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9 in 10 Americans Believe the US Government Is Corrupt - And They Are Correct
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September 4, 2026
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Hawk walks through a new Gallup poll showing that 89 percent of Americans, nearly nine in ten, now believe corruption is widespread throughout the United States government. It is the highest reading in two decades, up sharply from around 73 percent two years ago, and it cuts across party lines with strong majorities of Democrats, independents, and Republicans all saying the same thing.
He connects the numbers to the second Trump term, pointing to the billions in personal wealth the president has accumulated in office, the business dealings of his family, and the crypto ventures marketed to his own supporters. Hawk contrasts that with the 2013 reading under Barack Obama, whose only reported income that year was his presidential salary.
The wider picture Hawk draws is international. Citing Gallup's data across the 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, he notes that perceived corruption has been falling in most advanced economies while it climbs in the United States, leaving the country an outlier that now tops comparable nations by a wide margin. His takeaway is that the perception is bipartisan and, he argues, well earned.
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