The only difference between Trump’s version of bribery and how other politicians do it is that the neoliberal model has a time delay. Trump is just cutting that right out.

This is why I don’t get very worked up about Trump’s conflicts of interest. They are real, but the only difference is that he’s getting paid now as opposed to later. Politicians exist to do what rich people want, Trump is only cutting out the middle man and the partial delay.

It was always amazing to me that Hillary Clinton could give $200,000+ a hit Goldman Sachs speeches and then pseudo-liberals could tell me with a straight face that such a thing was not corruption — not even the whiff of it, according to them.

In fact, it is the very definition of corruption, just a form approved by the current political establishment.