robert Tracinski
The Trump Justice Department Shuts Down the FBI Case Investigating Border Czar Tom Homan for Accepting Cash Bribes
Surprising absolutely no one, Trump administration “border czar” Tom Homan was recorded last September on camera by undercover FBI agents accepting a…
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Trump's Spectacularly Corrupt Crypto-for-Chips Deal With the UAE Will Compromise National Security But Enrich Him
The second Trump administration will be remembered for some of the most spectacular official corruption in our nation’s history—and that’s saying…
 • 
Robert Tracinski
JD Vance Has Army Corps of Engineers Change the Flow of a River to Ensure He Has Ideal Kayaking Conditions for his 41st Birthday Celebration
Nothing captures the imperial quality of the Trump administration better than having the vast apparatus of a continent-spanning government harness to…
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Trump Sells a Pardon to a Rich Crook Who Paid a Million Bucks to Have Dinner With Him
In addition to pardons for fellow celebrity fraudsters whom Donald Trump regards as kindred spirits, he is now also flagrantly selling pardons to people…
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Trump Threatens ABC With an FCC Investigation for Reporting that He Solicited the Qatari Palace in the Sky as a Plane Bribe
How do we know Donald Trump is accepting a $400 million bribe from the royal family of Qatar?
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Trump Plans to Ditch the American-Made Air Force One and Accept a $400 Million Flying Palace from the Emir of Qatar as a Bribe
Donald Trump has been flagrantly selling his presidency, and the royal family of Qatar is outbidding everyone, offering him the open bribe of a $400…
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Trump’s Son Opens a Private Club for Businesses to Pay for Access to his Dad
The Trump family’s businesses are an obvious conduit for financial influence on the president.
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Businesses Pouring Billions Into Trump's Memecoin Venture to Buy Influence Is the Very Definition of Graft
A logistics company loudly announced its intention to buy $20 million of Donald Trump’s useless “memecoin” cryptocurrency, openly describing this as an…
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Selling His Crypto Meme Coin to Anonymous Donors in a Pay-to-Play Scheme
Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency “meme coin” serves as a way for favor-seekers to enrich him while remaining anonymous to the public.
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Treasury Official Ask IRS to Rethink Audits of the Pillow Guy and Trump's Other 'High Profile Friends'
It’s good to be a friend of the president.
 • 
Robert Tracinski
Crooked Crypto Exchange Invests in a Trump Venture In Exchange for Having a Federal Money-Laundering Investigation Dropped
I suppose we should stop being shocked by reports of massive conflicts of interest in the Trump administration.
 • 
Robert Tracinski
© 2025 The UnPopulist
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture