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US POLITICS ... DEMOCRATS SENATOR ADAM SCHIFF (D) Schiff Takes To Senate Floor to Lay Out Trump's 10 Most Corrupt Acts So Far Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=000yxkGXSVM Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
Schiff Takes To Senate Floor to Lay Out Trump's 10 Most Corrupt Acts So Far Sen. Adam Schiff May 14, 2025 345K subscribers ...2,211,577 views ... 60K likes Join the conversation: → https://www.schiff.senate.gov → / senadamschiff → / senadamschiff → / senadamschiff Transcript 0:01 MR. SCHIFF: TODAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ART OF THE DEAL, BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN BUSY MAKING DEALS, NOT HIS PROMISED TRADE DEALS. THOSE ARE HEAVY ON PROMISES, BUT VERY LIGHT ON ACTUAL DEALS. NOT ANY DEALS IN CONGRESS TO LOWER COSTS FOR THE AMERICAN PE PEOPLE THAT COULD MAKE IT EASIER TO AFFORD A HOME OR TO BUY GROCERIES. IN FACT, WITH FEWER CARGO SHIPS ARRIVING IN OUR PORTS, AND OUR CLOSEST ALLIES AND NEIGHBORS BOYCOTTING AMERICAN GOODS, THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE NOTHING BUT MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE DIFFICULT. MEDICAID IS UNDER ATTACK. SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICES ARE CLOSING BY THE DOZENS. FOOD ASSISTANCE, RENTSAL ASSISTANCE, ENERGY ASSISTANCE, ALL ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. THERE IS NO END TO THE DESTRUCTION. THE FIRST 114 DAYS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN ONE BAD DEAL AFTER ANOTHER FOR AMERICAN 1:02 FAMILIES. BUT IF YOUR LAST NAME IS TRUMP? THESE 114 DAYS HAVE BEEN JUST ABOUT THE GREATEST DEAL OF ALL TIME. NEW AIRPLANES FROM YOUR FRIENDS IN THE GULF. NEW HOTEL DEALS. NEW GOLF COURSES. NEW MEME COUNCILS. NEW TOWERS -- NEW MEME COINS, NEW TOWERS. YOU NAME IT, DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY ARE CASHING IN. SO TODAY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OF THOSE DEALS FOR THE TRUMP FAMILY, HOW HE'S LINING HIS OWN POCKETS AND FLEECING THE REST OF US IN THE PROCESS. HOW HIS FAMILY IS GETTING EVEN RICHER, WHILE THE REST OF US ARE TREATED LIKE SUCKERS. TODAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TEN BEST DEALS FOR DONALD TRUMP AND THE WORST DEALS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HOW THE GRAFT IS ON FULL 2:02 DISPLAY, AND HOW YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ARE BEING LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO FIND SOME OF THE MOST FLAGRANT EXAMPLES. SO ENTERING IN AT NUMBER TEN OF THE TOP TEN DEALS FOR DONALD TRUMP AND THE WORST DEALS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE ONLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE SOUTH LAWN. WE ALL SAW THIS HAPPEN ON THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS. DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK TURNING THE PLACE INTO A TESLA SHOW ROOM. BUT WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED IS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN. JUST BEFORE TRUMP TURNED THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS INTO A USED CAR LOT, TESLA STOCK HAD BEEN IN AN HISTORIC AND DISASTROUS SLUMP. WITH THEIR MARKET VALUE CUT IN HALF SINCE DECEMBER, MUSK NEEDED 3:01 A JOLT TO HIS AILING COMPANY, AND HE GOT IT. WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED WHETHER HIS SYMBOLIC PURCHASE OF A TESLA AT THE WHITE HOUSE MIGHT HELP THE COMPANY'S STOCK, TRUMP SAID, I HOPE IT DOES. BUT THAT WASN'T ALL. BECAUSE THE BEST PART OF THE DEAL FOR DONALD TRUMP TOOK PLACE AFTER THE TESLAS HAD BEEN DRIVEN AWAY AND THE CAMERAS HAD BEEN PACKED UP. BECAUSE NOT LONG AFTER THE SPECIAL LIVE STREAM ON X, OR TWITTER, HAD ENDED, SOMETHING EVEN MORE IMPORTANT