Stopping Trump’s Slush Fund, plus the Transformations of Bill Gates / Start Making Sense
About this episode
The episode discusses Trump's unprecedented corruption and Bill Gates' controversial transformations over the years.
Trump’s Billion Dollar Ballroom is a familiar kind of corruption, but his slush fund to pay the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name is an unprecedented attack on democracy. Rob Weissman of Public Citizen explains, and also talks about the immense, and immnsely unpopular, proposed Arc d’Trump. Also: Bill Gates was once the country’s youngest billionaire and the first billionaire to come from tech. Then he became the most hated man in America; then the biggest philanthropist, and the world’s most admired man. Then we learned of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Ben Tarnoff explains how all happened. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
People in this episode
Host: The Nation Magazine
Guest: Rob Weissman
Topics covered
- Trump
- corruption
- Bill Gates
- philanthropy
- democracy
- insurrection
Keywords
- Trump
- slush fund
- Bill Gates
- philanthropy
- democracy
- insurrection
- corruption
- Jeffrey Epstein
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Public Citizen, Arc d’Trump
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