Documentation: The End of Promises – Trump and Republicans Collapse – Senate Moves Against Justice Department and Border Czar Tom Homan

A look at the latest numbers is enough to understand why the political atmosphere in the United States is so heated: According to the RealClearPolitics average, Democrats are currently clearly ahead with 45.0 percent, while Republicans stagnate at 41.4 percent. That corresponds to a lead of 3.6 points – a gap that may not seem insurmountable, but whose consistency is remarkable. Several polling institutes confirm this trend. Atlas Intel recently saw the Democrats ahead by as much as eight points, while Emerson was the only institute to determine a tie. Overall, a picture emerges that shows above all one thing: Republicans are losing the support of the center, while Democrats benefit from the growing frustration over the economic situation.

Because that is where the real core of the crisis lies. Only five percent of Americans stated in September 2025 that their financial situation had improved. A full 60 percent said they were worse off than before. In the fall of 2024, this figure was still 18 percent, one year later hope has literally evaporated. The numbers document a continuous collapse: from twelve percent in December 2024 who reported an improvement, to ten percent in January, eight in February, down to only five percent in the summer and fall of 2025. In parallel, the number of those noticing deterioration grew from 35 percent in September 2024 to now 60 percent.

The causes are diverse: rising consumer prices as a result of tariff policy, cuts in the social sector and a lack of relief in energy and housing, the lies of Trump, the insanity taking place in the White House. Trump himself promised to secure prosperity through tough trade and justice policy and the rollback of government programs. Reality looks different: where he promises deregulation, uncertainty remains; where he proclaims “jobs for America,” fear of job loss grows, ICE spreads fear and terror. The polls reflect exactly this break.

A bribery scandal in the shadow of the White House – Senate moves against DOJ and Border Czar Tom Homan

Under the link https://kaizen-blog.org/en/schmiergeld-der-grenzzar-und-das-schweigen-der-justiz/ we already reported on September 21, 2025, about the bribery affair surrounding Tom Homan. Of course, all lies, Fake News, echoed from the White House. And MAGA-Karoline gave it her all again, bribery? But not our Tom Homan – he has a heart of gold, but no open hands...

Now, however, we have before us an explosive letter from the US Senate. It casts a spotlight on the depths of possible corruption in the Trump administration. Several senators on the Judiciary Committee sharply targeted the Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday after it became known that an ongoing corruption investigation into Tom Homan – the so-called Border Czar of the White House – had been abruptly terminated. The allegations are grave: according to undercover FBI agents, Homan received significant amounts of cash – 50,000 dollars are mentioned – allegedly in exchange for the assurance of future government contracts in the field of border security. Even more explosive, however, is the role of the DOJ itself. According to the letter, senior officials in the department and the FBI were informed of the allegations and then decided to shut down the investigation. Direct influence from within the Trump administration therefore cannot be ruled out.

In the letter addressed to Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi and her deputy Todd Blanche, the senators unequivocally demand full clarification. They announce a comprehensive oversight investigation that is intended not only to shed light on Homan’s actions since his entry into the government, but also on the role of the DOJ in the sudden termination of the investigation. Specifically, they demand the release of all documents, including possible audio recordings that could show how Homan accepted money from undercover FBI agents. The senators speak of a massive breach of trust. Corruption allegations at this level and their alleged cover-up are said to be capable of shaking the very foundation of democratic institutions. The letter states that transparency and the public release of key evidence are essential to restore the population’s trust in the rule of law.

Of course, the timing is also explosive. The revelation comes at a time when Trump and his cabinet are increasingly under pressure: from criticism of the economic situation to chaotic appearances at the United Nations to a series of revelations about connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The Homan case could cement the image of a government that does not strengthen institutions but instrumentalizes them.

