Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro told Republicans they’re all but doomed if they don’t address the corruption running rampant through Trump world.
While talking about President Donald Trump’s big “60 Minutes” interview during his Monday show, Shapiro reminded the GOP that it was corruption, not tariffs or rising prices or the Iran war, that voters ranked as their “No. 1 issue” across almost every poll.
“That will continue to bite the Republicans directly in the ass so long as there are people all surrounding the president who are clearing the bag,” he said.
Proving the president probably wasn’t going to win Americans’ trust back on his own, Shapiro rolled a clip of interviewer Ross Douthat asking Trump about reports that his net worth has surged by $3 billion since his return to the White House.
“Well, so did everyone’s,” the president replied.
When Douthat said he couldn’t say the same for himself, Trump told him, “You should have had stock.”
“I should have had stock,” Douthat conceded.
In his defense, the president claimed one of his sons was in charge of managing his money, telling Douthat, “I devote almost no time to my net worth. I don’t care. I have a lot of money. Far more than I ever thought I’d have. I guess it’s gone up. I don’t even know.”
While Shapiro mostly let the scene speak for itself, he warned Republicans that if they “don’t at some point confront” concerns that Trump is profiting off the presidency, “it’s going to be a problem.”