But the most important, best-served constituency in the Trump coalition is scammers. This has been his promise since his first campaign, when he boasted on national television that he cheated on his taxes because "that makes me smart":
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/04/its-not-a-lie/#its-a-premature-truth
Trump - who has run multiple pyramid schemes - is gutting enforcement against Ponzi scammers:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/05/free-enterprise-system/#amway-or-the-highway
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