Busiiness Insider - As the New York Times revealed last fall in a remarkable investigative report,
US President Donald Trump’s life since boyhood has rested on assorted
frauds, tax scams, and shady business dealings, and his recent conduct
suggests high office did not alter the family’s modus operandi.
Since becoming president, Trump has breezily ignored the emoluments clause of the Constitution, handed taxpayers a multimillion-dollar bill
for his frequent trips to his own properties, appointed his daughter
and son-in-law to sensitive positions for which they are manifestly
unqualified, and surrounded himself with a host of shady characters.
Former
campaign chairman Paul Manafort and several other campaign advisors has
been convicted of fraud or other crimes, former National Security
Advisor Michael Flynn has been convicted of lying to the FBI, and
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke both resigned over ethics violations. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta is under fire for the plea deal
he gave the wealthy and well-connected accused sexual predator Jeffrey
Epstein back when Acosta was a US attorney in Florida, and Secretary of
Commerce Wilbur Ross continues to serve despite serious conflicts of interest.
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