Mr. Edsall, a contributing Opinion writer, comments weekly from Washington on politics and demographics. President Trump is distributing executive patronage -- from pardons to favorable regulatory decisions -- to privileged groups, including those willing to contribute to his preferred committees and causes and those who invest in the Trump family's crypto businesses.

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