Private donors are paying for the White House ballroom and even the US military. Who are they and what do they get in return? And is any of it legal? We ask the founder of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law.
And, the ongoing shutdown now threatens food stamps, while relations between America and Canada sink to new lows over the “hostile act” of a Canadian TV ad.
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00:00 – Welcome to Planet America Monday with John Barron and Chas Licciardello
00:43 – Trump’s unethical ballroom
03:40 – Who are the ballroom donors?
10:41 – Trump’s mega-rich mate donates to pay the wages of the military
13:29 – Shutdown threatens food stamps
15:25 – Are the donations legal? We ask UPenn’s Law Professor Claire Finkelstein
21:20 – Canada-America relations sink to all new lows over the “hostile act” of a television ad
27:24 – What does Ronald Reagan think of Donald Trump?
28:13 – Goodbye from John Barron and Chas Licciardello
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