HAPPENED. WITH TESLA SHARES ON THE REBOUND, ELON MUSK PROMISED TO PUMP $100 MILLION INTO DONALD TRUMP'S POLITICAL OPERATION. THAT'S RIGHT, DONALD TRUMP RECEIVED ONE OF THE LARGEST POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, ALL FOR THE PRICE OF ONE MEASLY TESLA MODEL 4:02 S AND THE USE OF THE WHITE HOUSE AS A SALES ROOM. A DAMN GOOD DEAL FOR DONALD TRUMP, IF YOU ASK ME. FOR YOU, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER, NOTHING AT ALL. ZERO, ZILCH, ZADEH. ALL YOU GOT -- ZERO, ZILCH, NADA. FOR NUMBER NINE, WE ZOOM TO MAR-A-LAGO WHERE YOU CAN GENERALLY FIND THE PRESIDENT GOLFING ON YOUR DIME AND LINING HIS POCKETS IN THE PROCESS. WE SAW THIS DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, BUT AT THAT TIME HE WAS STILL FINISHING THE FRONT NINE. DURING HIS FIRST TERM, DONALD TRUMP MADE AN ASTOUNDING 473 TRIPS TO HIS OWN GOLF COURSES WHILE IN OFFICE. BUT THIS TERM, HE SEEMS DETERMINED TO GO FOR THE CLUB RECORD. IN JUST HIS FIRST 100 DAYS DONALD TRUMP SPEND OVER A 5:01 QUARTER OF THOSE DAYS WHILE IN OFFICE, A QUARTER OF THOSE DAYS WHILE IN OFFICE, GOLFING. WOULDN'T YOU LIKE A JOB LIKE THAT? WHERE YOU GET TO PLAY GOLF EVERY FOUR DAYS? PRETTY SWEET. THROUGH MARKET COLLAPSES, DONALD TRUMP IS OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE. THROUGH NATIONAL CRISES, DONALD TRUMP WAS OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE. ENJOYING THE GOLDEN AGE IN HIS GOLDEN GOLF CARS, PLAYING THE BACK NINE WHILE YOU STRUGGLE TO PAY YOUR RENT OR MORTGAGE. WHICH IS BAD IN AND OF ITSELF, THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS SPENDING SO MUCH TIME WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY CHALLENGES FACES AMERICAN FAMILIES, OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WORST OF IT, BECAUSE GUESS WHO IS PAYING FOR ALL THAT GOLF -- YOU ARE! YOU ARE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE TAXPAYER. THAT'S RIGHT, ALL THOSE DRIVES AND CHIP SHOTS, ALL THOSE SLICES 6:01 AND THOSE HOOKS, ALL THE MISSED PUTTS, YOU'RE PAYING FOR EVERY HOLE. THIS TERM, REPORTS SUGGEST HE'S SPENT WELL OVER $30 MILLION IN TAXPAYER FUNDS ON THESE GOLFING TRIMS. THAT'S YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE USE OF THESE TAXPAYER FUNDS THAT'S A TRAVESTY, IT'SHAT THESE TAXPAYER DOLLARS GO TO BENEFIT HIM DIRECTLY, HIS GOLF COURSES, HIS HOTELS CHARGE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR THE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS AND OTHER WHITE HOUSE STAFF TO PLAY GOLF WITH HIM OR TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON HIS ROUNDS, TO RENT GOLF CARTS AND HAVE MEALS. YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO HIS HOMES DIRECTLY. 7:00 AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND WEALTHY ENOUGH, MAR-A-LAGO MEMBERSHIPS WILL COST YOU A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE, WHERE YOU ARE HOBNOB WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SEE IF YOU TOO CAN GET ANY SPECIAL DEALS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT DON'T SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY AT THE TRUMP GOLF COURSES BECAUSE THERE IS A MOVIE YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO WATCH. COMING IN AT NUMBER EIGHT OF THE TOP TEN DEALS OF THE TRUMP FAMILY IS ME LANA'S -- MELANIA'S NEW DOCUMENTARY. IT IS A, QUOTE, UNPRECEDENTED BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT FIRST LAID M MELAINA TRUMP. