2.Trump's profits irk Americans as Dems test anti-corruption message

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Key points

• An overwhelming majority of Democrats (95%), Republicans (92%), and Independents (87%) say they're angry when they hear regarding corruption, Reuters/Ipsos polling identified.
• In April, House Democrats introduced an "Anti-Corruption and Democracy Reform Task Force" with a mix of progressive and centrist members.
• Plus, almost seven in 10 Americans believe Trump's private business interests are influencing his presidential decisions, including almost half of Republicans (48%).
• The results had a margin of error of 3 percentage points for all Americans and 5 points for Democrats, Republicans and Independents.
• Zoom out: A recent The Economist-YouGov poll of 1, 611 U.S.

While Trump has argued "nobody cared" whether he and his family pursued business deals abroad during his first term, Americans seem to be signaling discomfort with the Trump family's business success.

For context, the White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

By the numbers: Most Americans (63%) say Trump and his family have inappropriately profited from cryptocurrency – from which he brought in upward of $1 billion last year – since his return to Washington, a four-day Reuters-Ipsos poll out Wednesday discovered.

Zoom out: A recent The Economist-YouGov poll of 1, 611 U.S. Citizens similarly discovered broad disapproval of Trump and his family doing business with foreign countries, with 65% disapproving. Only 8% strongly approved. Republicans were divided, with 47% approving and 32% disapproving.

Majorities additionally disapproved of presidents accepting valuable gifts from foreign governments while in office (61%) and Trump's personal investment in the cryptocurrency industry (64%). Between the lines: Democrats seem keen on harnessing that heightened concern.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), who is up for reelection, has framed much of his campaign around fighting corruption, panning the Trump administration as "the most corrupt. Of all time."

In April, House Democrats introduced an "Anti-Corruption and Democracy Reform Task Force" with a mix of progressive and centrist members. And in May, Democratic Reps. Jason Crow (Colo.), Mike Levin (Calif.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) introduced the "End Corruption Caucus" and introduced a resolution to denounce "corruption in all its forms."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has additionally leaned into juxtaposing affordability worries with the president's personal gold rush, launching a report on "the cost of corruption, " Punchbowl News documented last month.

Zoom out: The Democratic message centered around threats to democracy didn't sufficiently rally backing in 2024 – but this time around, they're betting on the dissonance between Americans' pocketbook worries and the president's business boom.

Reservations concerning corruption are peaking: Ipsos polling from April and May. It asked respondents regarding their three top worries, discovered that 37% of Americans selected financial or political corruption, a decade high and 10 points higher than the year prior.

Meanwhile, an overwhelming majority of Democrats (95%), Republicans (92%), and Independents (87%) say they're angry when they hear regarding corruption, Reuters/Ipsos polling identified.

And a June survey from the Brennan Center discovered that 62% stated corruption was a particularly sizeable difficulty in U.S. Politics.

Methodology: The Reuters/Ipsos poll. It was conducted online, surveyed 1, 166 U.S. Adults nationwide between August 14 and August 17. The results had a margin of error of 3 percentage points for all Americans and 5 points for Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Go deeper: Trumpworld's presidential gold rush.

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