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> He would take back control of his businesses and then could look at who stayed at his hotels and who did business with his companies while he was president. I

by smt88 3y ago

> He would take back control of his businesses and then could look at who stayed at his hotels and who did business with his companies while he was president. If he wins this year he would then have that knowledge going into his next term. This wasn't a concern for most presidents because no one has ever lost a presidential election after his first term and then won a subsequent election. Presidents typically serve all their time as president and then permanently leave office. > The idea that putting the businesses in a blind trust would completely avoid any sort of knowledge is just ridiculous. The idea is not to avoid all knowledge, but rather to eliminate influence (in either direction) between the president and the business. The president should have no more knowledge of the business than the public does. An ethical president would have simply made a rule at the business that foreign government representatives stay at hotels he doesn't own. Instead, Trump steered them to his hotels.

ImJamal 3y ago
>This wasn't a concern for most presidents because no one has ever lost a presidential election after his first term and then won a subsequent election. Not true. This happened with Grover Cleveland. >Presidents typically serve all their time as president and then permanently leave office. Sure, but my point is that it has happened before and could happen again. >The idea is not the avoid all knowledge, but rather to eliminate influence (in either direction) between the president and the business. The president should have no more knowledge of the business than the public does Trump would not have access to the records, but somebody could just call him from one of his hotels like I said. Putting the businesses in a blind trust doesn't solve this problem. >An ethical president would have simply made a rule at the business that foreign government representatives stay at hotels he doesn't own. What if one of his hotels was the best option? Price, location, security, etc? What if they would have stayed there if Trump wasn't president? It would also require Trump to break a contract: "On Thursday, Eric Trump said in an email that the Chinese bank mentioned in the report had signed a 20-year lease at Trump Tower in 2008, almost a decade before his father took office" If Trump did that he would be getting all sorts of grief over that. "Trump thinks he is above the law and can just break contracts because he is president". >Instead, Trump steered them to his hotels. I might have missed that in the article. I read it kinda fast. Could you point out where it said that?

by smt88 3y ago

ImJamal 3y ago

>This wasn't a concern for most presidents because no one has ever lost a presidential election after his first term and then won a subsequent election. Not true. This happened with Grover Cleveland. >Presidents typically serve all their time as president and then permanently leave office. Sure, but my point is that it has happened before and could happen again. >The idea is not the avoid all knowledge, but rather to eliminate influence (in either direction) between the president and the business. The president should have no more knowledge of the business than the public does Trump would not have access to the records, but somebody could just call him from one of his hotels like I said. Putting the businesses in a blind trust doesn't solve this problem. >An ethical president would have simply made a rule at the business that foreign government representatives stay at hotels he doesn't own. What if one of his hotels was the best option? Price, location, security, etc? What if they would have stayed there if Trump wasn't president? It would also require Trump to break a contract: "On Thursday, Eric Trump said in an email that the Chinese bank mentioned in the report had signed a 20-year lease at Trump Tower in 2008, almost a decade before his father took office" If Trump did that he would be getting all sorts of grief over that. "Trump thinks he is above the law and can just break contracts because he is president". >Instead, Trump steered them to his hotels. I might have missed that in the article. I read it kinda fast. Could you point out where it said that?