Tommy Vietor
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You know, it's like done one of these.
Apparently he was going to get 50 grand in exchange for government contracts.
Then every time Trump goes on a foreign trip,
or Eric follows behind, right?
And they announce a billion dollar real estate deal.
We got a golf course in Vietnam.
We got a tower in Dubai, whatever.
And then for me, it's like the crypto is the main event.
There was this big New York Times story the other day
that alleged basically a quid pro quo between the Trump organization, the Trump family and the United Arab Emirates in which this Emirati linked investment company put $2 billion into Trump's crypto company.
And then shortly after the administration agreed to sell the Emiratis very advanced AI chips, like a huge national security consideration was at play.
How do you think we can get people to notice and care about this stuff?
Because I feel like when I try to tell people in my life who are not who are just kind of like normie voters, they're like, oh, you know, all politicians are corrupt.
They all do this kind of thing.
They throw some Hunter Biden line at me.
And then what can Congress do about it if we actually win the midterms?
So, look, I totally agree with you.
I worked for Barack Obama in the Senate in 2006, and there was this big scandal for the old heads out there.
You might remember Jack Abramoff, who was this sketchy lobbyist who was, you know, giving people boxes at, you know, football games and stuff.