To put Trump's new crypto business into context, here is an illustrated guide we published on Friday that details the full range of apparent conflicts of interest as Trump enters the White House again. A good reference work. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... - ThreadSky

ericlipton.nytimes.com • 35 days ago

To put Trump's new crypto business into context, here is an illustrated guide we published on Friday that details the full range of apparent conflicts of interest as Trump enters the White House again. A good reference work. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/17/us/politics/trump-conflicts-of-interest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE4.9rc4.hWilxPKhRkfe&smid=bs-share

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ladydrake.bsky.social•35 days ago

Sadly, no one will care. No hand slapping for Felon Trump.

jellenro.bsky.social•34 days ago

Nobody ever does anything to stop it though? They grifted their way through the first term with no consequences and were rewarded with a second term

johns3785.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's the Trump crime club.

No divestiture or distancing of Trump's conflicted business interests.

Emoluments, anyone?

digginsdweller.bsky.social•35 days ago

Of course, all of this will be declared as being within the outer bounds of the president's official duties.

nuagenoir.bsky.social•35 days ago

This handy little graph would have been nice to have sometime BEFORE the election.

tinashakh.bsky.social•34 days ago

📌

ademsspeakslikegop.bsky.social•35 days ago

Someday, when you leave this online gaming rag we’ll be able to read your stuff again!

jmmatt.bsky.social•34 days ago

Drumpf would sell naked pictures of his wife if someone had not preempted him years ago.

larrychaffin.bsky.social•35 days ago

Trump crypto is a scam.

thyroid-2303.bsky.social•35 days ago

Grifter in Chief. People dumb enough to buy it deserve what they get.

mynahleague.bsky.social•35 days ago

Please write about who would hold him accountable. Who? Otherwise these articles are pointless, we already know about his lack of ethics and morals. Hold the companies and billionaires buying and selling to account as well.

bluedotinfl.bsky.social•35 days ago

We literally have no voice.

mynahleague.bsky.social•35 days ago

That’s how I feel, and I live in CA! Drowned out by a vast right wing media apparatus, dems have a long way to go to catch up. Now it’s celebrities cashing in on the corruption.

sacwired.bsky.social•21 days ago

Trump has always been a conflict of interest even to himself. He’s always been a grifter, he will always be a grifter. He’s cheap, everything he touches is cheap. He’s making the Presidency cheap. He’s just worthless.

astoriy.bsky.social•34 days ago

And who or what is going to stop him Americans voted knowing what he is and what he will do. He has no ethics, morals or integrity
He is supported by $ and others who are willing to race to hell for power

margeandfriday.bsky.social•34 days ago

Doesn't matter. Nothing does.

waitingontheworld.bsky.social•34 days ago

The US is Toys R Us for oligarchs. They never grew up and see this country as the biggest toy store there is. I hope everytime they try the grift or to erode Democracy, they get a timeout. Bluesky folks are gonna continue to bring the light. Democratic party, DNC bring the business. Stop Citizens U.

rkdowner.bsky.social•34 days ago

My God, if the New York Times publishes something critical od the Insurrectionist In Chief then the truth must be much worse.

jafkettani.bsky.social•34 days ago

Trump crypto launched yesterday that gets 20 $BILLIONS in 2 days and 80% cut for Trump himself !!! is seriously the biggest corruption scandal in history. 20B scam All in plain sight and article in a NYT “ethical breach”. Wow ! We need a new Bloomberg index : real time corruption . Trump #1

totruth.bsky.social•34 days ago

And yet, he is still not in jail.😡

gailiefella.bsky.social•34 days ago

Bezos laughs and laughs, then says eat shit & die peasants.

pekerpotpie.bsky.social•34 days ago

Woulda been great to see this kinda coverage BEFORE the election.

jremmc.bsky.social•35 days ago

📌

ceindeed.bsky.social•35 days ago

I’m sure there is nothing to be concerned about. Certainly Trump won’t profit personally from these, um, Trump products.
Also, I am the Mayor of Disneyland.

nekkoashi222.bsky.social•35 days ago

Another opportunity for his clowns to FAFO. I love that for them.

armandostiletto.bsky.social•34 days ago

Welcome to legal bribery.

bevymart.bsky.social•35 days ago

Just imagine the sheer volume of screeching from the #gop were ANY #democrat #POTUS even attempted to enrich themselves in this manner while in office

There would be immediate impeachment proceedings started on day one of the admin

lembrando.bsky.social•35 days ago

“Apparent”? Conficts of interest “risk”? Do we need euphemistic legalese even for these in-your-face conflicts of interest?

marcashrsn.bsky.social•34 days ago

That's the view before he's even sworn in. Wait until he's in the Oval Office.

