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See #58 re: Emoluments violations.
I’ve overheard very well connected left leaning CFOs and executives state matter of fact that they will try to impeach DJT on Emoluments violations as soon as he was elected.

I regard the emoluments angle to be utterly inane and insane. It is based on mind-reading - speculation about what foreign diplomats might be THINKING, i.e., "Trump will like it if I stay in his hotel" - and in the absence of any actual evidence that Trump has offered any quid-pro-quo to a foreign government in exchange for their using any of his businesses.

It also assumes that Trump would travel the country for a year running for office, remove himself from direct control of his business empire, put up with all the stresses and inconveniences and abuse of being president, to "profit" from business transactions (hotel room occupancies, etc.) which would have in all likelihood occurred anyway, even if he never ran for president.

It is of course possible that some people will stay in Trumps hotels and resorts and hotels because he is president, but it is even likelier - given what we have seen - that people will BOYCOTT them because he is president.

The idea that Trump ran for president to further his business interests makes no sense at any level.