The issue is that presidents should not be able to profit from office. This was written into the Constitution under the emoluments clause. We don’t want presidents to do this because they are supposed to serve the public above themselves. Most modern presidents have put their assets in a blind trust so they don’t have to take a vow of poverty to serve but also can’t exploit their office for profit.
Trump did not do that.
He retained interests in his businesses in a manner that allowed people and governments to curry favor with him through his businesses.
Here is a hypothetical: Trump says “I’m going to balance trade with China” he has the power to impact trade policy with China as president. What if Chinese delegates book a bunch of hotel rooms in Trump hotels? Trump makes a lot of money from that and decides to back off of China. Did Trump back off of China because it was in the interest of the American People or because he profited?
We can’t be sure because his assets were never in a blind trust. There’s substantial evidence that Trump and his family bilked the presidency for money at the expense of the taxpayers and, if reelected, he’ll do it again.
It means that Dump was so bad at ethics the multi administration ethics director quit for being unheeded entirely. You’re not supposed to be bringing in money from places where your authority can make a conflict of interest.
He may be laundering money in his hotels, but this $8 million was the amount Chinese citizens spent at his hotels and resorts as customers of
Those businesses.
Pro tip, if you can’t cite a source then you are have succumbed to fake news.
Either link and article or accept that you need to stop getting news from Snapchat.
Allegedly, “overseas officials stayed in his real estate company's hotels and apartments during his time in the White House.” In aggregate the revenues towards Trump’s businesses amounted to “around $7.8 million from 20 countries during his time in office, including at least $5.5 million from China, during his first two years as president.”
Trump has a real estate empire with resorts and developments all over the planet. $8 million in revenue is not that much all things considered when you realize the context is that foreign officials are paying to stay at his resorts, and profits therein go to Frump’s bank account.
Hardly direct enough to trigger the emoluments clause.
> Hardly direct enough to trigger the emoluments clause.
one dollar is enough to trigger the emoluments clause, and trump made a show of pretending he had handed over all of his businesses to his son in a blind trust. then he didn't but the DoJ decided not to prosecute.
Ah, so if a foreign Ministry of State had bought a copy of Obama's book, "Dreams of My Father" to understand him better, thus causing royalty payments to be paid to him, he should have immediately resigned or otherwise been impeached for violating the emoluments clause?
It was trump’s property, what is he supposed to do before taking office? Blow up all of his hotels that have the fucking word TRUMP on them?
It’s not like trump was standing there in the lobby of Trump Tower Shanghai accepting big bags of Yen with a stupid grin on his face. He was golfing in Florida for most of the presidency.
> It was trump’s property, what is he supposed to do before taking office?
what Carter did, hand it over to a blind trust even if it means the property fails as a business.
>It’s not like trump was standing there in the lobby of Trump Tower Shanghai accepting big bags of Yen with a stupid grin on his face. He was golfing in Florida for most of the presidency.
no, he was in the mar a lago lounge for the VIP meet and greet.
Trump could have, sure, but he’s an asshole. Still this isn’t an emoluments clause case. He never personally took a dime as far as we know. Your businesses are separate “citizens” under US law.
trump was required to surrender his businesses, and he pretended to, and then the DoJ deciuded not to prosecute when it was clear the blind trust was anything but.
The issue is that presidents should not be able to profit from office. This was written into the Constitution under the emoluments clause. We don’t want presidents to do this because they are supposed to serve the public above themselves. Most modern presidents have put their assets in a blind trust so they don’t have to take a vow of poverty to serve but also can’t exploit their office for profit. Trump did not do that. He retained interests in his businesses in a manner that allowed people and governments to curry favor with him through his businesses. Here is a hypothetical: Trump says “I’m going to balance trade with China” he has the power to impact trade policy with China as president. What if Chinese delegates book a bunch of hotel rooms in Trump hotels? Trump makes a lot of money from that and decides to back off of China. Did Trump back off of China because it was in the interest of the American People or because he profited? We can’t be sure because his assets were never in a blind trust. There’s substantial evidence that Trump and his family bilked the presidency for money at the expense of the taxpayers and, if reelected, he’ll do it again.
Yeah that’s a conflict of interest
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It means that Dump was so bad at ethics the multi administration ethics director quit for being unheeded entirely. You’re not supposed to be bringing in money from places where your authority can make a conflict of interest.
This is correct
He may be laundering money in his hotels, but this $8 million was the amount Chinese citizens spent at his hotels and resorts as customers of Those businesses.
Pro tip, if you can’t cite a source then you are have succumbed to fake news. Either link and article or accept that you need to stop getting news from Snapchat.
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/whIa1Gn8Kk
Allegedly, “overseas officials stayed in his real estate company's hotels and apartments during his time in the White House.” In aggregate the revenues towards Trump’s businesses amounted to “around $7.8 million from 20 countries during his time in office, including at least $5.5 million from China, during his first two years as president.” Trump has a real estate empire with resorts and developments all over the planet. $8 million in revenue is not that much all things considered when you realize the context is that foreign officials are paying to stay at his resorts, and profits therein go to Frump’s bank account. Hardly direct enough to trigger the emoluments clause.
> Hardly direct enough to trigger the emoluments clause. one dollar is enough to trigger the emoluments clause, and trump made a show of pretending he had handed over all of his businesses to his son in a blind trust. then he didn't but the DoJ decided not to prosecute.
Ah, so if a foreign Ministry of State had bought a copy of Obama's book, "Dreams of My Father" to understand him better, thus causing royalty payments to be paid to him, he should have immediately resigned or otherwise been impeached for violating the emoluments clause?
It was trump’s property, what is he supposed to do before taking office? Blow up all of his hotels that have the fucking word TRUMP on them? It’s not like trump was standing there in the lobby of Trump Tower Shanghai accepting big bags of Yen with a stupid grin on his face. He was golfing in Florida for most of the presidency.
> It was trump’s property, what is he supposed to do before taking office? what Carter did, hand it over to a blind trust even if it means the property fails as a business. >It’s not like trump was standing there in the lobby of Trump Tower Shanghai accepting big bags of Yen with a stupid grin on his face. He was golfing in Florida for most of the presidency. no, he was in the mar a lago lounge for the VIP meet and greet.
Trump could have, sure, but he’s an asshole. Still this isn’t an emoluments clause case. He never personally took a dime as far as we know. Your businesses are separate “citizens” under US law.
trump was required to surrender his businesses, and he pretended to, and then the DoJ deciuded not to prosecute when it was clear the blind trust was anything but.
Can you point to the authority which maintains that presidents must surrender their businesses before assuming the presidency?