mswillnotgoback.bsky.social•35 days ago

Thanks for the gift link!

mitchellmebane.bsky.social•34 days ago

📌

okblue.bsky.social•35 days ago

What a small thing - ethics, when one is immune from the law. Collapse from within, as promised.

wc-thats-me.bsky.social•34 days ago

Excellent compilation. However, the grift and corruption go on with no accountability and no consequences. Also,even all this wasn't enough to prevent his MAGA followers from re-electing him, which is chilling.

proggrrl.bsky.social•34 days ago

Americans are about to get a serious lesson, re why all the regulations the broligarchs want to tear down, were set up in the first place

porradavfr.bsky.social•35 days ago

“Apparent” huh? What courageous reporting.

burnurbra.bsky.social•35 days ago

The NY Times helped him get elected

lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social•34 days ago

It’s not a presidency, it’s a great big grift.

therealnickrogers.bsky.social•35 days ago

And they made poor Jimmy give up his peanut farm...

captnbob.bsky.social•34 days ago

thanks NYT, you're right on the cutting edge of cleptocracy

johnasilva.bsky.social•35 days ago

His existence is a conflict of interest for humanity. Fuck him. And his little pet billionaires, too.

msnide.bsky.social•34 days ago

The Grifters guide to increase personal wealth by robbing from the poor and under educated and taking under the table donations from the wealthiest 1% at the same time, creating multiple streams of income. Art of the Steal.

sdinpraxis.bsky.social•34 days ago

📌

shenloop.bsky.social•35 days ago

Criminal, sexual predator, grifter, he tried to throw out your votes, guilty, he belongs in jail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=270F8s5TEKY

fireflower25.bsky.social•34 days ago

Wondering what the psychology is behind people knowing this and not caring? F-ing ridiculous. Heavy sigh.

infinitemadness.bsky.social•35 days ago

He never ceases to go lower.😔

bwreed.bsky.social•35 days ago

This is great work. I only wish voters cared about ethics 😩

jasinma.bsky.social•35 days ago

Agreed. But enough don't and, frankly, I prefer that he gorge on enriching himself at the expense of the MAGA gullible if it distracts him from destroying our environment, our health care, our public safety, our international alliances...

bluedotinfl.bsky.social•35 days ago

Or our elected officials who oversee this shit??

carolannete.bsky.social•35 days ago

MAGA apologists don't view any of that as "corrupt." What they see as "corrupt" is failing to honor and obey Donald Trump.

erharder.bsky.social•35 days ago

🤣🤣🤣 like he cares. I have watched this cretin for most of my life and he has always been a corrupt, greedy, and tacky little man.

poeta-az.bsky.social•34 days ago

For Trump and his family, it’s a money machine
They will just try to get all they can glean
For foreign influencers, a bribe still unseen
Let’s hope this time the media will be a lot more keen

thegrumpyoldtroll.bsky.social•35 days ago

Trump family will have outside ethics lawyer review contracts of $10 million or more. Why do I have a feeling we are going to see a shitload of $9,999,999 contracts?

reenie11.bsky.social•34 days ago

Interesting reading but again nothing will be done about it other than gasping in horror

rockwils1.bsky.social•34 days ago

theq1966.bsky.social•35 days ago

And I suppose no FBI or prosecutor would touch this investigation. So much for “no one is above the law!”

ericlipton.nytimes.com•35 days ago

Corporate filings in Delaware show that an LLC related to the new Trump crypto company was just created a few days ago.

txexpat.bsky.social•34 days ago

Good to know that FFOTUS is actively betting against the greenback

tacticalsense.bsky.social•34 days ago

🫣😶sickening

dkjk.bsky.social•34 days ago

What does this mean to average Americans?

mc91.bsky.social•34 days ago

Sooo busy getting ready to be president he forgot to divest from his businesses this time. Rats! I hope nobody minds. Shouldn't be a problem right?

larrychaffin.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's a scam..

clmorsecoded.bsky.social•35 days ago

They couldn't come up with a better business name than Fight Fight Fight LLC? 🙄

pdawgg61.bsky.social•34 days ago

The corruption never ends!

charliem56.bsky.social•35 days ago

While you may continue investigative reporting, I find it sickening that the media pussyfoots around Pussygrabber.
If someone says it raining and another says it's sunny, go look out the window, & REPORT the facts.
NYT lost a 20yr subscriber with their craven cowardice in the run up to Nov 5

68db.bsky.social•34 days ago

Dark money and shitcoins, perfect together.

stoiccpt.bsky.social•35 days ago

You guys all know all his crypto is run by the pharma bro right?

jbrownblue.bsky.social•34 days ago

He’s allowed to commit fraud while president according to SCOTUS.

vargulfen.com•35 days ago

Remember the days when the NYT covered his candidacy critically and called out his insane claims?

