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5:06Now PlayingSome of Donald Trump’s closest allies are aghast at the level of blatant and open corruption taking place within his administration. Tucker Carlson couldn’t even hold back this week while criticizing and trying to distance himself from what’s happening inside The White House. Carlson and his guest discussed the numerous real estate deals that Trump and his family have closed in foreign countries that are looking for special treatment, and openly stated that this looks a lot like corruption. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.
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Even some of Donald Trump's closest allies like Tucker Carlson are finding the open corruption of this administration. A little bit hard to swallow because let's be honest, even though the man's only been in office for four months now, the level of corruption we have seen in those four short months has been absolutely unprecedented. Donald Trump's net worth has increased by over $3 billion as countries dump $2 billion at a time into his stable coin. World Liberty Financial, he's gotten 4 billion in investments from two separate Middle Eastern countries into that alone. Not to mention all of the real estate deals that the Trump organization is inking with foreign entities. And it's to the point, and this doesn't even include the bribe plane from Qatar, but it is to the point where even the people who love Donald Trump are starting to say, holy hell, this is corruption. And again, Tucker Carlson appears to be one of them this week on his podcast, Tucker Carlson brought in, uh, fellow podcaster, former Navy Seal, Sean Ryan, and they were talking about the Trump administration, and eventually Ryan just got angry and said this, it, I'm gonna get blasted for this.
But, you know, I see all these negotiations going on in the Middle East. And then I don't know when these buildings were approved or when these deals got done, but then I also see like, oh, there's a brand new hotel going up in Dubai or Abu Dhabi and another one going up in Doha. I'm like, did these just get done also with these deals that just happened over there? Or was this earlier? You would probably know. He said, talking to Tucker Carlson. And then Carlson said, no, I, I don't know. I've not made $1 in the Middle East, not one. And then Ryan was like, I mean, you're a lot more on the inside than I am. And Carlson was like, no, no, no, I, I'm just a visitor and a traveler and watcher.
And then Ryan says, that stuff kind of worries me. To which Tucker Carlson remarked, well, it seems like corruption. Yeah. But okay. Yes, obviously the corruption, you've got the Trump International Hotel and Tower going up in Dubai, go a golf resort in Doha, uh, Trump Tower in Jetta, and a hotel under construction in Muscat. So all of these projects, plus potentially happening in Vietnam, uh, possibly in Russia, possibly in other countries as well. So here's the thing, like even these ardent Trump supporters are like, no, thi this is corruption. This is making me angry. This is not okay. The man is lining his pockets. And I think Ryan was intentionally being a little bit obtuse there, uh, with like, I, I don't know When these deals got done, dude,
We, we know when these deals got done, we know why they're being announced now, uh, because they just got done. So don't play stupid to try to, you know, downplay what's happening when you know exactly what's happening. That's why you got angry. And it's good to be angry at open corruption in the government, even if it's from the person you supported. But Carlson trying to distance himself from it, man, that's the funniest thing. Like, well, you're, you're more on the inside. No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm just, I'm traveler. I'm a watcher.
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