Trump Wants the American People to Pay Him $230 Million

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/opinion/trump-230-million-justice-department.html

 The president’s conflict of interest in this situation is so broad as to have no parallel in American history. One ethics expert called it a “travesty.” Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, called it “head spinning chutzpah.” Even Mr. Trump seemed to acknowledge the bizarre nature of the demand that the government he controls pay him a fortune. “I’m the one that makes the decision, and that decision would have to go across my desk, and it’s awfully strange to make a decision where I’m paying myself,” he said. But no sense of shame seems likely to stop his demand for payback. His promise to give the Treasury cash to charity adds to the outrage, given his record of exploiting philanthropy for personal gain.