Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history, and it isn't close. Between his family's crypto business — designed to enable foreign oligarchs, criminals, and state actors to bribe the administration while enriching Trump and his family — his insider trading and manipulation of the stock market, a tariff regime designed to bind business interests to Trump's personal whims, and the advent of a virtual market for criminal fraudsters to purchase pardons from the president himself, Trump and his family have accrued billions of dollars while hollowing out the rule of law and corroding what's left of our democracy. It is brazen, appalling, and poisonous.To guide us through this many-circled hell, we're joined by Jacob Silverman, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/gilded-rage-elon-musk-and-the-radicalization-of-silicon-valley-jacob-silverman/90640a782bd09515" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley</a>, who's been covering the crypto beat and the Trump-family corruption for years. Jacob helps us wrap our heads around the immensity of this problem — and what, if anything, can be done about it.&nbsp;Further Reading:Jacob Silverman, "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/opinion/world-liberty-financial-crypto-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="noopener noreferrer">Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared With This</a>." NYTimes, Oct 17, 2025.— "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-billionaires-zyn-bitcoin-conference-crypto-maga-vegas-casino-vance-2025-6" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zyn and hustling in Las Vegas: Three days at the world's biggest Bitcoin party</a>," Business Insider, Jun 6, 2025.&nbsp;— "<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/binance-crypto-trump/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Binance’s MAGA-Branding Strategy</a>," The Nation, Feb 27, 2026.&nbsp;— "<a href="https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/he-will-steal-as-much-as-you-let" rel="noopener noreferrer">He Will Steal As Much As You Let Him</a>," Jacob Silverman Substack, Jul 11, 2025.Thomas Edsall, "‘<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/opinion/trump-family-crypto-conflict-of-interest.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Blatant and Gargantuan Conflict of Interest</a>,'" NYTimes, Aug 18, 2026.U.S. House of Representatives, Judiciary, Democrats. "<a href="https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-11-24.hjc-dem-staff-report-trump-crypto-corruption-small_0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption</a>," Nov 24, 2025.Michael Waldman, "<a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/epic-corruption-plain-sight" rel="noopener noreferrer">Epic Corruption in Plain Sight</a>," Brennan Center, May 19, 2026.John Ganz, "<a href="https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/trumps-third-worldism" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump's Third-Worldism</a>," Unpopular Front, Aug 24, 2026....and don't forget to subscribe to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Know Your Enemy on Patreon</a> for access to all of our bonus episodes!

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