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ReptileMantoday at 12:10 PM3 repliesview on HN

Trump admin is a godsend. He just does what everyone before him did, just openly. Which is better in a way - before him the upper classes in the west were quite adept at hiding corruption.

The presidential libraries, the foundations, the speaking fees, the books, the revolving door between companies and regulators - was it any different in essence?


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encomiasttoday at 12:20 PM

You must see the difference between making money from books/speaking fees and using the full power of the US government to create policy that directly benefits your investments (possibly at the detriment to your competitor).

fuzzygrouptoday at 12:12 PM

No. While there has always been corruption, this is a different order of magnitude.

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