Quote (ofthevoid @ Sep 7 2017 10:34am)
I'm well aware of conflict of interests. But to legislate discriminatory laws based on "maybe" is wrong.
Can you prove that his business is booming due to him being in office? Let's say the whole sector is booming why is the boom in his business attributed to cronyism meanwhile the competitors are just good business men or something?
You're reaching on a lot of your conclusions to justify unfair treatment.
it's rather blatant and in your face obvious with how often he frequents his own properties after the election not to mention the raised prices at said properties, what room is there for ambiguity here? it's not just him you're paying for, you're also paying for his entourage along with security/travel etc.
https://www.economist.com/news/business/21725303-six-months-mr-trumps-conflicts-interest-look-even-worse-how-donald-trump-monetisingQuote
Mr Shaub was unimpressed by Mr Trump’s appearances at his own for-profit properties, which he has visited more than 40 times as president—most recently to attend the US Women’s Open, held this month at one of his golf clubs, in New Jersey. The visits serve as a form of marketing, and his firm has not been shy about cashing in. Mar-a-Lago, a Trump resort in Florida where the president hosts other world leaders, doubled its initial fee for new members to $200,000 after the election. The club made a profit of $37m in the latest reporting period (January 2016-spring 2017), compared with $15.5m in 2014-15.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-dc-hotel-turns-2-million-profit-in-four-months/2017/08/10/23bd97f0-7e02-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.0fd8b3b71bdcQuote
The Trump Organization had projected that it would lose $2.1 million during the first four months of 2017 as it established a new hotel and convention business in the nation’s capital, according to newly released federal documents.
Instead the hotel, with its namesake in the White House down the street, is already turning a hefty profit and charging more for its rooms than most or all of the city’s other hotels.
The $4.1 million swing from projected losses to profitability represents a 192 percent improvement over what the Trump family planned to make when the company opened the hotel in the fall.
Driving the profits are the extraordinary prices guests have been willing to pay for rooms, including members of Trump’s Cabinet who have stayed or lived there, as well as big spending on food and beverages in the meeting areas, bar and restaurant — spots frequented by members of Trump’s inner circle and other Republican leaders.