'Brazen corruption': MSNBC guest singles out Trump Saudi boast at press conference
During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday morning, author and co-founder of Spy magazine, Kurt Anderson, pointed to a moment during Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago press conference when he boasted about still cashing in on Saudi money.
Speaking with the hosts, he claimed the incoming administration has all the hallmarks of becoming rife with what he called "brazen corruption."
"What we're seeing, what Donald Trump wants to do -- we certainly saw it at this incredible press conference yesterday -- is his embrace of the kind of robber baron gilded-age corruption that was endemic in that period," he explained. "We had the Teapot Dome scandal back then."
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"We had just brazen corruption that led to –– in addition to the great depression and reform in the New Deal –– just incredible inequality. We have the highest inequality of course since the 1920's as well," he added. "He put it on parade during that press conference saying, 'Oh, here's my Emirati billionaire golf course developer partner. We're going to give him some government deals to build data centers all over the United States.'"
Continuing paraphrasing Trump he added, "'My son Eric is off in the Middle East building some Trump Towers right now. Oh, by the way, the Saudi golf tour is doing great business, they just announced they're going to bring their tour to my hotel, the Doral in Miami,' and on and on."
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