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Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
www.newyorker.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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They're going to pretend that this was all "The Art of the Deal" and not a tail-between-the-legs last-minute reversal after it was clear that Trump single-handedly set the global economy on fire.
But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
April 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
They're going to pretend that this was all "The Art of the Deal" and not a tail-between-the-legs last-minute reversal after it was clear that Trump single-handedly set the global economy on fire.
But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
But we all know what was being said just yesterday.
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Listen to the start of this. The grovelling sycophant meeting Trump:
“You got the markets seeing your brilliance”.
This is the most catastrophically dangerous thing happening right now.
“You got the markets seeing your brilliance”.
This is the most catastrophically dangerous thing happening right now.
Trump on the markets: "Up 2500 points. Nobody has ever heard of it. Gotta be a record."
April 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Listen to the start of this. The grovelling sycophant meeting Trump:
“You got the markets seeing your brilliance”.
This is the most catastrophically dangerous thing happening right now.
“You got the markets seeing your brilliance”.
This is the most catastrophically dangerous thing happening right now.
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I wonder why Lesotho would think that making a deal with Starlink might ease tariffs…
In a series of meetings after the "Liberation Day" announcement, Lesotho officials assured the US that Starlink would be approved by April 15h, and expressed their openness to potentially receiving third-party deportees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a small African nation scrambled to appease Trump on tariffs
A State Department memo offers a revealing look at how Lesotho appealed to the Trump administration to stave off the worst.
www.motherjones.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I wonder why Lesotho would think that making a deal with Starlink might ease tariffs…