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EPISODE · Feb 5, 2026 · 12 MIN

American Hustle 2.0: Melania, Amazon, and Political Payoffs

from Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski · host Finance, Investing, & Markets

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured  Amazon didn’t fund the Melania movie to make money—it was a cost of doing business. Nearly $30 million to license her participation, layoffs elsewhere, and we’re supposed to believe this was about profits?From suitcases of cash in ABSCAM to today’s speeches, no-show jobs, board seats, crypto deals, and foreign money, the hustle has just gone upscale. Both parties, Wall Street, Big Tech—it’s all the same game.Call it what it is: modern American Hustle. Transparent or not, it’s still wrong.

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