Donald Trump, the quid-pro-quo president

Published February 20, 2025 11:25pm ET



Rod Blagojevich, a corrupt former governor of Illinois, calls himself a “Trumpocrat.”

The label is truly apt because nobody has better articulated the heart of Trumpism than Blago, who famously said, “I’ve got this thing, and it’s f***ing golden. And I’m just not giving it up for f***in’ nothing. I’m not going to do it.”

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