FACT SHEET: The Price of Corruption: How Trump’s Pay-to-Play Administration is Driving Up Costs for Working Families
Donald Trump campaigned as a populist who would lower costs and fight for working people. Instead, he has spent his second term running the federal government like his family business. More than a year into his administration, the only people who have gotten a better deal are his family, his friends, and his donors. From health care to travel to energy, Trump’s corrupt wheelings and dealings have drained money from American families. The pattern is clear: tariff rates that move after gold bars change hands, enforcement actions dropped after seven-figure donations, a pardon handed to a health care fraudster right after his mother wrote a check at Mar-a-Lago.