My expectation: Donald J. Trump, Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and the other boy, will stuff their pockets full of as much taxpayer money as possible, hide it all overseas–namely Sweden, Slovenia and Russia–flout every law and/or rule that applies to theft, nepotism, forgery, trading of U.S. secrets big and small for every personal business gain, accepting “gifts” from all kinds of world “leaders” and known crime rings. And this is just the beginning. Goodbye, America. It was nice while it lasted.
Ivanka will be de facto FLotUS when she isn’t on QVC or HSN hawking her (STYLE ALERT!) gaudy wares. And when Trump can’t be bothered to go sit in the war room, he’ll send Eric or Don Jr. in his place - they’ve got the zeal for that sort of thing.
How long has it been since anyone told His Orangeness, “No, you can’t do that,” and made it stick? Who was it who told him “No,” and what was it about?
What makes anyone think he’s going to hear this stuff now? He clearly thinks he’s addressing the problem with his 20/20 trust arrangement.
I don’t think he’s going to hear it unless and until the House impeaches him.
Mitt Romney is good friends with the Marriott family, he was named after J Willard Marriott, maybe thats what he and Trump were talking about over pepe paws the other day.
None of this fretting about Trump’s blatant kleptocratic rule will make any difference. He’s there to leverage the Presidency into enhancing his brand and maximizing profits for Trump organization.
No one has the guts (or the legal standing) to stop him. He will set the standard for turning the US into an oligarchy.
The media will tut-tut and have their pundits blather endlessly about it and no one will stop him.
As long as Trump or his children know what he owns, it is not a blind trust and will be subject to all manner of conflicts of interest.
“There’s no way that the president of the United States can have a lease with the GSA where the president appoints the head of the agency and that person serves at the president’s pleasure, and then employees of that organization are going to negotiate with that person’s children,” he said.
Why not? Who is going to prosecute? The Trump administration’s Justice Department?
Even if he does as the article suggests, it is unenforceable. It’s a charade. Unless he divests, he and the administration are compromised.
For instance he has business interests in Turkey. Even if the business is run by his children, it is impossible for him not to be influenced by them when making decisions about Turkey, the Kurds, Syria, and ISIS. If he bucks Erdogan, it could cost him millions. Donny doesn’t like losing, millions or face.
“You kids can take care of my businesses but be home before midnight.”
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First, graft his thumbs to his palms…
Ten bucks says those operators will be in India. Just part of making America great again.
What ever happened to to all those people who were screaming “You are nothing but a low life PICO COMMY” about 6yrs ago?
He’ll address conflicts of interest the same way he addressed his tax returns.