Erica Perkins

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BREAKING: MAGA ally screams “BLOODY MURDER” over Trump’s massive corrupt foreign paydays.

When even right-wing political commentator Ben Shapiro is highlighting White House corruption, you know something is seriously wrong.

In a jaw-dropping interview with The New Yorker’s David Remnick, Shapiro was asked a simple question: Is Donald Trump honest? The context? A Wall Street Journal report detailing “fishy investments” from Abu Dhabi that allegedly helped the Trump family rake in a staggering $4 billion since Trump returned to office in 2024.

That’s billion — with a “B.”

Remnick cited conservative estimates showing massive financial gains tied to Middle Eastern investments in Trump-linked ventures. And Shapiro didn’t dodge.

“Of course,” he said when asked if it concerned him. “If the name were Biden instead of Trump, people would be screaming bloody murder.”

That’s a level of MAGA self-awareness that we have rarely encountered during the latest Trump administration.

Shapiro — one of Trumpworld’s most reliable defenders — openly admitted that if a Democrat had pulled off this kind of foreign cash windfall, the MAGA machine would be melting down 24/7 on cable news.

He went further. When pressed on whether the behavior was simply “not beneficial” to Trump’s agenda or outright corrupt, Shapiro responded: “Both, obviously.”

Both. Obviously…to Trump’s detractors at least. However, it’s shocking to hear from a person whose political objectives barely deviate from the MAGA party line.
Shapiro pointed to politically interested actors investing “massive amounts of money” into questionable digital assets tied to Trump’s orbit and concluded, “that is not a good thing.”

That’s not coming from MSNBC. That’s coming from Ben Shapiro, someone who wants to ban abortion and supports capital punishment.

Let’s connect the dots. Billions flowing from foreign interests. Crypto-style “digital assets.” A sitting president whose family fortune explodes while in office. And even conservative commentators are acknowledging the optics — and the ethics — are rotten.

For years, Republicans screamed about the Biden family and foreign business ties. Now? When Trump’s wealth reportedly balloons by billions thanks to overseas investors, the outrage is… selective.

Shapiro said it himself: If this were Biden, it would be a five-alarm fire.

Instead, it’s just another day in Trump’s America — where grift is normalized, foreign money flows freely, and accountability depends on your party affiliation.

When the president’s own ideological allies start calling it out, maybe it’s time the rest of the country paid attention.

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