100 Days of Trump Administration Corruption

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Introduction

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to lower costs on "day one." However, instead of fulfilling this promise, the administration has allegedly created opportunities for the President, top officials, and wealthy associates to personally benefit from government corruption.

White House and Executive Branch Actions

1. Turned the White House into a "Tesla dealership"
2. Fired independent commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission
3. Punished former officials who opposed Trump's 2020 election lies
4. Paid for the White House Easter egg roll by soliciting corporate sponsors with business pending before the government
5. Helped Trump's son set up a club charging $5,000 for access to Trump's cabinet
6. Declared no tariff exceptions would be granted, then permitted Apple's CEO special behind-the-scenes access resulting in iPhone tariff cuts
7. Created openings for insider trading by reportedly giving Wall Street exclusive information about trade talks
8. Hosted million-dollar dinners between pharmaceutical CEOs and their regulator, RFK Jr.

Cryptocurrency and Financial Interests

9. Launched a crypto "memecoin" before the inauguration that made millions, then increased its value through executive orders prioritizing cryptocurrency
10. Launched another memecoin for Melania Trump
11. Promised "rich as hell" donors a significant tax reduction and is working to deliver it
12. Weakened rules insulating government workers from politics
13. Limited corporate foreign bribery investigations
14. Halted enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act
15. Offered private dinners with Trump and special White House tours to the top 220 holders of his memecoin, allowing Trump and family to profit from both the increased value of the coin and increased trading on the Trump platform

Media and Business Deals

16. Accepted $40 million from Jeff Bezos for a First Lady Melania Trump documentary, reportedly well above market rate
17. Pointed to Bezos's multi-million dollar documentary payment as a model when Warner Brothers asked how to improve its relationship with the White House
18. Struck a deal with Amazon to stream Trump's old show "The Apprentice," benefiting Trump financially while Amazon seeks tax breaks and federal benefits
19. Allegedly coerced law firms to offer nearly $1 billion in free legal work, potentially violating anti-bribery laws
20. Started undermining Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices after pharmaceutical companies donated millions to Trump's inauguration

Media Control and Intimidation

21. Filed a lawsuit against 60 Minutes and launched what's described as a baseless FCC investigation
22. Attempted to force Associated Press compliance with administration demands and removed them from the White House briefing room when they refused

Appointments and Nominations with Conflicts of Interest

23. Hired Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's younger brother for a key role
24. Hired a longtime former partner of Don Jr. as ambassador to Greece
25. Nominated Jared Kushner's father to serve as ambassador to France
26. Selected Tiffany Trump's father-in-law as an advisor
27. Appointed an oil and gas executive to lead the Department of Energy
28. Selected a chief of staff who was a lobbyist for tobacco and mining companies
29. Named officials who had recently lobbied for oil and chemical giants to help write EPA rules
30. Appointed Dr. Mehmet Oz, who has close ties to Medicare Advantage insurers and promoted them on television, to lead CMS (which sets payment rates for Medicare Advantage insurers)
31. Appointed John Fallon, characterized as a major donor with no military or government experience, to lead the Navy and handle Navy construction contracts
32. Appointed Pam Bondi, a former lobbyist for a federal detention contractor, to lead the Department of Justice
33. Announced the DOJ would stop prioritizing enforcement of restrictions on foreign lobbyists under Bondi, who herself is a former foreign lobbyist for Qatar
34. Appointed Howard Lutnick, who has billions invested in companies accused of illegally facilitating crypto money laundering, to lead the Commerce Department
35. Appointed Marty McCary, former executive of a company selling weight loss drugs, to lead the FDA, which would regulate his former company
36. Appointed Sean Duffy, who lobbied for the airline industry, to be Transportation Secretary regulating the airline industry
37. Tapped Pete Hegseth, whose wife owns stock in large defense contractors, to lead the Defense Department and oversee defense contracts
38. Tapped Doug Burgum, who made money from leasing land to oil companies, to lead the Interior Department and manage leasing to oil companies
39. Nominated a big oil lobbyist to run the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
40. Nominated Billy Long as IRS head, described as an "aggressive salesman for a fraud-riddled tax credit" who received donations after nomination to clear old campaign debts
41. Tapped Paul Atkins, a former crypto lobbyist, to lead the SEC that will regulate cryptocurrency
42. Appointed a former tax lobbyist to lead tax policy
43. Appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who planned to get paid for anti-vaccine lawsuits while heading HHS and potentially affecting the outcome of those same lawsuits
44. Appointed a top Pentagon official who led a firm investing in defense contractors and has directed DoD to outsource as much as possible to defense contractors
45. Appointed someone who lobbied to privatize Medicare to lead OMB's healthcare budget
46. Installed Steve Daines to effectively lead DOGE while also leading another Musk company
47. Installed another DOGE leader to control Treasury's payment system while still working as a software CEO
48. Handed power over crypto policy to a White House "cryptozar" who leads a venture capital firm heavily investing in crypto
49. Selected a "border czar" who led a firm that received tens of millions in federal contracts for homeland security companies
50. Appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is gutting the IRS so it can't audit wealthy tax cheats, while being a tax-paying mega-millionaire himself