Added to this are Trump’s appearances, dangerously blending political and judicial calculation with medical misinformation. What was staged as supposed care for pregnant women and parents turns out upon closer inspection to be a game with fears – fed by individual stories and anecdotes that have no scientific basis. While experts have been explaining for years that rising autism numbers are mainly due to better diagnoses and changed definitions, the president sets a signal that pours water on the mills of a scene that demonizes vaccinations across the board.

In doing so, Trump elevates the “MAHA” milieu, a mix of anti-vaxxers, Kennedy supporters and esotericists, to a political factor. The rhetoric of caring for children and the appeal of mistrust against “Big Pharma” gives this movement visibility and legitimacy. But the price is high: pregnant women to whom Tylenol is unnecessarily demonized, and parents who now doubt whether they should still vaccinate their children, bear the consequences. It is the old Trump strategy – emotion before evidence, narrative before data – and this time it hits an area where wrong decisions will directly endanger lives.

Remarkable are the differences between supporters and opponents of the president. Among those who rate his performance positively, at least seven percent think they are better off, and 38 percent that their situation has not changed. But even in this camp, 50 percent see deterioration. Among Trump’s opponents the verdict is devastating: two thirds report deterioration, only three percent improvement. This makes Trump’s core problem visible: he is not only losing in the political center, but he cannot even convince his own base of his economic competence. The slogan “America First” threatens to become an empty shell in the face of empty wallets and shrinking purchasing power.

For the Democrats this is a double advantage. On the one hand they can point to economic frustration, on the other they can denounce the Republican blockade in Congress that slows down investment programs for health and social security. The fact that even moderate voters in states like Ohio or Arizona are increasingly doubting the economic future is clearly visible in the numbers – and is directly reflected in the growing poll lead.

And the facts go further: The one above in the picture is Desmond Holly. The 16-year-old who, on the same day as the assassination of Charlie Kirk, gunned down two classmates – at almost the same hour, and yet as if erased from public consciousness. According to the FBI he held neo-Nazi views, was fascinated by Columbine, consumed violent videos in online forums and shared symbols of white supremacists. In the months before the act, he radicalized step by step, decorated his gear with extremist signs and adopted the rhetoric of earlier attackers. A prime example of what experts have been warning about for years: digital radicalization in right-wing networks that drives young men into deadly paths.

And yet, while Trump inflated Antifa into a “terror organization” – a designation that would not stand in any serious legal opinion – the Holly case disappeared into the fog after just a few headlines. No outcry, no campaign from the right, no integration into their narrative of “left-wing violence.” The greatest stupidity Trump committed in this context was precisely this grotesque designation: many Americans are laughing their heads off about it. His spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt boldly announced at the time that the government would “investigate who is funding Antifa and other violent left-wing groups.” But this move was an own goal – and the impact was not long in coming. Because one thing Americans do not like is being told what their convictions should be. Antifa is not an organization with membership dues, Karoline. This is what happens when clowns try to govern. 🤡

The FBI itself has been stating for years that the greatest threat of extremist violence in the US comes from the right – from white supremacists, militias and neo-Nazis. Trump’s agenda, however, turned this finding into the opposite: instead of clearly naming right-wing violence, he directed attention to an enemy image that was politically useful to him. Thus the Holly case becomes a vivid example of this distortion of reality. A 16-year-old, right-wing radical to the core, whose act on the day of the Kirk assassination was not treated as a warning signal but as a footnote. Where right-wing violence grows with impunity, left-wing opposition is demonized. It is the political logic of a movement that replaces truth with obsession and casts facts into the shadow of propaganda.

