Midterm Voters Tell Politicians: Tackle Corruption

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... While economic pressures were a driving issue in the midterm elections this week, voters pointed with similar intensity to another priority: They care about the values and behavior of the officials they elect.

And they expect better.

Tillie Ann McHone, a delivery driver who cast her vote in Commerce City, Colorado, trained her focus on President Donald Trump. In the midterms, Democratic candidates regularly accused Mr. Trump of using the presidency to enrich himself, his family, and his wealthy allies.

"What are we paying taxes for at this point if he's going to take all our taxpayer money and just give it to rich people?" she told the Monitor on Election Day. "I want Trump out of office."

Mr. Trump wasn't on the ballot, but voters sent him and his Republican Party a clear message, giving Democrats wide majorities in both branches of Congress with victories in many parts of the country that voted for him two years ago. In the 2026 SSRS Voter Poll, conducted on Election Day, 90% of voters said that corruption was a crucial or major problem, at least as important as inflation, immigration enforcement, and the war in Iran.

The concern surged to the forefront, to an unusual degree, at a time when Mr. Trump has drawn scrutiny for, among other actions, family business dealings that have continued apace during his time in office. ...

... The deal was brokered by the Trump administration with investment from the President's sons ...

... The president of the United States Donald Trump " or rather, its organization " has started the construction of a luxury maxi-resort from 1.5 billion dollars in Vietnamin Hung Yen province, a short distance from the capital Hanoi. It is a 5-star hotel surrounded by endless golf courses and facilities open to the public, whose construction, however, led to the exhumation of approximately 3500 bodies from an ancient local cemetery, as well as forcing 4000 families forced to relocate. But what exactly do we know about the project? And why did the Hanoi motive support him? ...

Why did the Vietnamese government support the project?

The answer is purely geopolitical and economic. Vietnam is a country heavily dependent on exports, sending almost the 30% of its GDP in the United States. Faced with the Trump administration's threat to impose punitive customs tariffs up to 46% on Vietnamese goods, Hanoi's leadership saw the luxury resort as a perfect "goodwill token" to sweeten the relationship with Washington. A confidential letter from Vietnamese government officials published by the NYTimes explicitly confirmed that the project received extraordinary preferential treatment because "enjoys the special attention of the Trump administration and President Donald Trump himself". The rush to start the work was motivated by not wanting to "lose the time window to capitalize on the administration's support".

Furthermore, Hung Yen Province is not just any place: it is the homeland of To Lamthe powerful General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party who supported the operation. Although the White House continues to deny any conflict of interest, claiming that the businesses are run by Trump's children through a "blind trust," financial documents show that proceeds from these foreign operations continue to flow directly to benefit personal of president. ...

So, I have to ask ...

Does Pres Trump seem to be more concerned about his vanity and grifting projects than he seems to be about the people and Constitution he swore to serve?

www.corruptionland.org

... CORRUPTIONLAND is a propulsive, 35-minute documentary that reveals for the first time the full extent of the rot in Trump's Washington -- and how it can be reversed. ...

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fwiw, there is more to that CorruptionLand.org link than the video.

There is also an interactive map of Washington, D.C. showing the places where corruption was alleged to have occurred.

scroll down a bit to see the map...
www.corruptionland.org

... the corruption ALLEGATIONS ARE rampant in Trump's Washington.
We documented $377 billion across 100 EPISODES.

Built from court records, government documents and published reporting, linked in every entry alongside the response of those involved. Inclusion is not an accusation of a crime; no one named has been charged unless stated. Dollar figures are approximate and reflect money at stake, not money stolen.

Select a dot on the map to read about what happened in that spot. Tags at the edges point to places beyond the map. ...