President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared a war on fraud during his State of the Union address and announced that he was putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of it. But many of the president’s critics were quick to argue that the real fraud was coming from inside the White House.
Trump has faced extensive allegations of fraud over the years.
In 2019, Trump had to pay $2 million to eight charities after admitting that he misused funds raised by his Donald J. Trump Foundation, which was dissolved as part of the settlement.
In 2018, he agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations of fraud by his Trump University, although he did not admit to any wrongdoing.
Given that history, Trump’s critics had some advice on where Vance could start his work as he leads the war on fraud:
