Chuck Schumer Accuses Trump Of Using Presidency For Self-Enrichment As President Visits Middle East

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During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about President Trump's business deals with Gulf States.

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00:01As disturbing as this latest news about a Guattari Air Force One is, it is frankly just the tip of the iceberg.

00:10For months, Guattari and other Gulf state nationals have spent billions on deals with the Trump organizations,

00:17seemingly to buy access to the president, including a $2 billion from the UAE venture capital firm for Donald Trump's new stablecoin,

00:27including the launch of a new Trump hotel in Dubai, worth over a billion dollars,

00:35and the construction of a beachside golf course in Gutter, potentially worth $5 billion.

00:42Donald Trump's business deals in the Middle East reek of crooked self-enrichment.

00:48He isn't just blurring the line between public service and personal profit.

00:52He's erasing it.

00:54This isn't speculation, it's fact, backed by overwhelming evidence.

00:59He is jeopardizing America's national security to line his own pockets.

01:04What is most chilling about this brazen bribe and the national security betrayal is how openly Donald Trump is doing it.

01:12How he is lying about the need for this aircraft and the risks involved.

01:16And how he is daring Republicans to call him out.

01:21And how are Republicans responding?

01:24With silence.

01:26With their heads in the sand.

01:28Total obeisance.

01:29Afraid to tell the emperor he has no clothes.

01:34Well, Republicans may be too scared to stand up to Donald Trump,

01:37but I will keep pushing and Senate Democrats will keep pushing

01:41to get more answers to this nakedly crooked arrangement with Qatar.

01:46Until the American people learn the truth about this deal,

01:50I will do my part to block the galling and truly breathtaking politicization

01:55at the Department of Justice.

01:58Thank you very much.

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