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. AMAZON IS GIVING $40 MILLION IN 8:01 CASH TO HIS FAMILY, THE TRUMP FAMILY, TO LICENSE THIS DOCUMENTARY, DIRECT CASH INTO THE POCKETS OF THE TRUMP FAMILY. BUT APPARENTLY THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE. MELANIA'S AGENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO SELL SPENCERSHIPS FOR THE FILM STARTING AT $10 MILLION TO PROMINENT CEO'S AND BILLIONAIRES AT THE INAUGURATION. IN RETURN, BUYERS WOULD GET THANKED AT THE END OF THE CREDITS AND BE INVITED TO THE PREMIERE. THEY ARE PITCHING A SHOW ABOUT DON JR.'S TIME OUTSIDE, A HUNTING SHOW. WHO WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE IT. IT MIGHT BE LIKE SEEING DICK CHENEY GO HUNTING AGAIN. IF YOU AREN'T INTO GULF OR TV SHOWS OR BUYING TESLAS AT THE 9:03 WHITE HOUSE, NUMBER SEVEN, WE HAVE THE TRUMP FAMILY'S NEW PRIVATE CLUB. AS PART OF THEIR CRUSADE TO REFILL THE SWAMP, THE TRUMP FAMILY IS OPENING A PRIVATE CLUB RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IT WILL BE CALLED THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. I WISH I WAS KIDDING. MUCH LIKE THE TRUMP HOTEL IN THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION, IT WILL SERVE AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR TRUMP WORLD AND A WAY TO DIRECTLY PAY HOMAGE TO HIM IN THE WAY OF CAVIAR AND CHECKS TO HIM AND HIS KIDS. FOR A COOL $500,000 MEMBERSHIP FEE, YOU CAN SCHMOOZE WITH PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH CLUB IS AN 10:00 INVITE-ONLY CLUB FOR INSIDERS, INVESTORS AND BILLIONAIRES TO DIRECTLY LINE THE POCKETS OF THE FIRST FAMILY, SENDING A MESSAGE CLEAR AS DAY TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES IF YOU WANT TO BE WITH TRUMP, YOU'VE GOT TO PAY THE COVER CHARGE. AND NOW ENTERING IN AT NUMBER SIX OF THE TOP TEN DEALS OF DONALD TRUMP, OF HIS PRESIDENCY, A BRAND-NEW TRUMP HOTEL IN DUBAI. RIGHT NOW LITERALLY AT THIS MOMENT, DONALD TRUMP IS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SCENE, STANDING IN A GOLD-PLATED RESUME, AND JUST BEYOND THE LINE OF SIGHT IN THE DISTANCE IS THE SKYLINE OF DUBAI THAT WILL LIKELY GET A NEW FEATURE, THE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL TOWER 11:00 DUBAI, AN 80-FLOOR BEHEM OTSDZ -- BEHEMOTH, IT WILL APARTMENTS THAT START AT $2 MILLION AND PENTHOUSES THAT WILL START AT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. EVEN BETTER, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE TRUMP NEW CLUB HERE IN D.C., THERE WILL BE AN EXCLUSIVE MEMBERS ONLY CLUB IN DUBAI, SAID TO REDEFINE THE MEANING OF EXCLUSIVE LUXURY, ALL BENEFITING, THAT'S RIGHT, DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY. NOW THEIR VENTURES IN THE MIDDLE EAST DON'T START OR STOP IN DUBAI. NUMBER FIVE OF THE BEST DEALS OF THE TRUMP FAMILY OF HIS PRESIDENCY, THEY'RE CASHING IN THIS TIME IN QATAR. COMING SOON TO DOHA, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GOLF COURSE. THIS IS AN 18-HOLE COURSE, A 12:01 CLUBHOUSE, HIGH-END VILLAS WITH BEACH ACCESS. A $5.5 BILLION DEAL, BILLION WITH A B, SET TO NET THE TRUMP FAMILY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. A DEAL THAT'S REPORTEDLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH QATARI D.R., A COMPANY OWNED BY IN THIS CASE THE QATARI GOVERNMENT ITSELF. NOW, I'M SURE QATAR'S MULTIBILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN THE PERSONAL FINANCES OF THE TRUMP FAMILY IS ENTIRELY COINCIDENTAL. I AM SURE IT IS NOT INTENDED TO INFLUENCE U.S. POLICY TOWARDS THE COUNTRY WHICH ALSO HOSTS AL-JAZEERA IN ANY WAY. I KNOW IT'S EASY IN ALL THE TRUMP CORRUPTION AND SCHEMES TO MISS THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, BUT LET'S NOT FAIL TO APPRECIATE JUST HOW UNPRECEDENTED THIS IS, JUST HOW CORRUPT AND DANGEROUS 13:00 THIS IS. THE PRESIDENT'S NAMESAKE COMPANY IS DIRECTLY IN BUSINESS WITH A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND THE MONEY IS GOING INTO HIS POCKET -- NOT THE TREASURY, NOT YOUR POCKET AS THE TAXPAYER, IT'S GOING INTO DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY'S POCKET, HIS. