Trump built his 2016 campaign attacking Hillary Clinton for alleged conflicts of interest while promising to drain the swamp—now he’s using his presidential platform to pump companies he’s invested in, a textbook pay-to-play scheme. He visited a Thermo Fisher Scientific facility and lavished praise on the company while holding personal financial stakes in it. The man who screamed about corruption is running the most transparent grift imaginable.

Source: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/donald-trump-trading-buying-stocks-pumping-promoting-companies-speeches-disclosure-corruption-ethical-conflict-interest/