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From Day One, Donald Trump\u2019s only priority has been enriching himself and his billionaire backers. While House Republicans voted to rip away Americans\u2019 health care and food assistance this week, Trump and his billionaire friends were having a blast on the taxpayers\u2019 dime. Everyone (except Karoline Leavitt) can see it clear as day \u2014 Trump is selling out the American people and profiting off his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are Trump\u2019s grifts of the week \u2014 and how he\u2019s making working families pay for them:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcb0GRIFT: Trump accepted a $400 million (yes, you read that right) luxury jet from Qatar.
COST TO TAXPAYERS: $135 million to maintain the plane every year and potentially over $1 billion to retrofit the plan as Air Force One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcb0GRIFT: Trump threw a lavish memecoin dinner party (where guests were served filet mignon hours after Republicans voted to cut food assistance for working families) \u2014 all to promote his own crypto scheme and thank foreign nationals for bankrolling him.
COST TO TAXPAYERS: Trump used Marine One to travel to and from his golf course \u2014 costing taxpayers up to $20,000 an hour \u2014 where Trump promoted his own business from behind the presidential seal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcb0GRIFT: Trump\u2019s ultra-wealthy friends funneled $148 million to his business to buy favors from the White House.
COST TO TAXPAYERS: A president working in the best interests of the American people, not his ultra-wealthy friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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