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY GULF NATION IN BUSINESS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY. NOT BY A LONG STRETCH. THERE IS AS SAUDI ARABIA. BECAUSE ENTERING IN AT NUMBER FOUR IS THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED TRUMP TOWER IN JETTA AND THEIR TWO BRAND-NEW PROJECTS IN RIYADH. THESE WILL NET THE TRUMP FAMILY MILLIONS AS WELL, AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE TRUMP FAMILY HAS CASHED IN WITH THE SAUDIS. MONTHS AFTER TRUMP LEFT THE OFFICE THE FIRST TIME JARED 14:03 KUSHNER FIRM RECEIVED A $2 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM NONE OTHER THAN THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE, IT WAS SO SHADY -- THEY WERE OVERRULED BY HIGHER UPS IN THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY AND THE MONEY WEPT STRAIGHT INTO THE TRUMP FAMILY'S ENTERPRISE, $2 BILLION. IT IS NOT JUST DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY CASHING IN AT YOUR EXPENSE. THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN IS USING HIS ROLE TOO AS A SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE TO CASH IN AS WELL. BECAUSE EVEN WHEN YOU'RE THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN, AS ELON MUSK IS, ENOUGH IS NEVER ENOUGH. ENTERING IN AT NUMBER THREE ARE ELON MUSK'S SHADY STARLINK DEALS. 15:00 ELON MUSK WHEN HE'S NOT TWEETING OR FIRING ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS IS STURNING STAR -- IS IT TURNING STARLINK INTO A GLOBAL POWER. HOW? BY USING HIS PROXIMITY TO TRUMP TO HAVE A RAFT OF DEALS TO OTHER NATIONS TO PURCHASE STARLINK SATELLITE. REMEMBER LOSETTO, DONALD TRUMP SLAPPED TARIFFS ON THE COUNTRY, IN HOPES OF A TRADE DEAL, THEY CAME TO THE TABLE AND THAT MEANT COMING TO ELON MUSK'S TABLE. I WANT TO READ FROM A LEAKED INTERNAL STATE DEPARTMENT MEMO. QUOTE,INGAS THE GOVERNMENT OF LASOTHO NEGOTIATES A TRADE DEAL WITH THE UNITED STATES, IT HOPES THAT LICENSING STARLINK DEMONSTRATES GOOD WILL AND THE INTENT TO WELCOME U.S. BUSINESS. AS THE GOVERNMENT OF LASOTHO, IT 16:05 HOPES THAT LICENSING STARLINK REPRESENTS GOODWILL AND AN ATTEMPT TO WELCOME U.S. BUSINESSES. THIS IS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S OWN CABLE IN BLACK AND WHITE. IT'S JUST PLAY TO PAY TO GET OUT FROM UNDER THE TARIFFS THAT TRUMP IMPOSED ON LASOTHO, THEY WILL BUY ELON MUSK SATELLITE SYSTEM. PAY OFF THE TRUMP REGIME, YOU WILL GET A DEAL. ELON MUSK MET WITH MIRENDO BOTO. THE MEETING WAS PRIVATE BUT THE RESULTS WERE PUBLIC. SHORTLY AFTER THE MEETING, INDIA ANNOUNCED TWO STARLINK DISTRIBUTION DEALS, MILLIONS INTO MUSK'S POCKETS NEGOTIATED STEPS AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 17:01 SINCE THEN -- SINCE THE IMPOSITION OF THESE TARIFFS, SINCE THE NEED OF OTHER COUNTRIES TO COME IN AND NEGOTIATE TARIFFS AWAY WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, ELON MUSK HAS REACHED DEALS WITH SOMALIA, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, BANGLADESH, PAKISTAN AND VIETNAM. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT SO FAR. BUT I PROMISE YOU THIS WILL NOT BE THE END OF IT. IT'S AMONG THE MOST OBVIOUS, EGREGIOUS AND DANGEROUS ACTS OF CORRUPTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY. WANT OUT FROM UNDER A TARIFF, MAKE A DEAL WITH ELON MUSK AND STARLINK AND THEY'RE BARELY TRYING TO HIDE IT. WHICH BRINGS US TO NUMBER TWO OF THE TOMORROW TEN DEALS FOR DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT, AND IN THE TOP TEN DAYS, THE TOP TEN WAYS THAT THE AMERICAN ARE ENDING UP HOLDING THE BAG. BECAUSE QATAR ISN'T JUST 18:00 INVESTING IN A NEW TRUMP TOWER AT HOME. THE QATARI GOVERNMENT IS ALSO GIFTING THE PRESIDENT A NEWS AIR FORCE ONE. AN AIRCRAFT SO OPULENT THAT THEY'RE CALLING IT A SKY PALACE, A PALACE IN THE SKY. A $400 MILLION GIFT FOR DONALD