{"id":5791,"date":"2017-04-26T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2017-04-26T14:01:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T19:01:08","slug":"reminder-hes-stuffing-his-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/reminder-hes-stuffing-his-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: He’s Stuffing His Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Credit: Evan Vucci<\/p><\/div>\n

Josh Marshall shines a light on another example<\/a> of how DJT is breaking all the norms and using the position with which we have entrusted him to enrich himself and his family (emphasis mine<\/strong>, more details at the link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This is really quite astounding. In this morning\u2019s edition of Mike Allen\u2019s not-Playbook from Axios he introduces what seems to be Ivanka Trump setting up something that sounds a lot like the Clinton Foundation, only in this case run from within the White House by a top presidential aide who is also the President\u2019s daughter, who also runs her own large international company and who also has two brothers who are currently running the President\/Father\u2019s company and trying to rake in as much money as possible on the fame and power of the presidency. Also, let\u2019s be honest, the Trumps are a notoriously corrupt family, especially when it comes to running foundations.<\/p>\n

No less astounding is that Allen never mentions that there\u2019s anything problematic about this or that it doesn\u2019t mimic in a wildly more corrupt way what President Trump nominally ran most of the 2016 campaign against<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s worth asking is this: Is this even envisioned as a foundation and non-profit? Or is Ivanka setting up something like a venture capital or private equity fund? i.e., one designed to make a profit?<\/p>\n

As is the case on many other fronts, Trump and his family ran the 2016 campaign not so much against Hillary Clinton but a looking glass Hillary Clinton which was actually what they aspired to be and do if they won<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He got a lot of traction with false<\/a> insinuations<\/a> about<\/a> her<\/a> behavior<\/a>; now he’s doing precisely what he accused her of and the press and his supporters are looking the other way. \u00a0Thanks, Comey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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More readings on this and related subjects:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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