The Trump Scandal That Everyone Overlooked

Photo: President Donald Trump attends a roundtable with energy officials and executives from the oil industry in the East Room of the White House, Friday, January 9, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley). Attribution: “P20260109MR-1286” by The White House via Flickr. United States Government Work. Article by Mark Hertsgaard. The New Republic – October 19, 2026.

With the U.S. midterm elections less than three weeks away, is it any surprise that corruption has emerged as voters’ top concern? “Corrupt” was the adjective most often chosen when registered voters were asked for a single word to describe President Donald Trump, according to a survey conducted in September by The Economist and the market research firm YouGov, with 53 percent of respondents calling Trump “corrupt” and only 23 percent saying he is “honest.” A Pew Research Center poll in early October found that nearly seven in 10 (69 percent) of Americans are “not confident” that Trump keeps his business interests separate from his presidential decisions. […]

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