Trump Corruption

“Washington, D.C., has one of the Highest Rates of Crime in the World, more than many of the most violent Third World Countries. The City’s Homicide Rate is higher than places notorious for their violence, such as Mexico City, Bogota, Islamabad, and Addis Ababa — Almost ten times higher than Fallujah, Iraq. If D.C. were a State, it would have …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that he could avoid congressional approval to extend his 30-day federal takeover of Washington’s police, amid his efforts to wrest control of the capital’s law enforcement. Trump this week invoked the Home Rule Act, effectively handing the executive branch control over Washington’s police for up to 30 days. Beyond that, Trump would …

“I would say I was about 98% involved. No, they all went through me. They came over Ric [Grenell] and Sergio [Gor] and everybody. I turned down plenty. They were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters. Uh, no. We have great people. This is very different than it used to be. Very different. These are great people. And, …

Politico reports: The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new POLITICO analysis of public data and federal spending records. Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.8 billion by canceling contracts, but of the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings that POLITICO …

CBS News reports: President Trump is set to visit the Kennedy Center Wednesday where he’s expected to announce this year’s Kennedy Center honorees after working to overhaul the D.C. cultural institution in recent months. The Kennedy Center previewed the announcement Tuesday, writing in a post on X: “A country music icon, an Englishman, a New York City Rock band, a …

“Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin. Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil, ‘Putin has already won.’ What’s that all about? We are winning on EVERYTHING. The Fake News is working overtime (No tax on overtime!). If I got …

NPR reports: President Trump’s announcement on Truth Social that the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors recipients would be announced tomorrow caught Kennedy Center staff off guard, according to a person familiar with the situation who requested anonymity because they fear professional repercussions for speaking out. They told NPR the staff is often “out of the loop” and “worried they won’t …

The Daily Beast reports: An ex-DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” could end up receiving the highest civilian honor in the United States, placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa. Two weeks after 19-year-old Edward Coristine was viciously assaulted during a carjacking in Washington D.C., the White House says …

The Los Angeles Times reports: For two months, several Democratic members of Congress have been unable to enter a downtown L.A. processing center run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prompting widespread complaints and a federal lawsuit. On Monday, the Congress members got their first look at the basement facility known as B-18. But Reps. Brad Sherman, Judy Chu and …

“Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell must NOW lower the rate. Steve ‘Manouychin’ really gave me a ‘beauty’ when he pushed this loser. The damage he has done by always being Too Late is incalculable. Fortunately, the economy is sooo good that we’ve blown through Powell and the complacent Board. I am, though, considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed …

The Hill reports: UFC chief Dana White said the league is planning a cage fight, which will likely be broadcast on CBS, on the White House grounds. “That is going to happen,” White told a columnist for the Wall Street Journal when asked about the prospect of a UFC fight at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His comment came just hours after …

The New York Times reports: A key measure of underlying inflation rose in July as President Trump’s tariffs intensified price pressures across a wider range of consumer goods and services, although the overall increase was likely not significant enough to deter the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates at its next meeting in September. The Consumer Price Index stayed steady …

“GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS. They will be announced Wednesday. Tremendous work is being done, and money being spent, on bringing it back to the absolute TOP LEVEL of luxury, glamour, and entertainment. It had fallen on hard times, physically, BUT WILL SOON BE MAKING A MAJOR COMEBACK!!! President DJT.” – Trump, just …

The Daily Beast reports: Grok, Elon Musk’s troublemaking AI chatbot, has bestowed a new title on Donald Trump that might just deepen the rift between the president and his former “First Buddy.” The response came after an X user asked Grok whether violent crime in D.C. was in decline, with another user chiming in to inquire who, exactly, the “most …

Axios reports: Trump has long criticized D.C.’s management and sought more federal control of the city during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. He showed Monday that his desire to score political points in the Democrat-run city — and dramatically exaggerate its problems — is very much alive. White House insiders said Trump’s move also was prompted by his …

The New Republic reports: President Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C., was directly inspired by the homeless people he saw from his motorcade window on the way to his golf course. “We’re having a News Conference tomorrow in the White House. I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before. The Homeless have to move …

The Washington Post reports: Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) called President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the D.C. police department “unsettling and unprecedented,” her first public statement since Trump announced the move, along with a deployment of National Guard troops, earlier Monday. “I can’t say that given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised,” Bowser said. …

The Hill reports: Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee blasted President Trump for “dictator-level stuff” as he launched his crime crackdown and law enforcement takeover in Washington, D.C., on Monday. “Deploying the military on DC’s streets only creates fear and chaos,” members wrote in a post on the social platform X as Trump outlined the effort during …

The Daily Beast reports: A lengthy investigation from The New Yorker estimates Trump and his family will have enriched themselves by more than $3.4 billion by the end of his second term, much of it from deals, transactions, and investments that almost certainly wouldn’t have happened if he’d never been president. The haul includes lucrative commercial projects in the Persian …

“I’ve instructed them and told them whatever happens, you know — they love to spit in the face of the police as the police are standing up there in uniform. They’re standing and they’re screaming at them an inch away from their face, and then they start spitting in their face and I said, ‘You tell them you spit and …