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It doesn't even have to be partisan. Donald Trump could just like fraud. For example, consider the non-university Trump University, which was shut down and whi
by wpietri 4y ago
It doesn't even have to be partisan. Donald Trump could just like fraud.
For example, consider the non-university Trump University, which was shut down and which Trump paid $25m to settle the lawsuits over: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University
He in fact has a long history of stiffing contractors, mistreating workers, tax fraud, and other dodgy dealings: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/donald-trump-scandals/474726/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/donald-...
Given that, it seems almost reasonable that he'd appoint business regulators who were ok with pretty much anything. It would be of a piece with his eagerness to make overseas bribery easier: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/business/economy/trump-bribery-law.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/business/economy/trump-br...