In this regard, Trump’s administration is the best that has ever been.

In one way, President Donald Trump is unmatched in American history: He has never been a leader who had as much influence.

The Teapot Dome controversy involving Warren Harding? Nixon’s Watergate ice cash? In contrast to the current society of fraud, those seem like junior high school.

The flames line of revelations has been sizable. The Trump family made more than$ US1.4 billion ($ 1.98 billion ) in documented gains as a result of using his second term as president, according to a New York Times editorial. ( Some companies offer higher figures. )

And what stands out from the most recent revelation, a$ US500 million surprise agreement supported by a government official in the United Arab Emirates, only four days before Trump was sworn in for his next term.

What we know is as follows. The Emiratis purchased 49 % of a Trump family crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, for$ US500 million, according to the Wall Street Journal, which broke the news. It’s hard to understand why anyone would give so much for a young business, unless the goal was to enlarge the Trumps.

In reality, the majority of the money went to the Trump home, but some also made it to Steve Witkoff’s family, who is also a co-owner of the business. Witkoff had been chosen as Trump’s particular representative for the Middle East.

The UAE’s national security adviser, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan, supported the order. Tahnoon, also known as” the spy sheikh,” is a brother of the UAE president. Additionally, an Emirati-backed account invested$ US2 billion in World Liberty, creating an additional revenue stream expected to be at least tens of millions of dollars annually.

Protection officers had denied permission for the UAE because they had much requested a large number of highly developed system chips from the US out of fear that some would end up in China, where the UAE has close relationships. The issue was that the exchange of chips might destroy the country’s leadership in AI development.

However, the Trump administration approved the import of hundreds of thousands of innovative chips to the UAE shortly after receiving money from the UAE into the Trump family’s hands.

The US device negotiations had a significant impact on the World Liberty business, according to a poetic Times investigation from last year. Although there was no evidence of an explicit quid pro quo, such as” You write me a check, and I’ll give you chips,” the investigation raised important questions about whether Trump’s business interests were influencing decisions about national security.

The most recent discoveries only add to the mystery. The amounts were invested in surprise, and they appear to me less like a cash transfer than an arms-length business transaction. Second, did the Emirati’s decision to expand the Trump family cause the administration to review chip sales, which put in danger American competitiveness and national security?

Next, did Trump’s remarks about the UAE’s support of a military that the US claims is responsible for carrying out a genocide in Sudan be taken into account? Trump has averted his gaze, and in spite of the silence, the shooting, murder, and rape continue. There are hundreds of thousands of people who have died there, and a large number have been raped.

The Emirati investment in World Liberty, described by Democrat lawmaker Chris Murphy as “mind-blowing” and a” secret deal to make Trump prosperous in exchange for regional security favors.” Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, suggested that leadership officials” sold out National national security in order to gain the government’s crypto company.”

Another Democrats demanded that the chip revenue to the UAE be canceled. However, Democratic leaders continue to maintain silence.

( If it had been$ US500 million in cash delivered to the White House in paper bags, like the$ US50, 000 Tom Homan allegedly received in 2024 as part of a mysterious FBI sting, he denied it ) that might capture the public’s imagination. However, I believe that$ 500 million, in the case of$ US100 bills, would be enough to fill 450 regular grocery bags full of cash. Unfortunately, my editors refused to give me the right to price-check this at$ 500 million.

And that doesn’t involve the features. According to The Wall Street Journal,” World Liberty has earned the Trump family at least$ 1.2 billion in cash in the 16 months since its launch, not counting paper gains of at least$ 2.25 billion from various crypto holdings.”

The allegations of bone are refuted by the White House and World Liberty. They contend that Trump himself was not involved in World Liberty decisions ( Eric Trump signed the transaction documents ) and that the investments had no connection to the UAE’s approval of chip sales. Trump adhered to humane principles, according to White House guidance David Warrington, and any suggestion that something else would be “either ill-informed or malicious” may be considered.

The White House denied that there was anything improper with Trump’s pardon of Changpeng Zhao, the leader and operator of Binance, in October, after Binance had strongly backed a World Liberty solution and dramatically increased its price.

During my career, I’ve witnessed mind-boggling problem in many places, including former Indonesian first female Madame Tien, also known as” Madame Tien Per Cent,” a friend from China and a Politburo member’s boy who claimed he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to work for a business so that it could use his title to win area offers. This is exactly what happens under autocratic rulers in America, despite what I had never anticipated.

Let’s take a moment to reflect. When Barack Obama, a former president, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, his Justice Department looked into whether he could recognize it. Any standard is prohibited from accepting a surprise or remuneration from any foreign state by the US Constitution and legislation law. The Justice Department approved the Nobel Prize only because it was approved by a secret Norwegian organization and not by Norway itself, which is where the attorneys made it clear that if the money came from the government, the chairman would not be able to take it.

How can it be lawful for this leader to rake in large sums of money from a foreign leader if accepting a state-funded edition of the Nobel Peace Prize had become unlawful?

When does America protest against this corrupt society?

This article first appeared in The New York Times.