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In Trump's luxury -jet scandal and crypto empire that takes on the new ethics storm

  • In his second term, Donald Trump is faced with rare criticism of allies about a number of ethical scandals, including the assumption of a luxury jet from Qatar.
  • A new anti-graft report accuses Trump of enriching allies like Elon Musk and blurring the border between his presidency and his business interests.
  • Critics are alarmed by Trump's growing cryptocurrency companies and claim that foreign supporters can now finance him anonymously through digital assets.

Washington, 15th Mai-Donald Trump, only sworn on his first day in office as a dictator, but his critics say that four months of corruption “bigger and brazen” than in his first term in the first term begin to alienate followers.

The decision of the US President of accepting a luxury jet from Qatar is the youngest in a flood of ethical conflicts, of which the opponents say that they have blurred the border between its public role and private business interests.

“It is brazen corruption and hypocrisy,” said Tiffany Müller, President of the leading anti-graft lobby group End Citizens United.

“But it is exactly what we expected from a guide who focuses more on setting up more than reducing the costs or fighting the fighting of the working Americans.”

Trump argues that the 400 million dollar aircraft of 400 million US dollars -the 100 -time value of the total value of each presidential gift in foreign governments in this century -would be personal for the country and not for him.

But it triggered a rare counter-reaction from allies who supported him during his first term through two officials, accusations of self-help and claims by ethics dogs from almost 4,000 conflicts of interest.

The anti-graft lobby group End Citizens United published a report on the first 100 days of Trump's second term, which corresponded to a damn indictment against a presidency that was defined by Greed and self-enrichment.

Key to the kingdom

At Trump's appointment, it pointed out to his cabinet and circle of advisors of more than a dozen billionaire donors, including Elon Musk, whose companies received 15.4 billion US dollars in government contracts.

Trump praises Musk Intellect and quotes his business sense as the reason for the billionaire for the disguise of the government bureaucracy.

However, the opponents accuse the president of handing over the keys to the Kingdom of Mousk and rewarding his loyalty with unprecedented power and access that enabled the Tech entrepreneur to close the federal government and prefer to treat its companies.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, and Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani von Katar before a state dinner in Lusail Palace in Lusail, Qatar, May 14, 2025. – Reuters pic

“Corruption seems to be bigger and brazen than in Donald Trump's first term when there were literally thousands of conflicts of interest and many things that look pretty corrupt,” said Noah Bookbinder, President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Trump is accused of appeasing donors, but it is the rapidly expanding cryptocurrency empire of his family, which has made its critics the most angry.

So far, this includes two “Meme coins” – digital assets without clear use or inherent value – and World Liberty Financial, an exchange that issues its own token and recently announced an investment of 2 billion US dollars from the United Arab Emirates government.

Buyers spent more than 140 million US dollars in an auction that offered its top 220 owners an “intimate dinner” with Trump to spend more than $ 140 million.

Political probes

Although cash for access is nothing new, the anonymity of digital wallets means that supporters can line the presidents' pockets all over the world without going public.

According to law and order, Trump has ordered investigations into his political enemies and has to rely on law firms that stood in the way of criminal regulations, many of the judges since then.

Trump and his adjutants have actually exposed a flood of legal disputes – more than 200 complaints and counts – with the judges blocking many important political priorities and occasionally rebuilding the president.

Democrats – already over a broken backbench attempt, which they regarded as misguided, are careful with a political message that focuses on Trump's corruption.

Many fear that voters who promise Trump for his longstanding promise to remove the swamp and to remove fraud largely against democratic anti-graft mess.

Bookbinder says it is a view that Trumpworld bought himself.

“He and the people around him seem to believe that his business – and potential corruption in his shops – are something that the American people can overcome and with whom they agree,” he told AFP.

“I am actually not sure that this is true because I think that American people don't like managers who make themselves rich in their office.” – AFP

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