Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<p>"The president’s hawking of $Trump memecoin has sparked a firestorm of criticism over potential influence buying"</p><p>How many of you have heard of Simon Cameron? You know, they guy who said "An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought."</p><p>What makes anyone think he will stay bought? Rented, maybe...</p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/trump-crypto-corruption-ethics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/25/trump-crypto-corruption-ethics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/honesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honesty</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SelfDealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDealing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/credibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>credibility</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a></p>