On the recordApril 4, 2025
Mr. President, the Trump administration is corrupt. It is easily the single most corrupt and lawless administration in American history. And it would be exceedingly difficult to debate that simple proposition because notwithstanding all of the whataboutism we occasionally hear, there is really no denying it. The self-dealing by unelected billionaires like Elon Musk; the Presidential meme coins; the quid pro quos; the dismissal of corruption cases in exchange for help on the President's policy agenda; the dismissal of national security personnel, not on the basis of national security but on the word of rightwing cranks; the deportation of someone to a maximum security prison in another country on the basis of a clerical error; the mass illegal firings; the reckless use of commercial apps for classified information; the scorning of court orders; the phony math to hide the deficit-exploding impact of tax cuts for billionaires; the attacks on Social Security, calling it a Ponzi scheme, when people making those attacks are the conmen who want to raid the hard-earned retirement funds belonging to our Nation's seniors and veterans. The swamp is full. It is overflowing. And Donald Trump is standing right in the middle of it up to his ears in the filth. And it is plainly obvious to anyone who is watching that the President simply doesn't care about anyone but himself--not you, not your families, certainly not the American people. He is in it for himself.…





