‘For-Profit Presidency:’ 100 Days Into Trump’s Corporate Takeover

“The true depth of the administration’s unswerving commitment to an especially savage version of corporate capitalism is now, as we approach the first 100 days under the Trump administration, utterly clear.”

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
President Donald Trump, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, meets with members of the media regarding the health care overhaul bill, March 24, 2017. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Donald Trump approaches his 100th day in office the most unpopular U.S. leader in modern history for a reason. Exacerbating his failure to uphold his populist campaign promises, a new report found that Trump spent the majority of his presidency enriching his own business empire while appointing fellow "corporate cronies" at the highest

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Trump Held 190 Private Meetings With Corporate CEOs Since Inauguration

Despite promising to “break-up the special interest monopoly in Washington,” records of Trump’s private meetings in his first 100 days in office show that he has not only invited those same special interests into the White House but has allowed them to strengthen their choke-hold on the American political system.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn talks on the phone as he waits for the start of a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

While most Americans – Trump supporters and detractors alike – have realized that the President’s campaign promise to “drain the swamp” is unlikely to happen, a new analysis from the watchdog group Public Citizen has made it official. According to the group’s new report, titled “Corporate Executives Swamp the White House,” Trump has met with at

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In Latest Populist Betrayal, Trump Executive Order Unchains Wall Street Greed

Orders signed Friday are ‘nothing more than special favors for the same Wall Street banks that crashed our economy in 2008 and put millions of Americans out of work.’

Deirdre Fulton
By Deirdre Fulton
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after his signing the order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. The executive order that will direct the Treasury secretary to review the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight law, which reshaped financial regulation after 2008-2009 crisis. On the far left are Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and Rep. Ann Wagner, R Mo. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

In yet another Wall Street giveaway, President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon took executive action to chip away at Dodd-Frank financial regulations and roll back rules aimed at reducing corporate tax avoidance. Lisa Gilbert, vice president of legislative affairs for watchdog group Public Citizen, described the orders signed Friday at the

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New Report Reveals Trump White House Taking ‘Marching Orders’ From CEOs

‘One of every five of the corporate executives who met with the Trump administration within the first 100 days represented the banking or financial sector.’

Nadia Prupis
By Nadia Prupis
Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn talks on the phone as he waits for the start of a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has met with at least 190 corporate executives, not including phone calls with heads of banks or his numerous Wall Street appointees, the watchdog group Public Citizen reported Monday in a new analysis. And since the November election itself, he's met with at least 224. "One of every five of the

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Justice Department Sued Over Secretive JPMorgan Settlement

The agreement settled both “actual and potential” civil claims against the company brought by five federal agencies and several state attorneys general.

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron
People stand in the lobby of JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York. J.P. Morgan Chase (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

WASHINGTON --- A public interest group is suing the Department of Justice and Attorney General Eric Holder over the agency’s recent record-busting settlement with JPMorgan Chase for the bank’s fraudulent conduct leading up to the 2007-08 bursting of the housing bubble and subsequent meltdown of the financial industry.  Better Markets, a watchdog

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