RE: So Now This Is Getting Interesting.
December 12, 2016 at 10:48 pm
(This post was last modified: December 12, 2016 at 10:48 pm by Tonus.)
(December 12, 2016 at 8:48 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Unless he figures out a way to dump his worldwide business interests he is in violation of the Emoluments Clause as soon as he takes office.
This is the kind of thing more attention needs to be paid to. A businessman is going to hold the highest office in the nation --and one of the most powerful, if not THE most powerful, political offices on the planet-- and it seems clear that he wants to have his cake and eat it, too. It would not surprise me if he canceled that press conference when someone told him that "I'm gonna let the kids run the business, honest" is not enough. And I'll bet it's killing him to think that he may have to hand over the keys to his empire to anyone else, even his kids. He's probably worried that they'll fuck him over the first chance he'll get because, after all, they're his kin.
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