Trump’s Brazen Corruption and Profiteering Reveal Reality of ‘U.S. Democracy'

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's financial disclosures and the implications for U.S. democracy.

New financial disclosure documents reveal the extent of Trump’s profiteering through the office of the presidency. Trump made over $2 billion his first year back in office, including more than $1 billion from his promotion of a Trump cryptocurrency alone. Professor Richard Wolff and producer Nicole Roussell discuss. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com . Join the The Socialist Program community at http://www.patreon.com/thesocialistprogram to get exclusive content and help keep this show on the air.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Becker

Guest: Richard Wolff

Topics covered

• Trump's corruption
• U.S. democracy
• financial disclosure
• political profiteering
• cryptocurrency

Keywords

• Trump
• corruption
• profiteering
• financial disclosure
• cryptocurrency
• politics
• Democracy at Work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democracy at Work

Products: Trump cryptocurrency

Places: U.S.

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