By Josh Marshall:
As I've written now several times, I continue to believe we are collectively doing a disservice to the truth by speaking of 'conflicts' and 'complications that seems certain to persist.' There are no conflicts and complications. The Trumps are using the presidency to advance ... 'advance' is insufficient ... to warp drive their business to a realm it has never been in before and never would have been. We know they are currently advancing major new business ventures in numerous foreign countries, all of which need to manage a positive relationship with the United States and its head of state.
This was all but inevitable. But I confess I thought it would be something that was done a bit more secretly, something the details of which would need to be clawed out by investigators over months and years. It's not. It's completely open.
If Trump had taken over Walmart or Amazon or a major golf brand he would of course use it to leverage his other businesses. No one would find this improper. That's how business works. But here the business is the United States. They don't recognize the difference. Or they don't care about the difference. It doesn't matter.
The Full Story (December 4, 2016)
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