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A hollow war on corruption

By Peter Baker
Trump and Musk explaining the administration’s cost-cutting efforts in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. — Eric Lee/The New York Times

NOW that he is back in office, US President Donald Trump sees corruption everywhere – within the foreign aid agency, at the Justice Department, in federal contracting.

But when it comes to his own circle, he seems far less interested in taking a closer look.

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