Ex-White House ethics chief: Trump's Mar-a-Lago is a 'symbol of corruption'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The former director of the Office of Government Ethics says President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is a "symbol of corruption."

Walter Shaub in a Washington Post op-ed published Monday called Trump's nicknaming of his Florida estate the "Southern White House" a marketing pitch to people who want insider access.

"The initiation fee, which Trump doubled upon winning the election, is $200,000," Shaub wrote. "He may belong to the people now, but the club belongs to him."

According to Shaub, who now serves as the Senior Director of Ethics for the Campaign Legal Center, Trump is "monetizing the presidency."

"Making explicit the commingling of personal and public interests, the Trump Tower gift shop has been caught grotesquely hawking a Trump mug bearing the presidential seal, and the Trump Organization ordered tee markers with that seal for his golf courses," Shaub noted. "Each of his trips to his properties is an advertisement, inasmuch as the media must follow him and that he never misses an opportunity for promotion."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-white-house-ethics-chief-trumps-mar-a-lago-is-a-symbol-of-corruption/ar-AAwTXey?li=BBnb7Kz

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. I like Mr. Shaub a lot.

He seems like the proverbial honest man.

[Kirk Lover]

2. And all this corruption being carried out right in the open in broad fucking daylight. Every time I

think of that Got damn post office hotel it really PISSES me off. HE MUST PAY. No Nixon like exit here. HE MUST FUCKING PAY.