When questioned about his self-dealing, President Trump said he "found out that nobody cared."

 

Friend, we wanted to make sure you saw this email. Yesterday, we told you the president added $1.4 billion to his personal wealth through crypto deals his own administration shielded from enforcement. If that made you as angry as it made us, here’s your chance to do something about it. We know you're infuriated by the president's self-dealing and frustrated by how the administration is abetting his corruption. But you don't need to feel powerless. Congress can close this loophole, but we need to force it to act.      He said nobody cared. Every email to Congress says otherwise.     Thank you for refusing to accept the corruption as just the way it is. Presidential and vice presidential profiteering should be illegal and we can make that happen.  — POGO   ---------- Forwarded message ----------      From: POGO    Date: Wed. Aug 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM    Subject: What the president is doing should be illegal    Our government is supposed to work for you, Friend. Not to make the person at the top richer. And certainly not to cover his back when he is not protecting the public’s interest.  President Donald Trump added $1.4 billion to his personal wealth last year from cryptocurrency ventures: businesses he launched just before taking office — and in an industry he has aggressively shielded from enforcement and personally promoted.  Far from probing the president’s self-dealing, his administration is enabling it. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which should be investigating this, appears to be sidestepping a glaringly conflicted deal with AI Financial Corporation (formerly Alt5 Sigma) that netted the president and his family an estimated $500 million.    For years now, POGO has raised the alarm about the glaring loophole in ethics law that creates an exemption for criminal conflicts of interest for presidents and vice presidents. We’ve urged the closure of this loophole, lest it be abused by powerful officials who put their bottom line above their duty to the public — exactly the infuriating abuse we are seeing right now.  What’s even more infuriating: When questioned about his self-dealing, President Trump said he "found out that nobody cared." He couldn’t be more wrong. You care, and you are part of a community of people who are outraged by this profiteering. His actions are unacceptable and we need to demand accountability, friend, and this is how we do it:  Learn more about the president’s self-dealing and how his administration is letting him get away with it.  Email Congress members and urge them to close the loophole in ethics law that lets this happen.  Fuel the fight to help us hold Trump and future officials accountable.

You rightly expect the people elected to positions of power not to abuse their position to benefit themselves. When we ignore such behavior, we open the door for egregious corruption like this — and worse — for it to become normal. Not just from this administration, but future ones, too.    This crypto-corruption should be illegal. Closing this loophole would ensure no future president from either party gets to treat public office as a personal investment fund again. That’s the fix we’re asking Congress to make.

Thank you for being willing to fight for the government we all deserve. Don’t let the president tell you your outrage means nothing. It does, and we’re here to help you use it to create the change you want to see.    — POGO