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America Doesn’t Care About Trump’s Graft
Donald Trump holds the $5 million Gold Card on board Air Force One, en route to Miami, Florida, on April 3, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
From Saudi comedy festivals to the $TRUMP meme coin, everyone’s cashing in on corruption—and no one seems to care.
By Tina Brown
10.08.25 — U.S. Politics
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Just when you thought the Hollywood community had proved that standing together to pressure Disney to restore the canceled Jimmy Kimmel to his late-night platform was a victory for free speech, American comedians Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Pete Davidson, et al. showed up with their acts in Saudi Arabia for the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

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Tina Brown
Tina Brown is the former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Talk, and the founder of The Daily Beast. Her most recent book is The Palace Papers.
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