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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tom Burgis

All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches

Donald Trump, with his sons Donald Jr (left) and Eric behind him.
Donald Trump, with his sons Donald Jr (left) and Eric behind him. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

A crusading prosecutor in the Balkans comes under pressure to drop a big case. Vietnamese villagers learn they are to be evicted. A convicted crypto kingpin in the Gulf receives a pardon.

All have one thing in common: they appear to be connected to the Trump family’s campaign to amass riches around the world. Since Donald Trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of presidential power to advance personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder. What is less understood – and perhaps even more dangerous – is the damage this is doing everywhere else.

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