Unprecedented Corruption: My MSNBC Appearance Highlighting Trump's Crypto Grift
On MSNBC's The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, I discussed my article on how Trump is exploiting the presidency to enrich himself while raising prices on Americans—and how Democrats should message it.
On Wednesday night, I was invited back on MSNBC for another Nightcap panel on The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle. We had a wide-ranging discussion covering everything from the impact of Trump’s tariffs to how Trump is profiting from the presidency.
At one point in the conversation, Stephanie asked me about my recent article headlined, “Trump Corruptly Profits From The Presidency While Raising Prices On Americans,” which was featured onscreen as I broke down Trump’s crypto grift and how Democrats should talk about it.
This is the message Democrats need to hammer: While Trump and his family are making hundreds of millions of dollars in their crypto grifts, corruptly selling access to the presidency, he's raising prices on Americans, telling us to ration dolls, and decimating small businesses. Here’s that moment:
That clip has been getting a lot of social media traction, so hopefully the message is shared far and wide and seen by the right people. Democrats have a fairly easy message of corruption to connect to Trump’s price hikes.
I was on the panel with Washington Post Columnist Philip Bump, CNBC Contributor Dan Nathan, and NOTUS Reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro. They all shared really sharp insights throughout the conversation.
The conversation lasted almost the full hour of the show. You can see a longer clip of our segment on how Trump’s tariffs are impacting small businesses on MSNBC’s YouTube channel:
I also made an appearance on NewsNation over the weekend, pushing a similar message highlighting the damage of Trump’s tariffs and the stunning corruption of Trump’s crypto ventures.
As this newsletter continues to get traction, I just have to once again thank all of you who are free or paid subscribers! You have made this work possible, and now, we’re making a very clear impact in the national discourse!
Appreciate all of you,
-Ahmed
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