Yea. Me either.

GFY.

As long as you are part of that paper you will not be taken seriously.

jafkettani.bsky.social•34 days ago

Trump crypto launched yesterday that gets 20 BILLIONS in 2 days and 80% for Trump himself !!! is seriously the biggest corruption scandal in history. All in plain sight and no article in a main journal. Wow !

desertrat1933.bsky.social•34 days ago

📌

tayroller.bsky.social•34 days ago

I remember when I was younger , a president telling a prosecutor in another country that he was going to withhold $1 billion of American taxpayer money if the prosecutor didn’t drop the investigation into his sons fraudulent energy company 🫠

It seems like only yesterday

voyageurs59.bsky.social•35 days ago

This is disgusting! He avoided prison and now gets to make millions.

bklynnative.bsky.social•35 days ago

The love of money is the root of all evil.

ronhole.bsky.social•35 days ago

I can only imagine dinner at the Trumps. They laughter they must share when telling stories like "And then after the shoes, I sold the dumb fuckers a bible!" "Oh yeah, well we put together this memecoin thing, tied up 80% of the coins for zero, and then sold the rest, making each one worth $25"

disorderlybrdrline.bsky.social•35 days ago

Remember the days when the president had to divest from his legitimate businesses and now we have one who is creating more scam ones right before he takes office...

heavymetalmike.bsky.social•35 days ago

Or when the president wasn’t immune

caoineag.bsky.social•35 days ago

Hahah no

controversycow.bsky.social•35 days ago

The US Dollar is the only currency that the President of the United States should have an interest in... Call me old fashioned!

davidsp72.bsky.social•35 days ago

Eric, you made a big deal about all the work your paper is doing to hold Trump accountable, and still can’t call an obvious, no doubt about it, ethical breach as such.

Your previous efforts to persuade us your paper is acting in good faith is in the dustbin.

allanschlosser.bsky.social•35 days ago

Not only has Trump done a 180 on crypto but is now shamelessly monetizing it on the eve of his inauguration. While "Trump" and "ethics" are unlikely ever to appear in the same sentence, hat tip to the Times for its illustrated guide to his countless conflicts of interest.

vwaimlessly.bsky.social•35 days ago

Why wouldn't you jump at the chance to be at the top of the pyramid scheme?

jmeyer24.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's his "Pump & Dump"

davidstewart.bsky.social•35 days ago

The more I see crap like the corporate name of this registration- Fight Fight Fight - the more I think they set that poor troubled kid up to be his “assassin “.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-matthew-crooks-blackrock-ad-pulled/

newspro.bsky.social•34 days ago

And the grift has begun.

covcat.bsky.social•35 days ago

Counting on you for the whole story.

minutello1.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's a scam!

tedizimmermann.bsky.social•35 days ago

Just another Trump grift. Making money while he’s in the White House. Conmen never really give it up.

mjh878.bsky.social•35 days ago

Ah, The Old Grifter doing his thing #OldGrifter

davidavid.bsky.social•35 days ago

We are completely of the rails. The fraud will be legendary. This won’t stop until a Democrat does it.

perpelxity.bsky.social•35 days ago

Crime, domestic and foreign bribery schemes is now legalized. This all NYT and WaPo's fault. You failed us and so did cable news.
You're too busy chasing trumps tweets through forest of mirrors. If you did your job, trump and those tech bros would've never gotten this far.

gregg-apfsds.bsky.social•35 days ago

Never. Stop. Grifting.

shenloop.bsky.social•35 days ago

Criminal, sexual predator, grifter, guilty, he tired to steal your vote... he belongs in jail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=270F8s5TEKY

bershod.bsky.social•35 days ago

😳oh gawd he’s going to destroy the economy

generalcommentator.bsky.social•34 days ago

Why not creating the company in a red state like Texas ??

enviroaggie.bsky.social•34 days ago

Most people incorporate in Delaware, the laws are pretty favorable.

generalcommentator.bsky.social•34 days ago

It is only a “blue bad state” when there is no $$$ gain.

shanestrudwick.bsky.social•35 days ago

Grifters have to grift

edenarachnelatro.bsky.social•35 days ago

The queue of ethics lawyers looking for work in the Trump era.

grippeminaud.bsky.social•35 days ago

what is actually being sold?

jmichelle1989.bsky.social•34 days ago

Not possible. He’s been focused on DAY ONE promises. LOWER EGGS, END WAR IN UKRAINE, DRILL DRILL DRILL

chris-in-va.bsky.social•34 days ago

Wow you’re gullible!

