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The Economist
12 Feb 2025
United States | Dodgy politics
Donald Trump and the art of the quid pro quo
The president and Eric Adams, New York’s mayor, seem to have made a deal
|New York
Corruption in politics is occasionally clear-cut: think wads of cash in a briefcase. More often it is blurry; trading favours is part of politics. This week New Yorkers were treated to an unsolicited lesson in the squishy concepts of quid and quo courtesy of their mayor and their president.
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