the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Jun 9, 2025
Many U.S. presidents have used that office to enrich themselves and their families. But Donald J. Trump has taken it to a whole new level.
In less than 5 months, Trump has used the power of the presidency to enable his family to collect 320 million dollars in fees from its new cryptocurrency. The Trump family and its business partners have brokered real estate deals worth billions of dollars.
Trump is opening an exclusive club in Washington called the Executive Branch (get it?); a club which will charge people a half million dollars to join. Trump hosted an exclusive dinner at his club in Virginia for 220 investors in his cryptocurrency. The invitees had to pay to a Trump business in order to have a few minutes to whisper in Trump’s ear.
Then, of course, there is the luxury jet that the government of Qatar is giving Trump for his use while he is president. Experts have valued the plane as being worth more than 200 million dollars, which is more than the value of all the foreign gifts given to all previous presidents combined.
Trump has always tried to portray himself as a great businessman, even though he started his real estate career with the benefit of 450 million dollars given to him by his father. And even with advantage of that “startup” money, Trump filed for bankruptcy six times.
But now Trump has found the way to really hit it big. Put the power of the U.S. government behind your business deals.