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Trump’s business empire raises concerns about foreign influence
Wash Post via Philly.com ^ | 11/21/2016 | Drew Harwell and Anu Narayanswamy

Posted on 11/21/2016 11:01:01 AM PST by dirtboy

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NOW the media gets concerned about foreign conflicts of interest. ** snork **
1 posted on 11/21/2016 11:01:01 AM PST by dirtboy
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Trump says he can handle it so let him handle it.


2 posted on 11/21/2016 11:08:58 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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Way back in 2014 I never thought that Trump would seriously run for President because I didn’t think he’d ever put his Trump empire into a blind trust.

Guess I was half right.


3 posted on 11/21/2016 11:09:28 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Hard to imagine anything Trump does could have more foreign influence than Obama/Clinton allowed.


4 posted on 11/21/2016 11:10:04 AM PST by DannyTN
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Yeah, like MAGIC the words “ethics”,”Influence”, “conflict of interest”, and many other “OBSOLETE” terms will be brought back to the fore and will become a constant issue stirred by the so-called MEDIA.
And the man isn’t even in off ice yet. Wait until his title changes from President-Elect to Mr. President.


5 posted on 11/21/2016 11:10:42 AM PST by CaptainAmiigaf (New York Times: "We print the news as it fits our views.")
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“NOW the media gets concerned about foreign conflicts of interest. ** snork ** “

Exactly. Now they are interested in foreign conflicts of interest now that Trump is President. They could care less about Hillary and her conflict of interest with all the foreign money flowing into the coffers of the Clinton Crime Foundation. They continually looked the other way with the Clintons.


6 posted on 11/21/2016 11:13:45 AM PST by Parley Baer
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How much did the Clinton Foundation get?

Oh, right, narrative set, write the stories to fit it. Starting with the time old favorite, Republicans are corrupt. (No need to report on exceptions who happen to be virtually every Democrat.)


7 posted on 11/21/2016 11:14:46 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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be ye not concerned...... ass holes


8 posted on 11/21/2016 11:16:04 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Does America still have lots of safe closet? No)
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So where was all this concern over the Clinton Foundation and other assorted financial hiding places for Clinton wealth?

I’m pretty sure there is no law that says pres Trump has to put anything into a blind trust-just the term sounds like something that isn’t a smart idea-this is just more elitist whining...


9 posted on 11/21/2016 11:16:11 AM PST by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to drive a hard line"...)
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I find it laughable that the press and pundits are raising this question about a very complex business belonging to the President Elect, as if any of them understand anything about it......!does anyone think Donald Trump would not have had a team of lawyers going over his layered and complex business SHOULD Trump win the election??!!

Get a life detractors....Trump WON.

Thank heavens.....

10 posted on 11/21/2016 11:22:38 AM PST by yoe (I am getting my country back! Hooray!)
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The irony really is just too rich.


11 posted on 11/21/2016 11:25:21 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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One good thing about electing a billionaire is that they are really hard to buy. And I mean really hard.
12 posted on 11/21/2016 11:28:16 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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Thankfully, there’s no concern with the Clinton Foundation’s foreign players.


13 posted on 11/21/2016 11:34:35 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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I wondered what it would take to get the anchor of Clinton Cash on CNN, and now I know. Smerconish had him on to trash Trump.


14 posted on 11/21/2016 12:27:47 PM PST by Wolfie
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Trump says he can handle it so let him handle it.
Article 1 Section 9:
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title,of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state
It follows that if there is foreign government money owed to Trump, he needs an act of Congress to legally accept it after Inauguration Day.

The contrast with the Clinton Foundation is stark: the foundation solicited foreign government money while she was a federal official and a prospective Democrat presidential nominee, whereas the idea that Trump would be nominated - let alone elected - to national office was considered risible as recently as a year and a half ago. Thus Congress should enact wide latitude for Trump to wind down such business.


15 posted on 11/21/2016 7:45:45 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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I think you’re reaching.


16 posted on 11/22/2016 3:41:36 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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In what direction?


17 posted on 11/22/2016 4:30:56 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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Simple solution: He is removed from all decision making and leadership and appoints someone to execute his business dealings.


18 posted on 11/22/2016 4:32:47 AM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!!)
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In what direction?

In your interpretation of Article I, Section 9.

19 posted on 11/22/2016 5:16:22 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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Simple solution: He is removed from all decision making and leadership and appoints someone to execute his business dealings.

He did, his three kids.

20 posted on 11/22/2016 5:17:34 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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