Corruption: The spy sheikh and the president

President Trump is embroiled in a half-billion-dollar corruption scandal, said Mohamad Bazzi in The Guardian, and “we’ve hardly noticed.” The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that just days before Trump’s second inauguration, a senior member of the United Arab Emirates’ royal family signed a $500 million deal to buy almost half of World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s main cryptocurrency company. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, nick-named the “spy sheikh,” paid half up front...