The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart The For-Profit Presidency
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May 15, 2025 
Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker and co-author of "The Divider," joins investigative reporter Eric Lipton from The New York Times to unpack the depths of presidential profiteering. They discuss Trump’s entangled business dealings, the erosion of ethical standards within U.S. governance, and the implications of the emoluments clause. Their insights extend to the intersection of politics and cryptocurrencies, raising serious concerns about conflicts of interest and the future of democracy.
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Collapse of Post-Watergate Safeguards
- Post-Watergate reforms intended to curb abuses are collapsing, benefiting Trump’s corruption playbook.
- Campaign finance limits shattered by Citizens United and Trump’s takeover of GOP fundraising.
Corruption Supersized by Trump
- Trump supersizes corruption with personal enrichment on an unprecedented scale.
- This dwarfs typical insider trading or frozen cash scandals by sheer magnitude and impact.
Foreign Deals Undermine Democracy
- Trump’s family conducts new foreign deals with governments while influencing U.S. foreign policy.
- This mingling of business and governance deeply undermines legitimacy and invites corruption.
