Another week, another horrifying Trump scandal that must result in impeachment. CNN discovered that many of Donald Trump’s cabinet and staff paid their way to their governmental positions.
CNN received the information through a Freedom of Information Act request, and its contents damage what little integrity and ethics of the Trump Administration had left. We knew that the entire group was corrupt, and this proves it.
The report showed that Trump’s transition team raised more than 6.5 million dollars, and most of it came after the elections. We’ll give you one guess as to the largest contributors.
Yes, you are right, many of the largest contributors became members of the Trump cabinet and staff or received favors from the ethics-challenged Trump. This proves that money is the only driving factor for Trump and his cronies.
One of those who paid for her position was WWE’s Linda McMahon. She and her family contributed the maximum amount of $5,000 to the Trump campaign, but that was not all.
According to reports, McMahon donated up to six million dollars to Trump’s super-PAC and to his foundation. For her large contributions, the unqualified Linda McMahon is now the head of the Small Business Administration.
Another large contributor to Trump and the Republican Party got a cabinet position. During questioning in her confirmation hearings, America learned that Betsy DeVos and her family donated over 200 million dollars to the Republican Party.
DeVos also gave the maximum donation allowed by law to the Trump campaign, as did her family. DeVos is now the Secretary of Education.
This appointment received much publicity due to DeVos’ obvious lack of qualifications for the position. During her confirmation hearings, she was unable to answer questions on the basic educational issues.
DeVos also plagiarized parts of her testimony during confirmation hearings. She used sections of a press release from President Obama’s justice and education departments.
In spite of all this, Congress confirmed DeVos as education secretary. The vote was 50-50, with Vice President Pence breaking the tie with his vote.
Our new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, also got into the greed and money-grabbing. Sessions recently rescinded an Obama-era plan to end federal use of for-profit prisons.
Would it surprise anyone to know that Sessions has ties to the private prison systems? I didn’t think so.
In fact, The CEO Group, which is one of the largest for-profit prison firms in the USA, donated $125,000 to the Trump campaign. They will reap the benefits for which they paid.
There are other firms that donated and will receive favors. Trump received donations from groups such as the American Coalition Clean Coal Electricity, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, and Independent Community Bankers of America.
All of these firms will benefit from Trump’s plans to deregulate industries. The coal industry just profited after Trump signed a bill that allows coal firms to dump coal ash in streams and waterways as well as an order that relaxes clean air and water standards.
This report from CNN should disgust every American. Trump used donations and wealth instead of qualifications to staff cabinet positions and agencies that will decide policy in the future. These self-serving, unqualified individuals will make decisions that will benefit them and their past companies or interests.
Trump already instituted many regulations that hurt the environment, the economy, and the working man and woman. This group of billionaires and career politicians who purchased their positions will cause further harm to the middle-class and America by their selfish greed and desire for money.
Trump’s involvement in the pay-for-position scheme is despicable. Saddling this country with unqualified, greedy leaders must result in his impeachment.
