Trump’s corruption leaves us cynical – and complacent | Judith Levine
•Impunity breeds popular cynicism, and cynicism undergirds autocracyAs his mentor Roy Cohn counseled, Donald Trump never admits wrongdoing or apologizes.
•But he occasionally evinces something resembling a qualm.
•In October, considering renewing claims against the government for $230m in compensation for federal investigations against him, he reflected on his own appointees deciding on the payout and him signi...
هذا الخبر من الغارديان - اقتصاد. خبر يقدم أدوات ذكاء اصطناعي للتلخيص والترجمة والاستماع.
المصدر: الغارديان - اقتصاد | Source: الغارديان - اقتصادImpunity breeds popular cynicism, and cynicism undergirds autocracy
As his mentor Roy Cohn counseled, Donald Trump never admits wrongdoing or apologizes. But he occasionally evinces something resembling a qualm. In October, considering renewing claims against the government for $230m in compensation for federal investigations against him, he reflected on his own appointees deciding on the payout and him signing off on it. “It sort of looks bad, I’m suing myself, right?” he said. “So, I don’t know.”
That month, when he demolished the White House East Wing to build his ballroom, he made it sort of look good by vowing that the now $400m project would be privately funded. It went without saying that the donors would expect gratitude in the form of government contracts or favorable regulatory rulings.
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