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AlterNet 6/11/2025 at 12:18 PM EDT

'Unbridled looting': How the Trump family is raking in billions -- while no one is watching

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National Memo editor Joe Conason says President Donald Trump glommed 'approximately $1.6 billion' in revenue and income during his first four years. Six months into his second, he and his family are grabbing 'billions already''and by the time he's done, he may make off with tens of billions.' In his New Republic piece, Conason ticks down a long list of Trump's despot-style self-enrichment schemes, proving again 'an old truism that applies to authoritarian regimes throughout history.' Sure, they curtail civil liberties, target alleged 'enemies of the state' and repress disfavored groups. But, 'most of all, they enrich themselves and their families.'

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