President Trump has turned his office into a giant ATM, providing him and his family with billions of dollars. Now The New York Times reports he “is demanding” taxpayers pay him about $230 million to settle his claims that the Justice Department improperly investigated him.

Forbes Magazine reports that Trump’s immediate family “is now worth an estimated $10 billion, having nearly doubled its net worth since last year’s election. Trump’s own fortune jumped $3 billion in one year,” an astounding 70 percent gain.

It’s obvious that this enormous financial windfall would not have come to Trump and his family if he were not president. Before his first term, he declared business bankruptcies six times when he couldn’t make payments on $3.4 billion of debt. That is hardly the mark of a successful tycoon.

Now that Trump is the most powerful person in the world — able to reward people he likes and weaponize government to punish those he opposes — his supporters and those seeking favors are rushing to invest in his businesses and donate to his pet projects. That includes the building of a $300........

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