[facts only] do you think Trump was the the least corrupt president?

Quartz · 27 Aug 2023 at 15:17

My nephew claimed today at lunch that Trump's presidency was less corrupt than previous presidents because he couldn't see past enriching himself. Whereas previous presidents gave big contracts to big donors etc, Trump didn't, or at least nowhere to the same extent. Is this factually correct?

Please note that I'm not interested in discussing the politics etc, else I'd have posted in Speakers Corner; I just want the facts.

Quartz · 27 Aug 2023 at 16:27

Folks, can we please stick to facts? This isn't the place to snark.

Quartz · 27 Aug 2023 at 19:02

Roar87 said:
the people he's running against own the media and they hated not having a puppet for President.

More to the point, in 2020 total political advertising spending was $8.5B, according to Forbes, with total spending of $14.4B according to Opensecrets.org. And they want that money.

Quartz · 27 Aug 2023 at 20:45

ANDREW GREEN said:
Your nephew has unfortunately been taken in by propoganda,

And how does that compare with previous presidents?