Robert Reich 和 Washington Post 都分享了 1 條連結。
Trump recently acknowledged that he encouraged British politician Nigel Farage to oppose offshore wind farms that might affect the view from one of his Scottish golf courses. Meanwhile, foreign diplomats have been flocking to his recently opened hotel in downtown Washington, and Trump notes that his brand is suddenly “hotter.” Yesterday, in an interview with the New York Times, Trump shrugged off any potential conflicts of interest. “The law’s totally on my side, meaning, the president can’t have a conflict of interest,” he said.
Wrong. The law is not “totally” on the president’s “side.” And the president cannot “have a conflict of interest.” The constitutional clause I shared with you recently bars a president from taking gifts from foreign officials. And the federal statute on conflicts of interest exempts a president only because lawmakers assumed a president could be trusted to take actions to avoid the reality or appearance of a conflict of interest -- such as putting assets in a blind trust. If Trump doesn’t do so, Congress must close that loophole, and require it.
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