Donald Trump has leveraged both terms of his presidency to pocket billions of dollars, according to a bombshell report.
A lengthy investigation from The New Yorker estimates Trump and his family will have enriched themselves by more than $3.4 billion by the end of his second term, much of it from deals, transactions, and investments that almost certainly wouldn’t have happened if he’d never been president.
The haul includes lucrative commercial projects in the Persian Gulf overseen by the Trump Organization, such...
Not the same country but still...
ReplyDeleteMark Carney, Canada's prime minister, is the former manager of a multibillion dollar financial firm. When he became prime minister, he put all his assets in a blind trust but also made sure his buddies in the company remained in charge and directed them on how to handle his assets. When confroned with concerned of conflict of interest, he shouted "blind trust!" and everyone seemed satisfied.
Well Trump did the same thing. He's officially disconnected from Trump Inc., just as Carney is from Carney Inc., yet suddenly "blind trust!" is claimed to be a sham. How come?