According to
a recent poll done by Pew Research, the top concern for Americans is the role of money in politics
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Reports from early 2025 and beyond suggest that corruption under a potential second Trump administration (referring to events in 2025) is viewed by many watchdog groups and news analyses as significantly
higher, characterized by dismantled anti-corruption efforts, increased pay-to-play, deregulation, and conflicts of interest, particularly with foreign deals and crypto, reversing progress made previously. Critics point to actions like sidelining the DOJ's Public Integrity Section and granting pardons/favoring companies linked to donors as evidence of systemic increase in corruption and self-enrichment.
Certainly, this is something that has to be considered when thinking about corruption under Trump:
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and from Carnegie:
The Trump administration is erasing gains in anti-corruption made under previous presidencies. Despite the harsh disruption, sources of domestic and international resilience still exist.
Corruption in 2025 warps financial markets and contributes to immense economic losses and inequality. It undermines effective and responsive governance and delegitimizes institutions in the eyes of the public. It is a particularly thorny issue to unravel, blending domestic and transnational elements and often undermining the very structures of accountability that are supposed to hold it in check.
Bottom line, the #1 issue in the minds of Americans is the use of money in politics and Trump is certainly using that to help him gain more power to use against the citizens of this country, as well as elsewhere (Venezuela, Greenland, etc.).