00:00The way the presidency works now? Put money in Trump's pocket.
00:05MSNBC host Rachel Maddow delivered a blistering critique of President Donald Trump's behavior abroad,
00:11accusing him of blurring the line between public service and private gain.
00:15News.com has learned that on a recent episode of The Rachel Maddow Show,
00:19she cited a hot mic exchange between Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Egypt,
00:25which appeared to involve the president setting up a business-related conversation for his son, Eric Trump.
00:31The controversy began after footage surfaced of Trump and Subianto speaking informally during the summit.
00:37Can I meet Eric? Subianto reportedly asked.
00:40I'll have Eric call.
00:42Should I do that? He's such a good boy.
00:44I'll have Eric call, Trump replied.
00:47Maddow argued that the incident pointed to ethical misconduct.
00:50Eric Trump has no job in the U.S. government, she said.
00:53There is no reason why an American president should be arranging meetings for one of his family members
00:58with the head of state of another country,
01:00particularly when he's at an international meeting on official presidential business.
01:05Maddow also linked the hot mic moment to Eric Trump's business ventures in the region.
01:10Just last week, Eric Trump was promoting the Trump family's brand new golf course deal in Indonesia,
01:15she said, describing it as a stunning golf destination.
01:19She accused the president of hooking up his son, who is running the family business,
01:24with the president of Indonesia, the country hosting this new Trump family boondoggle.
01:30The MSNBC host further stated that the overlap between the Trump organization's international projects
01:35and the president's official duties constituted a pattern of corruption.
01:40Maddow expanded her criticism beyond Indonesia, citing a similar situation in Qatar.
01:45The nation of Qatar, Trump, and his first term said they were a funder of terrorism, she said.
01:52But then Qatar did this deal for a new Trump luxury development in their country.
01:57And then Qatar gifted Trump a $400 million luxury jet, which he plans to refit at taxpayer expense.
02:04She accused the president of rewarding Qatar with favorable U.S. policies afterward,
02:08including a pledge to defend the nation as if it were a NATO ally.
02:12Maddow closed her segment by arguing that Trump's presidency functions like a transactional enterprise.
02:18That's the way the presidency works now under Donald Trump, she declared.
02:22You put money in his pocket, you give money to his family,
02:25and he hooks you up with basically whatever you want out of the pockets of the American people,
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