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The concern and anger about Donald Trump comes from an exceptionally wide range of people including significant members of the Republician Party.
The concern is about what he does and how he has managed the role of President of US. I thought James Comey summed up the issues very succintly.
“Our president must embody respect and adhere to the values that are at the core of this country,” Comey told Stephanopoulos. “The most important being truth. This president is not able to do that. He is morally unfit to be president.”
Turning first to Trump’s defence of a white supremacists’ march, he said: “A person who sees moral equivalence in Charlottesville, who talks about and treats women like they’re pieces of meat, who lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it, that person’s not fit to be president of the United States, on moral grounds.”
Something else that become very apparent is that Donald Trump is systematically using his position as President to enrich himself and his family. That is just corruption - pure and simple. Check out how he is doing this day in day out below.
Watchdog group reveals how Trump enriched himself with presidential run
A new report finds the properties have received at least $15.1 million since 2015.
Rebekah Entralgo Apr 16, 2018, 11:08 am
Watchdog group reveals how Trump enriched himself with presidential run
A new report finds the properties have received at least $15.1 million since 2015.
Rebekah Entralgo Apr 16, 2018, 11:08 am
Political spending at President Donald Trump’s U.S. businesses has dramatically increased since he announced his run for office in 2015, according to a new report by government watchdog group Public Citizen first obtained by McClatchy.
During Trump’s presidential campaign and the first 15 months of his presidency, according to the report, political groups and federal agencies have spent at least $15.1 million at Trump properties. The Trump campaign itself spent the biggest amount — nearly 90 percent, or roughly $13.4 million.
The $15.1 million figure includes more than $717,000 from the Republican National Committee; $595,000 from the RNC and Trump campaign’s joint fundraising committee; and $9,000 from the National Republican Senate Committee.
Two powerful political action committees — American First Action, a PAC dedicated to electing federal candidates who support Trump’s agenda, and Great America Committee, Vice President Mike Pence’s group — spent $33,000 and $24,000 at Trump properties, respectively.
A year into his presidency, Trump is breaking one of his big ethics pledges
The increased spending appears to be a direct result of Trump’s newly found political capital. According to the report, political spending during 2013 and 2014 at Trump properties was just less than $20,000.
And the $15.1 million number may not even represent the full amount of what these political groups have spent at Trump properties or businesses. Groups like Public Citizen and Property of the People have resorted to gathering information through public records requests and Federal Election Commission data because there is no central place to find out just how much the current administration is spending at Trump-owned properties.
The conflict of interest violations involving politics and Trump properties are numerous and far reaching.
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, for example, served as the venue for a fundraiser for Mike Pence’s brother’s congressional race earlier this year.
The Kuwaiti embassy, which had previously hosted its independence day parties at the Four Seasons for 10 years in a row, made the decision to host their 2017 and 2018 receptions at Trump’s D.C. hotel.
In June of 2017, the hotel raked in $270,000 from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during their government officials’ stay at the hotel.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-pro...litical-groups-federal-agencies-14616126eb04/
The concern is about what he does and how he has managed the role of President of US. I thought James Comey summed up the issues very succintly.
“Our president must embody respect and adhere to the values that are at the core of this country,” Comey told Stephanopoulos. “The most important being truth. This president is not able to do that. He is morally unfit to be president.”
Turning first to Trump’s defence of a white supremacists’ march, he said: “A person who sees moral equivalence in Charlottesville, who talks about and treats women like they’re pieces of meat, who lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it, that person’s not fit to be president of the United States, on moral grounds.”
Something else that become very apparent is that Donald Trump is systematically using his position as President to enrich himself and his family. That is just corruption - pure and simple. Check out how he is doing this day in day out below.
Watchdog group reveals how Trump enriched himself with presidential run
A new report finds the properties have received at least $15.1 million since 2015.
Rebekah Entralgo Apr 16, 2018, 11:08 am
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Watchdog group reveals how Trump enriched himself with presidential run
A new report finds the properties have received at least $15.1 million since 2015.
Rebekah Entralgo Apr 16, 2018, 11:08 am
SHARE
Political spending at President Donald Trump’s U.S. businesses has dramatically increased since he announced his run for office in 2015, according to a new report by government watchdog group Public Citizen first obtained by McClatchy.
During Trump’s presidential campaign and the first 15 months of his presidency, according to the report, political groups and federal agencies have spent at least $15.1 million at Trump properties. The Trump campaign itself spent the biggest amount — nearly 90 percent, or roughly $13.4 million.
The $15.1 million figure includes more than $717,000 from the Republican National Committee; $595,000 from the RNC and Trump campaign’s joint fundraising committee; and $9,000 from the National Republican Senate Committee.
Two powerful political action committees — American First Action, a PAC dedicated to electing federal candidates who support Trump’s agenda, and Great America Committee, Vice President Mike Pence’s group — spent $33,000 and $24,000 at Trump properties, respectively.
A year into his presidency, Trump is breaking one of his big ethics pledges
The increased spending appears to be a direct result of Trump’s newly found political capital. According to the report, political spending during 2013 and 2014 at Trump properties was just less than $20,000.
And the $15.1 million number may not even represent the full amount of what these political groups have spent at Trump properties or businesses. Groups like Public Citizen and Property of the People have resorted to gathering information through public records requests and Federal Election Commission data because there is no central place to find out just how much the current administration is spending at Trump-owned properties.
The conflict of interest violations involving politics and Trump properties are numerous and far reaching.
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, for example, served as the venue for a fundraiser for Mike Pence’s brother’s congressional race earlier this year.
The Kuwaiti embassy, which had previously hosted its independence day parties at the Four Seasons for 10 years in a row, made the decision to host their 2017 and 2018 receptions at Trump’s D.C. hotel.
In June of 2017, the hotel raked in $270,000 from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during their government officials’ stay at the hotel.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-pro...litical-groups-federal-agencies-14616126eb04/
