Conflicts of interest - Trump and Trump kids

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www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/america-voted-trump-ended-article-1.2900298

Trump has already said that his children — Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. — will run his sprawling (and still mostly secret) business empire. But if they are also involved in government decisions, that's an immediate conflict of interest.

When Ivanka Trump joined her dad for her meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, she was also in the process of inking a Japanese licensing deal for her Ivanka Trump-branded merchandise. The deal is being negotiated with Japanese retailer Sanei International, whose parent company is (cue the dramatic music) the Development Bank of Japan, which is entirely owned by the Japanese government, as Fortune reported.

When House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called the President-elect last month, he talked with her about infrastructure and domestic policy, according to the New York Times. But when she wanted to talk about "women's issues," Trump handed the phone to his daughter, presumably because, like the congresswoman, she also has experience with blood coming out of her wherever. Stop for a moment and consider the hell that would have been raised by the right wing if a Congressman called President-elect Hillary Clinton to talk about his job-training proposal and she handed the phone to Bill.

How do people feel about the Trump kids running all the Trump businesses AND being involved at the WH with Dad? To me it seems like the ultimate in conflict of interest and likely corruption.

[rob base]

Even if the kids are NOT involved in government decisions it's a HUGE personal conflict of interest (although apparently not illegal).

Is Trump going to suddenly forget the family has 10 hotels in Azerbaijan or whatever?

Just because it's not technically illegal doesn't mean it's NOT a problem.

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I expect rampant corruption. He isn't even trying to separate the business from his dealings at the WH. I don't know why he even bothered with creating the fake tweet storm on SNL to deflect from a NY paper's story on his business deals in other countries. None of his supporters seem to care. Why waste time on deflection?

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Dec 6, 2016 11:18:47 GMT -5 rob base said:

Even if the kids are NOT involved in government decisions it's a HUGE personal conflict of interest (although apparently not illegal).

Is Trump going to suddenly forget the family has 10 hotels in Azerbaijan or whatever?

Just because it's not technically illegal doesn't mean it's NOT a problem.

Agreed. Because of his type of businesses, there is an inherent conflict of interest even if he could put them in some version of a blind trust. Unless of course the management was cleared to sell some properties off, but that would make the news and not really change anything.

I expect laws about blind trusts and President's business interests will come into existence because of what Donald and his children do. And Jared.

[Wisconsin Beth]

I expect nothing will happen until the Trumps' piss off enough members of Congress. Or possibly when enough people call and complain to their Congresspeople and Senators.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump told British politicians he hates “awful” wind turbines in Scotland because he believes they “sully” the country’s beauty, according to BBC News.



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They ruin the view from his golf course hotel. How is this not illegal?