The Growing Scandal of $TRUMP

I'm John Caramonica, a critic at The New York Times. And I'm Joe Cascarelli, a culture reporter at The Times. Together we host Popcast, a weekly pop culture chat show where we speak to the biggest musicians, actors, internet celebrities, and more. We've had Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo, and Anne Hathaway. We've also hosted live performances with Andre 3000 and Erica Badu.

Plus we end every conversation with a snack. Catch new episodes of Popcast every week on YouTube and anywhere you get your podcasts. Last week, the Trump administration formally accepted a Boeing 747 luxury jet from the government of Qatar. This is, if you've not seen it, a very nice plane. Very nice plane.

And Trump's plan at the end of his term is to donate this very nice plane to his own presidential library, because as you know, no presidential library, no library really, is complete without a luxury airplane. Even if this is legal, the conflict of interest here is obvious. It is incredibly corrupt looking at the very least. But here's the thing.

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