Trump On Business Conflicts: You Knew About This Before The Election!

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Following several reports laying out the potential conflicts of interest Donald Trump could have as president given his real estate holdings around the world, the President-elect dismissed concerns and said that voters knew about his business before the election.

Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump

Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world.Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!

9:14 PM - 21 Nov 2016

14,438 Retweets 54,286 likes

Trump's tweet followed a Monday night report in the New York Times revealing that Trump raised the issue of wind farms in Britain during a meeting with Nigel Farage and other leaders of the Brexit movement following the election. Trump reportedly complained about the turbines that can be seen from his golf course in Scotland and asked for Farage and others to oppose new wind farms.

Following up to his tweet defending his business interests, Trump pushed for Farage to be Great Britain's ambassador to the United States.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-brushes-off-business-conflicts

[Buzz Clik]

1. This may be a very short presidency.

Trump still hasn't figured out the requirements of the office.

The authors of the Constitution, however, did have insight into the potential abuse of the office of President, and they inserted something called the Emoluments Clause into Section 9 of Article I. It states, in part, that “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.” This clause, Gross said, basically means that anything of significant value from a foreign government or a company controlled by one that accrues to the Trump Organization while Trump owns it could provide the seed of an investigation and impeachment. Trump listed five hundred and sixty-four line items on his financial-disclosure form; appearing under “Filer’s Positions Held Outside United States Government” are the names DT Marks Qatar LLC, DT Marks Dubai LLC, THC Services Shenzhen LLC, and many other opaque, foreign-sounding entities.

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/trumps-conflict-of-interest-problem

[Botany]

2. Trump will not stop his scams aka his businesses

The man learned his craft from the mob, Roy Cohn, and Putin.

[Solly Mack]

3. And he knew the law and rules governing such things (or should have)

His ignorance is no excuse. Nor the ignorance of his campaign staff.

No that I believe it is ignorance, they just don't give a fuck. They'll push to get away with anything they are allowed to get away with.

[Mc Mike]

4. "You knew about this before the election, so it doesn't exist". rec, nt.

[secondwind]

5. My word! He tweets like a teenager, this is what we will be dealing with for 4 yrs *smh*

[truthisfreedom]

6. That's why America didn't vote for you, thin skin.