jmichelle1989.bsky.social•33 days ago

I was being sarcastic…Ya know, Greenland, Canada, Gulf of America…..

thatguyfromri.bsky.social•35 days ago

More than a grift. This is untraceable money. Can be from governments, entities, individuals. Virtually any amount. Absolutely unprecedented. What could go wrong?

kapdoll.bsky.social•35 days ago

If only a newspaper and other media had reported on what an absolute piece of scum trump is. Imagine that. A seditious money grubbing anti American piece of filth and the media loves him.

adriennegraham.bsky.social•35 days ago

Well the media needs to stop kissing his ass. That’s kind of why we’re in this mess.

carmendp.bsky.social•34 days ago

now I heard there is a melana one

beechlvr.bsky.social•35 days ago

He will face no accountability

phineasbaxterrohde.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's not even a conflict of interest because he only had one interest, ever... to use the presidency to get rich.

popeshady.bsky.social•34 days ago

Not true. Don’t be so quick to forget his interest in using the office of the presidency to weaponize the DOJ against his enemies and also make his legal woes vanish.

patrickneithard.bsky.social•34 days ago

📌

iowagovsucks.bsky.social•35 days ago

Fricking annoyed

evryv0t3.bsky.social•35 days ago

Just don't see how this can EVER be legal for an incoming President (cough, cough)...but Seriously????? Trump is just a thief in a blue suit...Why IS THIS ALLOWED???

smlrun.bsky.social•35 days ago

it’s a scam u can’t even cash out

j-waller55.bsky.social•35 days ago

The date its LLC was filed isn't very revealing. The date Trump's attorneys were first tasked with creating the LLC would be more revealing, although undoubtedly more difficult to ascertain due to attorney-client privilege and work product considerations.

paladincornelia.bsky.social•35 days ago

Grifters gonna grift. Frankly I hope the entire cryptocurrency currency market goes the way of tulips.🌷

popeshady.bsky.social•34 days ago

While I get the sentiment I do not think blockchain technology is going to vanish. I do think there’s a massive difference between a decentralized token and one like the Trump coin, which holds 80% of the allocation and is a textbook recipe for a pump and dump / rugpull scam.

rkdowner.bsky.social•34 days ago

Blockchain is an amazing development that has potential applications tracking medicines, donated blood, etc. Cryptocurrency, however, has no value except what people are willing to pay for it. Even stock - also only worth what someone is willing to pay - represents a fraction of a company such as GM

popeshady.bsky.social•34 days ago

I can simultaneously agree and disagree with this sentiment as the argument that Bitcoin is “digital gold” or a “store of value” is both acceptable and total rubbish to me.

The “petrodollar” approach since Bretton Woods is also a nightmare. Hitch our wagon to OPEC?!?😬

popeshady.bsky.social•34 days ago

There’s more I don’t understand than do understand on this and I’m not a crypto-libertarian, just someone who has seen concentrated wealth get worse with every administration. I’ve never voted Republican, but the oligarchs have done OK during Clinton, Obama and Biden.

elemjay.bsky.social•34 days ago

"Drill, baby, drill" would put a serious dent in that option.

trudypdx.bsky.social•35 days ago

Here we go, trump grifter anonymous.

khb1.bsky.social•35 days ago

Wondering how the EU, the Commonwealth, and Asia, are viewing this. Putin and his ilk are looking to grab all they can. The Saudis just want Jared’s money back.

citizen12345.bsky.social•35 days ago

That’s some last minute structuring.

lesliebeth.bsky.social•34 days ago

Of course.. is there anyone more corrupt than Trump?

iamcanadian3672.bsky.social•34 days ago

Suspicious at best but typical scam

sunnydaysarecoming.bsky.social•34 days ago

So he is tanking the economy, right? That’s the only way crypto can succeed

mhenselder.bsky.social•34 days ago

Mark Cuban posted on xitter midsummer that reason crypto bros were signing/donating to Felon47 was they understood danger to the economy of tariffs & more tax cuts for billionaires. Cuban said “🔥 down economy would ease switch to CRYPTO as reserve currency & dethrone US dollar. Seems accurate take‼️

bobreas.bsky.social•35 days ago

Grifters gonna grift

bluepatri0t.bsky.social•35 days ago

Interesting name choice

patrickneithard.bsky.social•34 days ago

📌

goodinplenty.bsky.social•35 days ago

Best case scenario (for the country) is the First Felon, a conman at heart, takes every dollar being proffered, but does little to nothing in return for anything he hadn’t intended to originally, before pocketing the money.