Pardons and Legal Interference

51. Pardoned Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor convicted for corruption, after his vocal support for Trump
52. Pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election
53. Pardoned a Trump loyalist found guilty of wire fraud
54. Pardoned the son of a longtime Republican donor
55. Pardoned a corporation that had been fined $100 million for money laundering

Crypto and Financial Regulation

56. Launched his own stablecoin while preparing to sign legislation that will help stablecoins and let Trump oversee them
57. Sold merchandise with presidential branding
58. Disbanded DOJ's crypto unit after business talks between Binance and a Trump-backed crypto company intensified
59. Halted SEC enforcement actions against crypto companies that allegedly enriched Trump personally
60. Met with crypto executives seeking reduced Treasury oversight while simultaneously exploring a deal to list a Trump-linked crypto company's new stablecoin

Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and Trump Media

61. Maintained financial ties between Trump officials and Trump's media company, including FBI Director Kash Patel who received a large award of Trump Media Company stock
62. Nominated Attorney General Pam Bondi, who owned $2 million in DJT shares
63. Paid the Education Secretary almost $1 million in Trump Media Company shares
64. Appointed Intelligence Board nominees who have millions in Trump Media Company shares
65. Selected a special envoy to the Middle East who plans to develop real estate in Gaza while running his own real estate firm during his service
66. Appointed an FBI director who consulted for the Qatari government
67. Picked that FBI director despite his receiving millions from a Cayman Island holding company with ties to China

Government Decisions Benefiting Donors

68. Decided to cancel the Direct File program that allows taxpayers to file taxes online for free, helping Intuit (which charges for tax filing) after it gave $1 million to Trump's inauguration
69. Took its largest inauguration donation from a poultry company under DOJ scrutiny; after the donation, the SEC approved its parent company for the New York Stock Exchange
70. Dropped a probe into sexual misconduct allegations against the Education Secretary's husband
71. Hosted dozens of foreign, federal, and state officials at Mar-a-Lago, enriching Trump
72. Hosted a GOP retreat at another Trump resort, for which Trump's business was paid
73. Circumvented normal contracting processes to pick a company with close ties to Trump's former campaign manager
74. Awarded a $30 million ICE contract to Trump insider Peter Thiel
75. Continued developing new Trump properties overseas, including in Saudi Arabia and UAE
76. Created a plan for the State Department to pay Tesla $400 million

Special Favors for Donors

77. Accepted a $4 million inauguration donation from a GOP mega-donor and nominated him as UK ambassador on the same day

Actions Benefiting Elon Musk

78. Fired EEOC leaders investigating and suing Tesla
79. Illegally fired the NLRB chair which had filed a complaint against SpaceX
80. Gutted CFPB staff and fired the director after they investigated complaints against Musk's companies
81. Gutted the Department of Labor office investigating Tesla and SpaceX
82. Fired the USAID inspector general who launched a probe into satellite terminals made by Musk's Starlink
83. Targeted National Highway Traffic Safety Administration staff who were reportedly "a thorn in Tesla's side"
84. Said Musk would self-police his conflicts of interest
85. Pressured the FAA administrator, who had fined Musk's SpaceX, to resign
86. Permitted Musk to keep his financial disclosure hidden
87. Allowed Musk's Starlink to start working with the FAA after Musk criticized the FAA's air traffic telecom system
88. Made Musk's SpaceX the frontrunner for a new lucrative "Golden Dome" contract
89. Stood by Musk when his executives allegedly told an advertising firm to increase ad revenue, threatening that Musk could interfere with their pending merger if they didn't comply
90. Permitted Musk to join Trump's interview with the Air Force Secretary nominee while SpaceX held billions in contracts with the Air Force
91. Permitted the National Transportation Safety Board to share news related to airplane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia only on Musk-owned X
92. Permitted the Social Security Administration to share important public communications only on X
93. Dropped the Department of Justice's anti-discrimination complaint against Musk's SpaceX
94. Fired FDA staffers reviewing Elon Musk's Neuralink clinical trial applications

Removal of Oversight

95. Fired 18 inspectors general who ensure federal agencies follow the law
96. Fired the head of the Office of Special Counsel who protects whistleblowers and ensures civil service laws are followed
97. Fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics who monitors presidential administration compliance with conflict of interest laws, bribery restrictions, and other ethical issues
98. Fired DOJ prosecutors who worked on the January 6th investigations
99. Sidelined DOJ's office that reviews the legality of executive orders
100. Gutted DOJ's office that prosecutes misconduct by public officials

Conclusion

These 100 alleged corrupt acts within the first 100 days of the administration demonstrate a pattern of placing personal and financial interests ahead of public service, dismantling oversight mechanisms, and creating an environment that enables corruption to flourish.