{"id":50282,"date":"2026-02-06T09:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=50282"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:59:26","slug":"unconscionable-enrichment-billionaire-us-investor-ken-griffin-accuses-trump-white-house-of-enriching-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=50282","title":{"rendered":"<h2><bRECKLESS SELF-ENRICHMENT! GOP Donor &#038; Billionaire US investor Ken Griffin accuses Trump White House of \u2018enriching\u2019 itself<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50283\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-9.46.22-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-9.46.22-AM.png 653w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-06-at-9.46.22-AM-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The billionaire investor Ken Griffin has accused Donald Trump\u2019s administration of \u201cenriching\u201d its families, and criticised its interference in American businesses as \u201cdistasteful\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Griffin, who is the chief executive of the hedge fund Citadel and a large Republican donor, rebuked the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a>, saying it \u201chas definitely made missteps in choosing decisions or courses that have been very, very enriching to the families of those in the administration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThat calls into question, is the public interest being served?\u201d he said at a conference on Tuesday in Florida hosted by the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"db742956-7266-43bc-b875-9430fe4365d1\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Griffin is one of the most vocal critics of Trump on Wall Street, although it is the first time he has commented on how the president\u2019s family\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2025\/nov\/30\/all-the-presidents-millions-how-the-trumps-are-turning-the-presidency-into-riches\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">appear to have made financial gain<\/a>\u00a0from their proximity to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/04\/ken-griffin-citadel-republican-donor-donald-trump-critic-white-house\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/04\/ken-griffin-citadel-republican-donor-donald-trump-critic-white-house<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}