Es hat noch nie ein Beispiel für Korruption im Präsidentenamt wie dieses gegeben

“Has there ever been an episode of presidential corruption so blatant and threatening to constitutional order? Certainly not in modern times,” the New York Times editorial board writes. “President Trump’s Justice Department is using taxpayer money to create a $1.8 billion political slush fund. Ostensibly set up to compensate those who the department claims have ‘suffered weaponization and lawfare,’ it will in fact reward loyalists willing to defy the law and commit violence on behalf of the president.”

The editorial board continues:

>The fund manages to combine three of Mr. Trump’s most alarming behaviors. One, it is an obvious form of corruption, coming from a president who has used his office to enrich himself, his family and his allies. Two, the fund continues his pattern of using the Justice Department as an enforcer to punish his perceived opponents and protect his friends and allies. Three, the fund is his latest attempt to rewrite history about the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress.

>It is worth pausing to put the fund into the larger context of Mr. Trump’s political project: He is destroying pillars of American democracy to empower himself. He claims elections are legitimate only if he wins. He uses federal law enforcement to investigate and prosecute his perceived enemies. He purges his party of officials who defy him. He describes members of the other party and civil society as traitors and enemies. He incentivizes his supporters to break the law on his behalf and rewards them when they do. He directs his allies to change election rules to keep his party in power.

>Mr. Trump’s project has not yet succeeded, at least not fully. Many Americans — in the judicial system, in Congress, in state governments and elsewhere — continue to stand up for democracy and oppose his autocratic ambitions. By now, though, nobody should have illusions about what he is attempting to do.

Read the full piece [here, for free](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/opinion/trump-doj-slush-fund-criminals-corruption.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.EZeE.uNfa3Ioq1cKD&smid=re-nytopinion), even without a Times subscription.

Elect a conman and you will get…wait for… Conned!!! His fucking name is Don the Con. “Holy shit I jumped in the pool of urine and now I’m all wet and stink like urine!!?” Yes. Yes you do smell like urine.

It’s a huge win for the Trump family

Kudos to NYTimes for not sanewashing as typical for them.

I don’t know, man. Presidents like Ferdinand Marcos, Mohamed Suharto, Mobutu Sese Seko and Sani Abacha aren’t getting the credit they deserve.

At least the NY Times sanewashed Trump to the point of getting him elected again. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have this article to publish.

You mean since the last week

Yeah, throw it on the pile. America is not a country

I’m not understanding why this is the headline. If corruption is that bad, the crazier part is, why isn’t anything being done about it or so many in charge ok with it. The second part is what should be covered as well as covering any anti corruption movements/legislation.

If James Comey applies to the „weaponization fund“ I’d support him getting every cent.

I understand the desire to say, “the biggest corruption since last week” and to wrap yourself in a blanket of cynicism since everything he does is corrupt and he gets away with all of it and it all feels so hopeless.

But yeah this is super fucked up. He’s created the precedent that he can sue his own government for anything and the attorney general he appointed will settle for any amount of money, no matter how preposterous and rob money from tax payers.

It is beyond the pale that anyone who pays taxes thinks this is ok, they wouldn’t accept this from any other President ever. Just like Epstein and the Iran War and the ICE murders and January 6th we have to remember and remind and point out with this one.

The traitors in the GOP in Congress and SCOTUS are complicit.

Biggest criminal conspiracy in US history.

They all should be prosecuted under RICO.

It’s not even fucking close. Presidential corruption in the past has been power grabs and administration members lining their pockets. No president has looted his own government for personal and family profit. He fucking sold pardons and we all forgot about it. This current scandal will pass and next week it will be something else. They can literally open a business called International Money Laundering Inc. and no one can investigate because of this deal.

USA is the stupidest country on earth. The clock for scratching some of that back is winding down quickly. Probably already done.

It’s not just Americans who should worry. We are a much more powerful version of NK at this point. This is a global emergency

Nor a complacent congress

No shit? Any sane person knows this and anyone that supports Trump isn’t sane nor will they care about this.

If I had a reputation for coming into people’s houses and shitting in the back of people’s toilets, you cant get mad or be surprised when you invite me in your house and I shit in the back of your toilet.

Such a blatant thief.

How can any of this be legal? Sue your country for $10 Billion in which you are president and then settle for a $1.776 Billion slush fund paid for by all US taxpayers, and also get the IRS to never audit your family or businesses. He is NOT above the law and yet, they are giving him all these ‚get out of jail free‘ cards. This is UNJUST. Contact your senators and representatives and demand justice.