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Jamie Raskin: “Obviously, Donald Trump thought from the very beginning that being President meant that he could convert the government…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2022
Obviously, Donald Trump thought from the very beginning that being President meant that he could convert the government into a money-making operation, an instrument for his self-enrichment and enrichment of his friends and his cronies.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin criticizes Trump's view of the presidency as a means for personal gain and the implications of that philosophy.

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