Imagine how things would be going if Trump had not been reelected. Our economy would be booming. Inflation, gas prices, grocery prices, and mortgage rates would be down. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, nearly 12 million Americans could lose health care coverage by 2034. We would not have sacrificed the lives of 15 American soldiers, thousands of Iranians (including 165 schoolgirls), and $35 billion in a war on Iran. We would not be betraying allies and handing our world leadership over to Communist China. We might even know what’s in the Epstein Files.
Meanwhile, while average Americans are suffering, Trump and his family are raking in billions.
Trump has set up a pay-to-play grift where the rich elite donate to his cryptocurrency scams to secure cabinet positions, ambassadorships, or pardons. Here’s one example: Changpeng Zhao, founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, pled guilty to failing to prevent money laundering – allowing illicit proceeds supporting Islamic terrorism, child pornography, and narcotics trafficking to flow through his platform. An Emirati firm then made a $2 billion investment in Binance using a stablecoin issued by the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial. Subsequently, Trump pardoned Zhao.
Speak out against this administration’s rampant corruption. In November, vote out Trump’s enablers – almost all Republican members of Congress – who are allowing him to funnel your tax dollars to his family, his billionaire friends, and into his own bottomless pockets. Register and vote for those who will pass strict laws preventing this type of corruption.
Philip S. Riffe
Hesperus