John,

Donald Trump and his family have reportedly made more than $700 million since his return to the White House. Some estimate that number to be even higher.

His presidency is the most brazenly corrupt in American history—marked by foreign investments in Trump’s meme coin, private crypto dinners with paying donors, and even a gifted 747 luxury jet from Qatar. Trump has turned the presidency into a personal pay-to-play operation.

And yet, much of the media is failing to treat this historic scandal with the urgency it needs.

Yes, there are many reasons: Trump’s chaos, a press corps trained to chase whatever headline he throws, and voter fatigue after years of norm-breaking.

But one reason for the media’s failure looms above all the rest—they’re afraid.

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While Trump raids and bankrupts American democracy, executives at legacy media outlets are telling newsrooms to tread carefully.

Some are even editing coverage to avoid backlash from the Trump White House:

* CBS News lost two top leaders after internal pressure to tone down coverage and settle Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit.
* ABC execs reportedly told The View hosts to ease up on politics—after Trump lashed out and the network paid $16 million to settle a legal complaint tied to political coverage.
* Disney, Gannett, and others have rolled back diversity and press standards to align with the administration’s new mandates.

This isn’t just about cowardice—it’s about the media’s desperate effort to survive Trump’s authoritarian war on the press. Networks with regulatory exposure and billion-dollar mergers on the line are doing everything they can to avoid retaliation.

Meanwhile, Trump is using the White House to enrich himself in ways no U.S. president ever has.

It’s an emergency that should be covered with the same ferocity of the coverage of a hurricane or January 6th. But instead, too many in the media are silent.

That’s why COURIER exists.

We reach millions every week on TikTok, Instagram, and in inboxes across battleground states—calling out corruption, exposing far-right power grabs, and fighting back with facts.

Just last week, our top TikTok post got over 15 million views.

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Thanks for standing with us,
The COURIER Team

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