How one Democratic senator is tackling Trump’s corruption
By Astead Herndon
Published on April 4, 2026.
The most pressing issue is to address the brazen public way that President Donald Trump is engaging in corruption, which is causing some people to question whether it is corruption. This is a particularly vulnerable moment for the country, with many Americans ready to abandon public action over the perceived lack of accountability and declare "fatal" to the corruption of an elected president. The author argues that if Trump succeeds in normalizing this corruption, it could damage faith in the entire democratic enterprise. She urges a diagnosis of the situation and suggests that both economic and political messaging should focus on returning control to human beings. The corruption of our democracy is also downstream of the corruption in our economy, and both parties need to acknowledge this.
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