A recent Gallup poll has found that an astounding 89% of the public believe that American government is marked by widespread corruption. This is true across the political spectrum with Republicans, Democrats and Independents all reporting similar views. It also places the U.S. as an outlier among other advanced economies in the world based on Gallup’s polling in 38 members of the Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). Is it any wonder that Americans believe this, given the carnival of corruption, self-dealing and self-enrichment that is going on under the Trump Administration and its blurred lines of personal and national interests?