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If (probable) conman Trump is elected, what restrictions would be on his businesses?

 
 
 
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Putting aside what you think of Trump's political positions, which are calculated pandering and fear mongering, I think that almost everyone can agree that the man is unethical scum in his business dealings. No truly wealthy man is going to run the Trump "University" scam unless he just wants to pull the wings off flies and drown kittens.

So, imagine this dude gets elected, what restrictions would be placed on his scams he is running that he can't get out of? I don't even think he could Executive Order his way out of that stuff.

I never followed the stuff with Cheney's investment restrictions during his time in office. Not that it really mattered.
 
I don't know but how can we right wing atheists prevent Marxism?
 
So, there are times when Clarence Thomas (I am sure there have been other justices) should have recused himself from a decision because of a conflict of interest related to his wife. He didn't since there is no one above the Supreme Court to enforce it. The only recourse would have been impeachment, censure is not enough.

Trump would have some laws on his desk for signing or a veto that he would be have financial conflicts of interest over. He also could decide to make/ignore a bunch of rules with Executive Orders. Is abuse of conflict of interest impeachable?
 
I think he does have to put everything into a blind trust - at which point someone's gonna know how awful his bottom line really is and how much of a house of cards the whole thing is. And I would laugh my ass off. Except that he'd be president and that would make me cry.
 
That blind trust, if true, would seem to be a big reason he would not really want to be president.

Would the process of converting his business affairs into a blind trust put him more at risk of exposing his fraud than his IRS audits?
 
Rhea said:
I think he does have to put everything into a blind trust - at which point someone's gonna know how awful his bottom line really is and how much of a house of cards the whole thing is. And I would laugh my ass off. Except that he'd be president and that would make me cry.
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Indeed. It'd be like laughing at a former Trump supporter while you're both being led to the gallows.
 
Why is the Trump U case not going forward until after Nov 3 rd ?
 
"@realDonaldTrump
After the litigation is disposed of and the case won, I have instructed my execs to open Trump U(?), so much interest in it! I will be pres."
 
According to law, elected officials don't have to divest anything or put into blind trusts anything, although they usually do to avoid conflicts of interest.

Trump has already said he will have his kids run his companies. There have already been numerous articles on this situation in economic publications. None of what I read indicates that he fully understands the implications and seriousness of conflict of interest for elected officials. I predict if he does get elected he will end up playing golf at a federal "country club".
 
That may be, but Dick Cheney knew what he was doing, I'm not sure that Trump does. He only seems to think in terms of the world of business, where free wheeling and bullying are the only games-he's used to telling his lawyers what to do, not the other way around, it's a world where business is usually accomplished through civil litigation (Trump has been involved in over 3500 civil litigations-a staggering number).
 
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