Jon Stewart, Susan Glasser, and Eric Lipton dissect presidential profiteering, exposing legal loopholes, weakened ethical safeguards, and alarming institutionalized corruption.
Takeaways
•Eric Lipton details Trump family’s business entanglements, rampant conflicts of interest, and blurred lines between governance and private gain, noting the breach of historical norms and unprecedented scale.
•Susan Glasser connects current corruption to systemic erosion since Watergate, highlighting Citizens United, weakened laws, influx of undisclosed donations, and Congress’s declining oversight.
•Despite journalistic efforts, checks on executive corruption erode. Partisanship replaces accountability, as the public faces institutionalized enrichment and diminished democratic safeguards.
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