Al Franken - David Kirkpatrick on Trump's Immense and Shameless Profiteering

[Rhiannon12866]

One of Donald Trump's most successful initiatives in his second term has been making himself and his family richer than ever. We're joined by The New Yorker’s David Kirkpatrick, who earlier this year wrote a piece outlining all the ways the legendary grifters have cashed in during Trump’s presidency.

The Trump family has long been associated with shameless cash grabs, but we have reached new levels of corruption by using his office for their money-making schemes: international real estate deals, Trump-branded merchandise, and cryptocurrency.

David lays out the long list of ethical implications involved and calculates the staggering amount of money Donald Trump and his family have made off of his presidency. - 11/30/2025.


READ David's piece “The Number” in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number

[rampartd]

1. plenty of big numbers this morning

but i don't think there will ever be an accounting for the money repurposed by this gang.

audio podcast may not be the best layout for his kind of spread sheet.

[KS Toronado]

2. Wish Al Franken would run for President

So the Oval Office took Der orange Fuhrer from billions in the red to billions in the black.
And that isn't even enough money for him, he wants more.