The man hasd highly-placed friends or family?
Of course he has. Every filthy rich person or company has. It's called "donations" in new-speak, but at least the rest of the world knows that it's actually, really *bribes* . With almost every lawmaker in their pockets, how can anybody expect a "government of the people, by the people, for the people"?
There's almost no way to get elected in the USA without a ton of bribes, and of course, those paying a tiny little bit of their obscene wealth expect results. What surprises the rest of the world is, how can they keep on with this disgusting corruption -- for more than a century and growing bigger by the minute.
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