President Trump
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JL 0513
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How would one expect Trump to divest completely? We're talking about a family run business with many billions in assets. We're talking selling every single building and asset and firing and divesting his sons/family.
You might as well make a Constitutional amendment saying that those in business cannot run for office - any public elective office without giving away their whole life. Basically, only lawyers need apply. It's already mostly lawyer backgrounds in office and look at how that has worked out.
You might as well make a Constitutional amendment saying that those in business cannot run for office - any public elective office without giving away their whole life. Basically, only lawyers need apply. It's already mostly lawyer backgrounds in office and look at how that has worked out.
moreluck
golden ticket member
He went above and beyond.....by law he didn't have to give his businesses to his sons.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Putting them in control is not the same as giving the businesses to them.
JL 0513
Well-Known Member
We see him for what he is. A million times better than Hillary.
It will be fine
Well-Known Member
It would be difficult. He needs to sell off any ownership stake in all his companies. He needs an independent professional to manage the sales of his remaining assets. He would lose a lot of money this way, but it's not too high a price to pay for the presidency. His personal and family wealth should be secondary to the awesome responsibility of the presidency.
JL 0513
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Point is even if he gave them full ownership of everything, people would still be whining. "Well, he still talks to his sons".
JL 0513
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Even so, it would take years and then his first term would be over.
It will be fine
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It wouldn't take years to put everything in a blind trust managed by someone independent. He just doesn't want his name coming off all the buildings regardless of the fact that now makes them terrorist targets.
Turdferguson
Just a turd
Trump cracking down on free speech and trying to control government agencies twitter feeds.
Information lockdown hits Trump’s federal agencies
Information lockdown hits Trump’s federal agencies
Best quote from that article:
“It’s ironic that Trump based his entire campaign on Twitter and social media and now he’s preventing the staff that work from him from communicating with the public,” Purchia added.
MAKAVELI
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It's pretty simple. He should have thought about that before he decided to run for president.
JL 0513
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These standards would've kept George Washington out of office. 2nd richest president in history and owned tons of land.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
Funny you should mention terrorists attacks.
One would have thought that last weekend's marches were prime soft targets .
There was no way security could cover such a large area.
One or two bombs in such large crowds would have cause massive panic and resulted in more injuries from the stampedes that would follow .
Babagounj
Strength through joy
That was back in the days when Congress only meet for a few weeks and/or months to do their work.
They would meet and then go home to run their businesses.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
It's not that simple .
He has made many deals , of which we know nothing of the fine details , that might require him to still have an active role in order for them to continue. Some of those deals might pre-date his decision to run for office.
BrownArmy
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And he stops all said deals, or turns them over to a truly 'blind trust'.
No one made the Donald run for President...now that he won, he needs to do the right thing.
By the way, this isn't a partisan thing. His Presidency will be haunted by questions about his motives because he hasn't truly removed himself from potential influence.
He's being sued by, among others, the chief ethics counsel lawyers from the Clinton and Bush #2 Presidencies.
This isn't frivolous.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
This lawsuit will be no more when the court rules that the plaintiff "lacks standing" to bring the suit, and will dismiss the case without considering the merits of the claim .
To have a court allow a lawsuit to go forward, there must be a valid reason for the lawsuit. The party suing must have something to lose in order to sue .
To have a court allow a lawsuit to go forward, there must be a valid reason for the lawsuit. The party suing must have something to lose in order to sue .
It will be fine
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I'm sure chief presidential ethics lawyers haven't thought of that.
