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sundin13 on 17 September 2016
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fatslob-:O said:
sundin13 said:

Trump has a much larger conflict of interest at play when it comes to his business than Hillary does when it comes to the Clinton Foundation. If you want to worry about financial incentives, I'd worry a lot more about the foreign leader who has a deal with the Trump Organization than the Clinton Foundation getting money for charity.

Please do enlighten us how his very business that he OWNS conflict's with his OWN interests ? 

It conflicts with the country's interests. If you are president, the country's interests come before your own. If he is in a situation as president where a decision he could make in regards to foreign policy could benefit him financially, that is a clear conflict of interest. He has foreign ties all over the world.

For example in South Korea where Trump Organization is partnered with Daewoo Engineering and Construction. Now Trump could very well be put in a situation where he has to make a decision about how to aid South Korea. Does he continue to provide American support or does he pull back and encourage them to develop their own military, including nuclear weapons? Well, wouldn't you know, Daewoo Engineering and Construction is one of the major companies involved in nuclear energy, so pushing for South Korea to militarize themselves could provide large financial gains to Daewoo, which would directly benefit Trump financially... You can't really get a more clear conflict of interest then that.

Here is a more in depth look into some of the conflicts of interest which arise from Trump's business: http://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/23/donald-trump-foreign-business-deals-national-security-498081.html

fatslob-:O said:
Teeqoz said:

Lol, are you for real? A conflict of interest is when YOUR OWN interests come in the way of the job you are supposed to be doing. When Trump's business, his source of wealth, will very much be influenced by the decisions he would hypothetically make as president, that is a painfully obvious conflict of interest.

Yes, I'm for real ... 

Hmm, do pray tell how with only EXECUTIVE POWERS that Donald Trump can more SPECIFICALLY affect his real estate business ? 

There's a reason why the US has three branches of government if you didn't know ... 

So we shouldn't worry about blatant conflicts of interest in one branch because there are two more? That is an extremely dangerous precedent to set my friend. We should do everything in our power to remove such conflicts of interest, and unless Trump and his family pledge to step away from the business personally, we will be tied up with these massive conflicts of interest through the course of his presidency.