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The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

‘Using the presidency to line his pockets’: could claims of corruption fuel backlash against Trump?

Illustration of man with counterfeit Trump dollars in jacket pocket
“Donald Trump is vying to become the most corrupt person to ever walk the face of the earth,” Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

In Donald Trump’s telling, he’s a model of incorruptible self-sacrifice.

“I’m the only president that donated his salary,” he told a group of cheering supporters at a Hispanic heritage month celebration in the White House last week, before conceding that George Washington – “a very wealthy person” – might have beaten him to the punch.

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