FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. (C) jokes around and motions with a large pair of scissors toward the throat of his wife Vanessa Trump (R) while Too Kim Tiah (L) the CEO of TA Global, the owner and developer of Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver, looks on during the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Nick Didlick/File photo
Trump violated federal regulations by using his position as president to help sell his son Don Jr.’s book.
Trump tweeted:
The code of federal regulations states:
According to the Standards of Ethical Conduct For Employees of the Executive Branch, “An employee shall not use his public office for his own private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, including nonprofit organizations of which the employee is an officer or member, and persons with whom the employee has or seeks employment or business relations.”
In other words, Trump can’t use the presidency to help his son sell books.
Never in the modern mass media age has the nation had a president who so shamelessly abused his office to benefit himself and his family. It is easy to become numb to the onslaught of illegal behavior coming out of the White House on a nearly daily basis, but the country can not allow itself to treat presidential corruption and profiteering as the new normal.
The only thing that will stop the Trump crime wave is to vote him out of office less than one year from today.
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