TRUMP THAT TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO PAY TO DEBUG. YOU CAN IMAGINE ALL THE NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF GETTING AN AIRPLANE WITH ALL OF ITS ELECTRONICS AND ALL OF THE VENUES THAT COULD BE HID EN, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO DEBUG. IT WILL NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF AN AIR FORCE ONE. IT WILL COST TAXPAYERS A FORTUNE. AND THEIR PLAN, THE QATARI PLAN IS TO GIVE THE PLANE TO THE 19:01 PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY BEFORE DONALD TRUMP'S TERM ENDS. THAT WAY THE PRESIDENT CAN KEEP USING IT AS HE PLEASES. THAT WAY DONALD TRUMP, IN ADDITION TO HIS OWN PRIVATE PLANE, IN ADDITION TO AIR FORCE ONE, WHICH HE IS VERY UPSET WITH BECAUSE IT'S A FEW DECADES-OLD AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE AMENITIES THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS COME TO EXPECT, HE GETS TO KEEP THIS PALACE IN THE SKY. WHILE AMERICAN AIRPORTS ARE IN CRISIS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, SHORTAGES, MASS BLACKOUTS AND DELAYS, SURGING PRICES FOR YOU THE PASSENGER, THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS FOCUSED ON. NOT BRINGING DOWN AIR FAIR FOR YOU, NOT DEALING WITH THE LUGGAGE FEES AND THE HIDDEN COSTS WHEN YOU BUY TICKETS, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CARES ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT HE CARES ABOUT, HE 20:00 CARES ABOUT GETTING A $400 MILLION GIFT FROM QATARI, WHICH HE CALLS A NICE GESTURE. GIVING A NEW TERM TO NICE GESTURE. I THINK OF NICE GESTURE AS SOMEONE PICKING UP THE TAB AT CHIPOLTE, BUT FOR DONALD TRUMP IT IS A $400 MILLION PALACE IN THE SKY THAT HE GETS COULD KEEP -- GETS TO KEEP OR MAKE USE OF WHEN HE IS NO LONGER PRESIDENT. NO MATTER THAT IT SURPASSES EMOLUMENTS, BUT THE FACT IS THE QATARIS ARE NOT STUPID. THEY'RE GOING TO WANT SOMETHING FOR THAT $400 MILLION PLANE. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE $400 MILLION PLANE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE 21:01 QATARIS ARE GOING TO WANT IS 21:04 FAVORABLE U.S. POLICIES TOWARDS QATAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY DIDN'T WANT SOMETHING FOR THAT PLANE, MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU OR SOMEBODY ELSE NOT NAMED TRUMP. THIS IS, IN FACT, WHY WE HAVE A CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT PROHIBITS GIFTS LIKE THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ACTING ON OUR BEHALF, ON OUR COUNTRY'S BEHALF, ON OUR NATIONAL SECURITY BEHALF, NOT SOME FOREIGN INTEREST THAT GAVE THEM A $400 MILLION GIFT. IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE TRUMP WON'T RETURN THE FAVOR WHEN THE TIME COMES, WHEN THE QATARIS WANT SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN OUR NATIONAL INTEREST, IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE TRUL WON'T RETURN THE FAVOR WHEN THAT TIME COMES, AND I'VE GOT A 747 PALACE IN THE SKY THAT I'D LIKE TO SELL YOU. 22:01 BUT THAT'S NOT THE MOST CORRUPT. COMING IN AT NUMBER ONE OF THE TOP TEN BEST DEALS FOR DONALD TRUMP AND THE WORST DEALS IS TRUMP'S CRYPTO SCHEME. YOU HEARD ABOUT THE MEME COIN. THIS IS THE LOGO OF THE MEME COIN. THE PRESIDENT'S MOST BRAZEN CASHING IN, HAS ALREADY MADE HIS FAMILY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BETWEEN ITS SOARING VALUES AND THE TRADING FEES. THIS MEME COIN HAS GONE UP AND DOWN IN VALUE, BUT THE THING IS, EVERY TIME IS GETS TRADED, EVERY TIME IT'S BOUGHT OR SOLD, THIS GUY GETS CUT. HE GETS THE FEES, ESTIMATED ALREADY AT THE VALUE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT'S LIKE POSTING HIS VENMO ACCOUNT ONLINE, INVITING PERSONAL MONETARY TRIBUTES FROM FOREIGN POWERS, FOREIGN INVESTORS OR ANYONE ELSE WHO IS WILLING TO