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Truth Social Opens New Conflicts of Interest for Trump
March 27, 2024 at 10:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 147 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/27/truth-social-opens-new-conflicts-of-interest-for-trump/
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New York Times: Trump Media & Technology Group the owner of Truth Social, the site Mr. Trump uses to rally his backers and blast his opponents could present a new, fairly straightforward route for foreign leaders or special interests to try to influence him. Should he retain his control of the company while in office, the ethical questions that arose from Mr. Trumps hotels and other properties in his first term as president would only multiply when applied to a publicly traded media company.
Corporations and other players wanting to sway Mr. Trump could buy advertising on Truth Social, other experts said. They could try to get on his radar by buying shares in the company. As the nations leader whose every utterance is monitored around the world, Mr. Trump would also be in an extraordinary position to drive traffic and ultimately revenue by the habitual use of the site.
Ethics experts see few legal obstacles to these scenarios. Presidents are not covered by federal conflict-of-interest law, and efforts to use constitutional checks failed during Mr. Trumps first term.
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Irish_Dem
(47,081 posts)And he knows that nobody will stop him.
Walleye
(31,024 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)Rather than spill the beans in person, do it in coded messages? The Intelligence Agencies had best be on their toes monitoring this stuff. TSF CANNOT be trusted with the Nation's secrets at any given time. He has proven that.
unblock
(52,230 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,905 posts)SF says hes a patriotic guy whose only interest is the betterment of the People, so he wouldnt mind giving it up.
If that doesnt happen, I then would recommend the companys seizure by the NY courts and its immediate dissolution with proceeds going to the victims of Trumps crimes.
My point: We need to define the conversation, not dip or his owners.