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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:20 AM Mar 2019

Ethics watchdogs sound alarm over Trump tweet on Scotland golf course

An ethics watchdog raised alarms after President Trump tweeted on Saturday about his golf course in Scotland.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) said that Trump was using his position to promote his business.

"There it is," CREW tweeted. "The president is using an official statement as an ad for his business and making sure everyone knows he ties his business to US relationships with foreign countries."

A senior CREW adviser called the president's tweet "shameless, corrupt and repugnant."

"This is Trump's most explicit commingling of personal interests and public office to date," wrote Walter Shaub, who used to head the Office of Government Ethics.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ethics-watchdogs-sound-alarm-over-trump-tweet-on-scotland-golf-course/ar-BBUivHE?li=BBnbcA1

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Ethics watchdogs sound alarm over Trump tweet on Scotland golf course (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 OP
Wow. That is as brazen as you get. Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #1
...and this seems minuscule compared to all the major crimes he's committed. spanone Mar 2019 #2

spanone

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2. ...and this seems minuscule compared to all the major crimes he's committed.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:13 PM
Mar 2019

In a normal world republicans would be howling against a democrat doing the same. with trump? crickets.

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