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WITH THE GREENLAND BS DONE, IT’S TIME TO RE-FOCUS  
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Dean Obeidallah
January 22, 2026
The Dean's Report
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_ Epstein, Trump’s corruption and failed economy! Let's get back to
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Donald Trump is so freaked out about whatever is in the Epstein files
that he went to the brink of war against our NATO allies to distract
from it. But that ordeal is over given Trump once again went full
TACO: Trump always chickens out. In just two weeks, Trump went from
demanding the US needs to own Greenland saying, “Anything less than
that is unacceptable” to now pathetically declaring he has
“concepts of a plan”
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with zero ownership of Greenland and no details.

That ordeal wasted two weeks of our lives. It’s now time to re-focus
on issues that truly demand our attention—and they are the exact
issues Trump doesn’t want discussed.

1. EPSTEIN FILES. The Epstein Files Transparency Act—that Trump
signed into law-mandated the full release of the files in the Trump
regime’s possession by December 19. While we received a few
documents that day, a month has passed yet nothing else has been
released. Adding to the BS is that Trump’s own DOJ officials
recently revealed that more than two million documents
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shared-- meaning that less than 1% of the Epstein files have been
released. AG Pam Bondi—who may actually be fired before you finish
reading this article—commented
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the DOJ “remains in various phases of review and redaction.”

Well, where are the files?! That was the very question posed by a
group of Epstein survivors in a letter
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to the Justice Department’s Inspector General last week. These brave
women also slammed DOJ for “selectively” redacting documents to
further their agenda yet failing to redact the names of survivors as
mandated by the law. They wrote, “The manner in which these
materials were released reflects serious failures in redaction
practices, survivor protection, and oversight.” In addition, in the
past two days, lawyers for the Epstein survivors have been demanding
the files in the press, like Jennifer Plotkin who told
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The Guardian “The government continues to avoid accountability and
disregards the victims.” And on Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Robert
Garcia made
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it clear, “Donald Trump is leading a White House coverup right now
of the Epstein files.”

The release of these files are both about bringing closure to the
survivors and holding those involved accountable. Those are two things
Trump doesn’t care about. We need to return to clamoring for the
files release!

2. TRUMP CORRUPTION HITS NEW LEVELS! I wrote
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last May about Trump being the most corrupt American President ever.
However, at that time, I didn’t know the full extent of his grift.
Well, thanks to the NY Times
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in-depth reporting earlier this week, we can better asses the
corruption.

The Times determined that “TRUMP HAS USED THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENCY TO MAKE AT LEAST $1.4 BILLION.” They added, “We know
this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain
hidden from public view. And they continue to grow.” Yep, Trump has
made nearly $1.5 billion in one year using the office of the White
House like it’s Donald J. Trump, Inc.

Examples include Trump’s shakedown of media companies with his
baseless defamation lawsuits that raked in $90.5 million in
settlements since his re-election. Keep in mind, Trump sued these
media outlets in his personal capacity meaning he personally keeps the
settlements. These companies including ABC News, Meta, YouTube and
Paramount all paid him in essence extortion money/bribes because as
President he can use the DOJ, FCC and other agencies to target them.

There was also Qatar giving Trump a $400 million jet—that he will
personally keep—and $28 million from Amazon for a documentary about
Melania Trump. But the biggest grift as the Times documented was
Trump’s cryptocurrency scams. As the Times noted, “THE VAST
MAJORITY OF HIS NEW WEALTH HAS COME FROM CRYPTO INVESTMENT PROJECTS
RUN BY THE TRUMP FAMILY INCLUDING WORLD LIBERTY FINANCIAL, STABLECOIN
USD1, MEME COIN TOKENS.” How this scam works is that “People who
hope to influence federal policy, including foreigners, can buy his
family’s coins, effectively transferring money to the Trumps.” One
glaring example was a United Arab Emirates-backed investment firm that
announced last year it would deposit
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$2 billion into a Trump firm. Then just two weeks later, Trump gave
the country access to advanced AI chips.

It’s not just the NY Times reporting on this corruption. The Center
for American Progress (CAP) started the Trump’s Take tracker
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nearly $2 billion-worth of cash and gifts have boosted the Trump
family fortune in his first year in office.

We have never seen this level of corruption by an American president
before. You must be asking: How can Trump get away with this open
level of corruption?! For starters, I believe too many dismiss this as
simply what Trump does. But from a practical matter, Trump controls
the DOJ so they will never investigate him. Add to that, the broad
immunity the corrupt Supreme Court bestowed upon Trump. Despite that,
we must demand Trump be prosecuted for this open corruption and House
Democrats need to investigate if after they win the House this
midterm.

3. THE ECONOMY AND TRUMPFLATION: This demands far more coverage. A
series of new polls released over the past few weeks are telling us
people are hurting financially. On Thursday, the NY Times released a
poll that found only 32 percent
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of voters said the economy was better today than a year ago. (Who are
these people?!) A new Reuters-Ipsos
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poll finds Trump’s approval on economy is now down to 34% with even
less--30%--approving his handling of inflation. Those numbers are not
based on vibes but backed up by data. Unemployment is up more than 10%
since Trump came to office last January—and it would be higher if a
chunk of people didn’t give up looking for jobs in December. And
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created in 2025—the lowest since the pandemic by far given that more
than 2 million added in 2023 and 2024.

On inflation, a new study
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that we are the ones in fact paying for Trump’s idiotic tariffs that
imposed a baseline of 10% and ranging up to 50% on imports. As the
Kiel Institute for the World Economy found, AMERICAN CONSUMERS “BORE
96 PERCENT OF THE COSTS INCURRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS LAST
YEAR.” They noted that firms importing goods into the U.S. absorbed
only 4 percent of the costs from the levies. We, the people paid the
rest—which raised roughly $200 billion last year. That means by way
of his tariffs, Trump imposed one of the big tax increases ever on
Americans. The higher prices you are seeing at the grocery stores
should be called Trumpflation because he created it.

Trump was able to distract from these issues with the threat of war
over Greenland. That’s over. It’s time we return to focus on these
far more important issues. These are the ones that impact people’s
lives and are the ones Trump wants to avoid!

Dean Obeidallah [[link removed]] is host of
SiriusXM Radio's The Dean Obeidallah Show, writer, lawyer and
comedian. Saving America one fact and punchline at a time -- not
necessarily in that order!

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