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Trump's Megadonors
Super-PAC donors at the $500,000-plus tier behind Trump's 2024 campaign — the pre-administration relationships that later appointments, contracts, and rulings can be measured against.
The $251M Inauguration
Donors of $1 million or more to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, which raised a record $251 million for the 2025 inauguration. A reference ledger that other threads draw from.
Donations In, Favors Out
Contributions flow into Trump's political committees while benefits — contracts, appointments, settlements, and regulatory relief — flow out to Trump family businesses and ventures. The consolidated view of that two-way pattern.
From Donor to Diplomat
Major donors to Trump's committees — and, in several cases, their spouses — subsequently named ambassadors, cabinet secretaries, or sub-cabinet appointees.
Easing Up on Crypto
Dropped prosecutions, withdrawn SEC and CFTC actions, and rescinded rules that reduced federal enforcement against the cryptocurrency industry.
Donors, Cases Dropped
Companies and individuals that gave to Trump's political operation, set beside the federal investigations, lawsuits, and penalties subsequently dropped, paused, or settled.
Crypto in the Family
The Trump family's direct financial stakes in cryptocurrency ventures — the $TRUMP coin and World Liberty Financial — set beside the administration's crypto policy and enforcement decisions.
Gulf Money, U.S. Favors
Money and gifts routed by Gulf states — the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar — into Trump family ventures and government channels, set beside subsequent U.S. decisions on chips, investment reviews, arms, and permits.
His Lawyers, Now at Justice
Attorneys paid by Trump's PACs for his personal legal defense who then took senior Justice Department posts, alongside the broader pattern of appointees acting on the matters of allies and connected clients while career prosecutors were sidelined.
The Climate Rollback
Executive actions revoking Biden-era climate commitments and rolling back environmental regulation — abolishing offices, terminating programs, and reopening federal restrictions.
The Pardon List
Pardons and commutations granted to political donors, allies, and figures tied to industries that financially supported Trump or his family's ventures.
The Family Business Abroad
Licensing, real-estate, and branding deals between the Trump Organization and foreign governments during the second term.
The Fossil Fuel Comeback
Energy and environmental rules rolled back to expand oil, gas, and coal production, reversing constraints on fossil-fuel development.
Where the Settlements Went
Legal settlements — chiefly from media and technology companies — resolved on terms that direct money to Trump's presidential-library foundation or personal control, often while the payer had a separate matter before the government.
Trump Cabinet
Cabinet and senior-agency appointments are a corruption-relevant lens because they place donor-connected, conflicted, or unqualified individuals at the head of federal agencies whose policy and enforcement decisions then flow to other actions in this corpus.
Betting Goes Legal
CFTC rollbacks and dropped probes that cleared regulatory ground for prediction-market and event-contract platforms.
The President's Own Brands
Instances of Trump using the platform and authority of the presidency to promote personal commercial ventures.
Who Got a Tariff Break
Tariff exemptions, cuts, and carve-outs that followed corporate investment pledges or personal gifts to Trump while a trade decision was pending.
Don Jr.'s Board Seats
Donald Trump Jr.'s board seats and investment vehicles in companies whose federal matters were resolved, or whose industries were deregulated, over the same period.
Public Land, Private Hands
Federal land and military installations opened to private industry, at times bypassing standard environmental and competitive review.
Elon Musk / DOGE Conflicts
Elon Musk's simultaneous role as head of DOGE and owner of X, combined with X's financial dealings with the Trump administration, creates overlapping conflicts of interest that warrant tracking.
Speech Isn't Free
Coercive lawsuits and settlements, ownership consolidation, editorial appointments, and regulatory leverage that pressure news organizations and deter independent or critical coverage — the rising price of free expression when those in power can buy, capture, or punish it.
The AI Land Rush
Fast-tracked permitting, deregulation, and chip-access decisions benefiting AI and data-center operators, alongside the industry's escalating political spending.
The Bank Watchdog Stands Down
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismantled — staff removed, operations shuttered, and major enforcement cases against financial institutions dropped.