This article explores the life and work of Brian Ballard, who Politico is calling the most powerful lobbyist in Washington right now. Ballard was a fundraiser for President Trump's political campaign and now works to try to get international governments interests represented in the West Wing.
This article is a great example of the power of interest groups, as we discussed during the US unit. However, here the interest groups are mostly other political groups and other countries - when the President won't take information in from conventional sources, it makes sense that governments would think it worth the money to hire a friend of the President's to put their issues in front of him.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/02/most-powerful-lobbyist-in-trump-washington-217759
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Another example of Crony Capitalism persisting through times of great socioeconomic division.
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