Shumita Basu

It comes after the private crypto dinner Trump hosted that we mentioned last week on the show, and which sparked allegations that he was corruptly leveraging his position in power to score personally lucrative deals. People who attended the dinner spent a combined $148 million on Trump's crypto token just for the chance to be there.

It comes after the private crypto dinner Trump hosted that we mentioned last week on the show, and which sparked allegations that he was corruptly leveraging his position in power to score personally lucrative deals. People who attended the dinner spent a combined $148 million on Trump's crypto token just for the chance to be there.

It comes after the private crypto dinner Trump hosted that we mentioned last week on the show, and which sparked allegations that he was corruptly leveraging his position in power to score personally lucrative deals. People who attended the dinner spent a combined $148 million on Trump's crypto token just for the chance to be there.

Crypto is only one piece of the Trump family's sprawling business empire. It touches everything from real estate to digital trading cards to apparel like watches and sneakers. Max Abelson with Bloomberg recently examined its scope.

Crypto is only one piece of the Trump family's sprawling business empire. It touches everything from real estate to digital trading cards to apparel like watches and sneakers. Max Abelson with Bloomberg recently examined its scope.

Crypto is only one piece of the Trump family's sprawling business empire. It touches everything from real estate to digital trading cards to apparel like watches and sneakers. Max Abelson with Bloomberg recently examined its scope.

In fact, the scale of Trump's political comeback, winning the White House after being impeached twice and losing the 2020 election, being criminally indicted four times and being convicted of felony crimes by a jury of his peers, is perhaps matched only by the moneymaking that's accompanied his return to power.

In fact, the scale of Trump's political comeback, winning the White House after being impeached twice and losing the 2020 election, being criminally indicted four times and being convicted of felony crimes by a jury of his peers, is perhaps matched only by the moneymaking that's accompanied his return to power.

In fact, the scale of Trump's political comeback, winning the White House after being impeached twice and losing the 2020 election, being criminally indicted four times and being convicted of felony crimes by a jury of his peers, is perhaps matched only by the moneymaking that's accompanied his return to power.

Since the early days of his reelection campaign, he has more than doubled his net worth to about $5.4 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Since the early days of his reelection campaign, he has more than doubled his net worth to about $5.4 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Since the early days of his reelection campaign, he has more than doubled his net worth to about $5.4 billion, according to Bloomberg.

In previous administrations, presidents divested themselves from virtually all of their business interests or put them in a blind trust managed by an independent party, all to avoid conflicts of interest or even the appearance that they were making decisions for personal profit versus the public good.

In previous administrations, presidents divested themselves from virtually all of their business interests or put them in a blind trust managed by an independent party, all to avoid conflicts of interest or even the appearance that they were making decisions for personal profit versus the public good.

In previous administrations, presidents divested themselves from virtually all of their business interests or put them in a blind trust managed by an independent party, all to avoid conflicts of interest or even the appearance that they were making decisions for personal profit versus the public good.

But Trump, in both of his terms, has handed off responsibility of his businesses to his children, and his assets are in a trust that's overseen by his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr. When reached for comment, Trump Jr. told Abelson he doesn't think it would be fair to expect him to change his own personal business practices just because his father is president again.

But Trump, in both of his terms, has handed off responsibility of his businesses to his children, and his assets are in a trust that's overseen by his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr. When reached for comment, Trump Jr. told Abelson he doesn't think it would be fair to expect him to change his own personal business practices just because his father is president again.

But Trump, in both of his terms, has handed off responsibility of his businesses to his children, and his assets are in a trust that's overseen by his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr. When reached for comment, Trump Jr. told Abelson he doesn't think it would be fair to expect him to change his own personal business practices just because his father is president again.

Trump's second term has also broken from some of the guardrails he put in place in his first term. Back then, the Trump Organization said it would not make any new foreign deals. But that's no longer the case. Now the organization is only restricting itself from deals with foreign governments. But in a number of instances, Abelson found that lines had been blurred.

Trump's second term has also broken from some of the guardrails he put in place in his first term. Back then, the Trump Organization said it would not make any new foreign deals. But that's no longer the case. Now the organization is only restricting itself from deals with foreign governments. But in a number of instances, Abelson found that lines had been blurred.