What is Trump’s “public position”?
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According to the article, his organization indicates that Trump is an official candidate running for President, and in fact, the front runner.
“This would also alienate the many millions of United States citizens who wholeheartedly support Mr. Trump and have made him the front runner by far in the 2016 Presidential Election.”
Clearly, he’s indicated that he represents the views of many millions of Americans who wholeheartedly support him... millions of Americans who have no connection to his private business affairs; they’re not his shareholders, partners, or business associates — they are the general public.
Now certainly, he did not mention that fact as a pleasantry, or an innocuous aside— he used it as evidence of his public support within the American public to fortify his argument concerning a private grievance.
Is that not mixing public and private?
It is immaterial.
Trump holds no public position—he has not been elected to anything yet.
Has Trump done anything improper here?