See our research at the links: https://kaizen-blog.org/en/die-erfindung-eines-feindbildes-wie-ein-geleaktes-fbi-dokument-verstoerendes-aufzeigt/ and https://kaizen-blog.org/en/kriegserklaerung-an-die-demokratie-wie-trump-transmenschen-antifa-und-demokraten-zum-neuen-feindbild-macht/ as well as the Tyler Robinson investigation https://kaizen-blog.org/en/die-verzerrten-wahrheiten-um-tyler-robinson-und-nachrichten-aus-der-hoelle/

The political landscape in the US in September 2025 thus shows itself in a paradoxical picture: a president who pathetically demonstrates strength at the UN and attacks international opponents, while losing his grip at home. The household statistics read like a register of complaints, a sober protocol of disillusionment. They say more about Trump’s political future than any speech: whoever cannot explain to 60 percent of the population why their everyday life is getting worse will lose the trust to lead a nation in the medium term.

And if we are already talking about paradoxical images, here is another example: Our research shows very clearly that Donald Trump’s wealth is anything but a linear success story – it is marked by dramatic rises, painful crashes and sudden jumps. In the 1980s he built his real estate empire, by the end of the decade he was close to two billion dollars. Then came the collapse: in the early 1990s Trump completely disappeared from the Forbes 400 list, over-indebted, with dilapidated casinos and kept alive only by bank bailouts. From the late 1990s the comeback began, fueled less by operational strength than by licensing deals and clever self-staging. “The Apprentice” made him a brand, and his wealth fluctuated between two and four billion dollars. During the presidency it stagnated, fell back at times, but remained stable in the billions.

All the more striking is the jump in 2025: at 7.3 billion dollars Trump reached the highest value of his career according to official estimates – a gain that bears no relation to his known business activities. Our research suggests that this increase cannot be explained by classic entrepreneurial profits, but by the targeted use of political power. Insider reports point to deals that directly benefited from his government decisions: altered trade structures, favored companies and information that leaked to markets before it was public.

This brings the suspicion of corruption and insider trading to the center. If Trump’s political actions had a direct impact on private wealth gains, this not only contradicts every principle of separation of powers, but also calls into question the integrity of American democracy. The record value of 2025 is therefore no coincidence, but the symptom of a system in which political power becomes a resource for private enrichment – and the proof that Trump’s balance sheet tells far more about corruption than about entrepreneurship.

See also our investigation into the Trump crypto network: https://kaizen-blog.org/en/trumps-digitales-imperium-wie-familie-nfts-und-bitcoin-ein-krypto-netzwerk-der-macht-spinnen/ and Trump’s networks on Truth Social for intimidating the judiciary and spreading fake news under: https://kaizen-blog.org/en/trumps-netzwerke-auf-truth-social-und-einschuechterung-der-justiz-und-verbreitung-von-fake-news-2025/

And yet this crisis is not just a statistical footnote. It is the result of hard struggles fought in unions, in NGOs, in courtrooms and in the newsrooms of investigative journalists. People and organizations have sometimes put their last money on the line to make resistance visible. Lawyers have waived fees to make lawsuits against social cutbacks possible in the first place. Reporters have risked their own safety to uncover abuses that expose the core of Trump’s policies. What came to light in the process shattered all notions: poverty that is systematically suppressed; abuse of power that is openly flaunted; and a political culture that treats criticism not as a democratic duty but as a personal attack.

All the work, the fight against ICE and Homeland Security - whether on the streets, in courtrooms, or in newsrooms - is now unfolding its impact. It shows how deep the fracture runs that Trump has caused, and it ensures that the sober numbers do not remain an abstract statistic but are understood as a societal finding. Between mistrust and disillusionment, an awareness is now growing: democracy lives from people getting involved - even if it means eating dirt. It is precisely this involvement that now forces politics to face the discontent of a population no longer willing to pay the price for a failed policy of lies, abuse of power, religious delusion, fascism, and economic mismanagement. The autumn will be hot, and we must brace ourselves: politically, socially, and journalistically. Now it is a matter of looking more closely, uncovering the mechanisms that weaken the country. For all those who resist and stand up for the rule of law, transparency, and solidarity, this is not a burden but an honor: it is time to strip a movement that undermines democratic norms of its power and to restrict it more and more politically - because in the dignity of the many begins freedom.