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Let them eat hotdogs! Trump’s grift angers voters as midterms loom

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 28, 2026 • 12:32 AM
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America’s affordability crisis and corruption are now treated as two sides of the same coin as voters head to the ballot box next week.

Let them eat hotdogs! Trump’s grift angers voters as midterms loom

Draining the swamp used to be one of President Donald Trump’s themes. We do not hear much about that vow nowadays.

When asked recently about his own profiteering, Trump said: “You ought to look at the real corruption. It’s Democrat corruption and that includes Jeffrey Epstein.”

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