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Americans Trying to Survive Coronavirus Crisis, Trump Family Trying to Make a Buck

Manny Otiko
4 min readMar 16, 2020

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Trump, Jared Follow the ‘Hate the Government, Love The Government Check’ Motto

Members of the Trump-Kushner family. ( Max Goldberg/Iowa State Daily from USA)

Americans are currently dealing with closing businesses and forced shut-ins as people are advised to avoid large gatherings. So, it’s comforting to know that some people are trying to get rich off the coronavirus scare. And it’s not just the hustlers who are buying up toilet paper and hand sanitizers and trying to sell it for a profit. It’s also right within the White House. Yes, in the administration of so-called billionaire President Donald Trump, there are people trying to make a buck as America is looking at thousands of deaths.

As I’ve said before, conservatives might say they hate the government, but they secretly love it. Anyone who’s worked in government knows that Uncle Sam spends billions on services with private companies. Conservatives see that and they want a piece of the action — especially Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law. This is the same Jared Kushner who failed his national security background check and turned to a…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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