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Donald Trump is taking advantage of his presidency to promote his and his family’s businesses, disregarding conflicts of interest or ethical considerations

The president chose as his first international travel destination (with the exception of Pope Francis’s funeral) three Middle Eastern countries where his family has just closed lucrative business deals: Saudi Arabia Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. He is willing to put our nation’s security at risk, take unconstitutional bribes, just so he can fly himself and his Mar-a-Lago golf buddies around the world in gold plated luxury planes gifted to him by foreign governments,” Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy denounced this week. The social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, reached an agreement to compensate the Republican with approximately $10 million for the closure of his account on what was then Twitter following the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, despite the lawsuit having been initially dismissed by a lower court.

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