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Yavin4

(35,438 posts) Sat Nov 26, 2016, 01:22 AM Nov 2016

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My biggest worry about Trump's corruption and conflicts of interests

What happens if someone or some entity or even some government that's expecting a big payment or pay off or favor does not get it. The envelope is light. What happens then?

Screwing over contractors, NJ government officials, and banks is one thing. Screwing over foreign interests as president is something else entirely.

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My biggest worry about Trump's corruption and conflicts of interests (Original Post) Yavin4 Nov 2016 OP

or even worse. what happens when he sells out the US to his foreign financial backers JI7 Nov 2016 #1

Or worse yet, those who hacked the election blackmail him. Russia owns him. McCamy Taylor Nov 2016 #2

Very dangerous! Trump only has allegiance to himself and money! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #3

Who protects all his properties? moondust Nov 2016 #4

let us hope that the worst that happens is he gets richer bhikkhu Nov 2016 #5

JI7

(89,248 posts)

1. or even worse. what happens when he sells out the US to his foreign financial backers

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 01:25 AM

Nov 2016

he has no loyalty to the US.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)

2. Or worse yet, those who hacked the election blackmail him. Russia owns him.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 01:49 AM

Nov 2016

Do you want Russia to own us?

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)

3. Very dangerous! Trump only has allegiance to himself and money! n/t

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 02:12 AM

Nov 2016

moondust

(19,979 posts)

4. Who protects all his properties?

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 02:19 AM

Nov 2016

And who pays for it?

Are Trump towers and hotels across globe now terror risks?

bhikkhu

(10,715 posts)

5. let us hope that the worst that happens is he gets richer

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 02:34 AM

Nov 2016

Annoying, but I could live with that if we can just move on harmlessly, to better things, whole, but a little poorer and wiser, 4 years from now.

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