Trump's sons involved in interviewing, vetting Cabinet candidates

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  1. Thirty6BelowZero

    Thirty6BelowZero Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Assuming you can tell me those consequences, can you also tell me the consequences of a Hillary presidency? I gotta run upstairs to make a deposit and will be back in 25 or 30 minutes (Hill Climb Racing made a sequel so most of my time will be spent racing), so I'll be looking for an answer from you so I can compare and contrast.
     
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    well i guess you are aware now, and the fact that there are ethic rules about this very scenario has been forgotten
     
  3. Thirty6BelowZero

    Thirty6BelowZero Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I went to a small college, but I went in the 90's before everything went to pot.
     
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    Gaius_Marius Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If you want to know the consequences of a Trump presidency you should try reading what other countries are saying. Whether conflicts of interest, his bromance with Putin or simply his stupidity on policy there is enough there for a lifetime.
    The consequences of a Clinton presidency pales in comparison.
     
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    Gaius_Marius Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So you went to a university that wasn't as you described? How do you know what they teach now?

    It's interesting though because what I see from the US is in general Republicans who don't believe people who know better than them and who in your words "think they're more educated than you".
    How come?
     
  6. RP12

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    I was being sarcastic i guess you were not aware of that..

    Trump getting advice from his kids about Cabinet picks doesnt break any ethics rules.
     
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    Please state the ethics rules for Presidential transition teams.
     
  8. truth and justice

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    Trump's kids during interviews with potential government post candidates "Will you approve of any measures that may cost our businesses money?"

    Candidate : "No"

    Kids "Daddy, hire him"
     
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    As opposed to Trump asking the question himself?
     
  10. Thirty6BelowZero

    Thirty6BelowZero Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So you just wanna throw a consequence of a presidency at me and not tell me why, then let me know that Clinton's consequences pale in comparison.

    America wouldn't have been able to handle 4 more years of what we had which is what Clinton ran on. I think you've been putting too much stake in the left wing anti-Trump fear mongering. Why would any sane American reject having Russia as an ally?
     
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    then they cant run the business empire, those are the ethics rules
     
  12. Injeun

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    It may be your saving grace. ;-)
     
  13. truth and justice

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    His question would be the same ie "Will you approve of any measures that may cost my businesses money?"

    but he is too busy tweeting to carry out the interviews
     
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    What are the ethics rules for a Presidential transition team?
     
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    a simple web search has hundreds of sites regarding the conflict of interest
     
  16. Thirty6BelowZero

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    Man, you need to frequent these boards more often. Snowflake universities are old news. Take a look at Emory, Berkeley, Yale, Oxford, Mizzou, etc etc etc...

    Our education system is the worst it's ever been. We have all time record low reading and math proficiency test scores in 8th grade and 12th grade students, yet we have all time high graduation rates. The reason is because in the early 2000's, we started up a No Child Left Behind program that gave schools the incentive to get federal funding the smarter their classes were and the higher their grad rates were. It gave teachers the incentive to reach out to the poor and minority students and help them more. All they had to do was make them learn and make them pass. As time moved on, teachers got lazy and instead of helping their students, they did what they had to do to make the failing students pass, some going as far as writing passing grades to keep the federal funding coming in. One of the consequences of this is sending ill prepared students to college. One of the consequences of sending ill prepared students to college is businesses not wanting to hire these "educated" students because they weren't prepared for real life and were having everything handed to them. As time progresses we arrive where we are today. Ill prepared college students having "cry-ins" and coloring books to comfort them after Trump's victory. We have kids claiming they've been traumatized because they saw Trump's name written in chalk. We have students protesting because of racist white people that screamed slurs at a black student where no video tapes or evidence showed it to be true, and it cost the University President his job for being white and not acting fast enough due to lack of evidence. The list keeps going, unfortunately. Do you call this progress?

    One of Trump's promises is an overhaul of our current education system, and it can't come fast enough.
     
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    What are the rules? I'll answer for you: there are none. A Presidential transition team is not a government entity.
     
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    Do you understand conflict of interest? They could be the best advisers on the planet, but the fact that they are going to be running his company means they shouldn't have anything to do with this.

    I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here. What happened to all the principled individuals who railed against even the Slightest of impropriety in the Obama admin???
     
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    I feel this is being overblown. He is asking advice. From two people he trusts. They does not mean they will have any influence or impact on his actual admin.
     
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    I think we should question the face value of the entire article.

    We have more unnamed "sources" reporting to CNN........ the phrase "unnamed sources" and "CNN reports" should make people question every word that comes after.

    These are the people that openly despised Trump and gave Clinton interview questions, after all.
     
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    When even people that lean to the left of the isle say you have gone too far, it's probably a good time to draw it back a little.
     
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    we can all buy Exxon stocks his cabinet picks are transparent, before insider information on how to get rich was only available to politicians and the rich they work for so it is not nepotism.

    President Trump is setting a good example for Americans on how to raise their children by trusting them with important responsibilities.
     
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    a conflict of interest means there is secret information or rules set that only his children can get rich from.

    that is mostly seen when the rich pay politicians for favorable laws of the land, at the expense of the average American.

    since these picks are available to all Americans it poses no conflict, because all Americans can get rich by investing with President Trump and his children's business interests.
     
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    Landslide ? Obtuse ! The economy is booming (what is the problem you see ) ?
    Keeping jobs in AMerica is all of a sudden important ? Did you care about it when Bush was president or only once Obama was president... This is super small thinking... He doesn't care about JOBS in America. That was just a campaign thing to get your a vote ! A lie more or less... Just like the WALL, sending (crooked Hillary) to jail... This is exactly what I mean when I say (FOLLOWERS) you people are being played.
    NOW, dont get me wrong, all of the politcal seen is crooked, lobbyist run the show for those billionaires that want certain things.. Yes, all democrats and republicans are in it for money. Trump just used the right platform at the right time for the right audience. You can be fed up with WASHINGTON all you want, nothing is going to change with TRUMP, just as it did not with Bush or Obama. The only difference between dems and republicans is that DEMS care about PEOPLE, the welfare and health of ALL people. THe republicans care about themselves. You can tell who is which on here by the replys for the most part... I care about you and your health as an american, I want you to have everything possible and not have to work too hard to get it. My guess is that you could care less about me or anyone else here and that if you earn a billion dollars, you want it all for yourself. Kind of like the difference between the Zionist and the WASP..
    During the Bush years everyone screamed NO when the Democrats wanted to keep jobs in AMerica because at the Time, it was a republican thing to say "It keeps prices down when we import cheaper goods from China) Do you remember that ? Did you follow the leader back then and preach this same thing ?
     

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