PAY UP. 23:00 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE PRIVATE DINNER THAT THEY'RE OFFERING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MEME COIN. THE TOP 220 MEME COIN OWNERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE IMPORTANT INVESTORS INVITED TO A PRIVATE DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BUSINESSES ARE BUYING AND JOCKEYING TO BE ONE OF THE FAVORED FEW WHO ALSO GET A PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH HIM IF THEY'RE WILLING TO BUY MILLIONS OF MEME COINS, NOT TO MENTION A PERSONAL TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT BEYOND THE MEME COINS AND THE DINNER PARTIES, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE ALSO BREWING BEHIND THE SCENES. AS I SPEAK, ERIC TRUMP AND DON JR. ARE GETTING INTO THE ACTION, JETTING AROUND THE WORLD BUILDING THEIR OWN FINANCIAL EMPIRE IN THE CRYPTOBUSINESS SPACE. IN DEW BYE -- DUBOIS THEY ANNOUNCED THE JOINT VENTURE FIRM BACKED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ABU DHABI THAT WOULD INVEST $2 BILLION USING TRUMP DIGITAL 24:00 CURRENCY. NOW, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO KEEP ALL THESE BILLIONS APART. YOU'VE GOT THE $2 BILLION INVESTMENT IN JARED KUSHNER BY THE SAUDIS. YOU'VE GOT $5.5 BILLION INVESTMENT BY OTHER GULF NATIONS IN TRUMP PROPERTIES. YOU'VE GOT $2 BILLION HERE, $5.5 BILLION. ANOTHER $2 BILLION HERE AND PRETTY SOON YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SERIOUS MONEY FOR THE TRUMP FAMILY. THIS DEAL ALONE WILL GENERATE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE AND FEES FOR THE TRUMP FAMILY. SO THAT'S THE ART OF THE DEAL WITH THIS PRESIDENT. TRUMP GETS RICH. YOU GET SCREWED. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT'S OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WHO LOOKS, BUT IT IS -- IT BEARS REPEATING. HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT MAKING YOUR LIFE BETTER. HE DOES NOT CARE THE PRICES ARE SOARING. OR THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP SEEMS 25:02 IMPOSSIBLE. HE DOESN'T CARE IF YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN RENT OR GROCERIES, LET ALONE WHETHER YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT FAMILY ON A VACATION THAT YOU DREAMED OF. HE DOESN'T CARE IF THE HEALTH CARE YOU ARE HE LIE ON GETS CUT OR YOUR LOCAL SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE CLOSES DOWN. HE DOESN'T CARE. IF IT HELPS PAY FOR HIS BILLIONAIRE TAX CUTS, IT'S ALL THE SAME TO HIM. HE DOES NOT CARE. TRUMP CARES ABOUT ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY. THE SAME THING HE CARED ABOUT WHEN HE WROTE THIS BOOK. AND THE SAME THING HE'S FOCUSED ON EVERY DAY OF THIS PRESIDENCY. DEALS TO MAKE HIMSELF RICHER, TO MAKE HIS FAMILY RICHER, TO MAKE HIS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS RICHER, AND MY COLLEAGUES, HE IS SUCCEEDING. HE IS SUCCEEDING BEYOND HIS 26:03 WILDEST IMAGINATION. 26:05 HE WILL LIKELY MAKE MORE MONEY IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THAN HE DID IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE UP TO THAT POINT. IN FACT, HE PROBABLY ALREADY HAS. WITH NEW GOLD PLATED SKYSCRAPERS AROUND THE WORLD AND A SUITE OF NEW GOLF COURSES TO MATCH, A FANCY IF YOU PLANE, A SPEEDY NEW TESLA WITH THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, A CRYPTOEMPIRE AND PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD THAT WILL KEEP THE GRAVY TRAIN GOING FOR GENERATIONS. AND NO MATTER WHAT WRECKAGE HE LEAVES BEHIND HERE, HE KNOWS THAT HE CAN HEAD OFF TO ONE OF THOSE GOLD-PLATED SKYSCRAPERS, LOOK DOWN ON THE REST OF US AND CHUCKLE AT HIS GOOD FORTUNE. THE ART OF THE DEAL INDEED. FOR DONALD TRUMP, NOT FOR YOU. I YIELD BACK.

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