Trump's Grift Goes Global

What A Day

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

From $400 million planes to $300 million ballrooms, from cryptocurrency to just plain… currency, President Donald Trump and his family have profited massively from his return to the White House. According to the Center for American Progress, the Trump family has received nearly $2 billion in cash and gifts since President Trump won the 2024 presidential election. This week, during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to the White House, the president downplayed his family's dealings in Saudi Arabia, but the reality is that those business ties have grown significantly during his second term. For more on just how much money Trump and his family are making from his return to the Oval Office, we spoke to Andrea Bernstein, podcast host and author of "American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power." And in headlines, President Trump threatens Congressional Democrats with violent rhetoric, Customs and Border Patrol prepares more immigration crackdowns in Louisiana and Mississippi, and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to meet with President Trump at the White House.

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0:00.0	It's Friday, November 21st. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day. The show that has learned
0:07.4	that Elon Musk's AI assistant bot, Grock, has been programmed to say exceedingly nice things about
0:13.1	Elon Musk. And when I say exceedingly, I mean, quote, more fit than LeBron, a better quarterback
0:19.2	than retired NFL Hall of Fame or Peyton Manning,
0:21.8	a better supermodel than Naomi Campbell, and some achievements I really cannot describe on this show.
0:36.5	On today's show, President Donald Trump threatens violence against Democrats.
0:41.3	Shocker.
0:42.5	And New York City mayor-elect, Zeran Bamdani, gears up for an Oval Office meeting.
0:47.4	But let's start with a word that, weirdly, isn't one of Trump's favorites.
0:51.4	Corruption.
0:52.7	You probably heard a lot, like on this show, about Saudi
0:56.1	crown prince Muhammad bin Salman's visit to the United States this week, complete with pomp,
1:01.1	circumstance, and some murder rationalizing. But you may have missed another story about a foreign
1:06.2	country with some fancy gift-giving habits. Switzerland. See, the United States set tariffs on Switzerland at 39% back in April, which, understandably,
1:16.2	made Switzerland very, very upset.
1:18.3	So companies from Switzerland and Liechtenstein pledged to invest $200 billion in the U.S.
1:23.2	over the next five years.
1:24.8	But like every foreign country now, Switzerland knew what it really needed to do.
1:29.1	Give Trump fancy gifts. During a visit by the Swiss delegation on November 4th, Trump received a one
1:35.1	kilogram gold bar stamped with 45 and 47, with an estimated value of $130,000, as well as a special
1:42.6	Rolex desktop clock.
1:50.3	According to the White House, Trump accepted these gifts on behalf of his library, making them totally legal. Sure. And voila! Last week, the U.S. lowered tariffs on Switzerland from
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