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Just like Donald Trump, Ivanka has significant conflicts of interests -- both nationally and internationally -- to navigate around, and her entry into the West Wing raises major ethical red flags we cannot ignore.
And since there is little precedent for a daughter serving in the White House, Ivanka may benefit from weak accountability mechanisms, which allow her to take full advantage of her new position as an unpaid employee working in the West Wing.
The move grants Ivanka security clearance, access to classified information and a government-issued handheld device. Despite not receiving an official title or salary, Ivanka has been formally placed at the center of her father's administration.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/21/opinions/ivanka-move-west-wing-opinion-hossain/index.html
Cha
(297,660 posts)tenorly
(2,037 posts)If you know what I mean.
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AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)GP6971
(31,207 posts)We've been down this road before and it's a dead end as far as anything being done about it.
Just like Donald Trump, Ivanka has significant conflicts of interests -- both nationally and internationally -- to navigate around, and her entry into the West Wing raises major ethical red flags we cannot ignore.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)and that he chose the role of Special advisor when as a close personal friend of Trumps, he could have had any role he wanted in the Trump White House. She stated as an Advisor you are not required to make the same Disclosures and there is no confirmation process, so you don't have to disclose anything and no one has a right to review any of your personal business holdings for conflict and there is no requirement to divest for any of your personal holdings.
One of Icahn's first actions as Trump's Advisor was to recommend a change in a regulation of which Icahn stands to gain $250M from.
By the time he got to the office the next morning, McAdams had messages from most of his 33 members, who were worried the proposal would upend the biofuel market and dry up demand for their products. It took him almost two days to get back to them all and try to explain what was happening, to the degree that he even knew himself. Were in an information void, he says. Theres a vacuum here on who the hell is running what.
The answer is, Carl Icahn is running things. Since Election Day, the billionaire New York investor has emerged as the most powerful person in the $24 billion ethanol industry. Thats due in part to his stake in two oil refineries, but mostly its because of his relationship with President Donald Trump. Icahn has known Trump for more than two decades and was an early supporter during the campaign. Trump rewarded Icahn in December by making him special adviser to the president on regulatory reform, giving Icahn the perfect platform to influence federal policies that affect his $20 billion business empire. ...
...Icahn makes no apologies for this. Sipping a glass of pineapple juice in his 47th floor corner office on March 9, the 81-year-old investor says hes surprised by all the controversy, which he sees as a fake issue generated by well-funded opponents. I have a right to talk to the president like any other citizen, he says. Especially if I think he respects me, why the hell shouldnt I call him?.? It may sound corny to you, but I think doing certain things helps the country a lot. And yeah, it helps me. Im not apologizing for that.
Icahn would seem to inhabit an extraordinary position of privilege in the Trump administration. Except that hes not technically a part of the administration. As a special adviser, hes not a government employee and receives no compensation. That means he doesnt have to relinquish any of his vast financial holdings, nor is he subject to federal ethics rules that typically apply to people who work for the president.
Every part of Icahns portfolio is touched by government regulation. Theres American International Group Inc., subject to strict federal oversight under a 2010 law Trump says hell revise; Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp., an auto parts maker with plants in China and Mexico; and Herbalife Ltd., a multilevel marketer facing a May deadline to comply with a Federal Trade Commission settlement. Says Slocum: This is the purest definition of a conflict of interest that you can get.
The bottom line: As special adviser to Trump, Icahn can influence regulatory policies that affect his $20 billion portfolio without violating ethics rules.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-16/trump-adviser-carl-icahn-lobbies-for-rule-change-that-benefits-icahn
malaise
(269,157 posts)other than nepotism on steroids
spanone
(135,875 posts)luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)dalton99a
(81,589 posts)like a family business
former9thward
(32,081 posts)Do you think anyone with a name strange to you is Russian? Your ignorance is showing...
dalton99a
(81,589 posts)Don't be so quick to insult
former9thward
(32,081 posts)Ok, got that.....
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)King and Queen of the United States.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)In a sense they can serve as a buffer for him.
That won't stop Bannon and his gang from doing nefarious deeds, which eventually Trump will be accountable for.
mshasta
(2,108 posts)slowly navigating her self inside the WH... like snake with predatory moves changing skin as she advances, keeping that fake smile until she snaps!
first playing renting a house in Washington DC,
now an office inside the White House,
next in few months the bigger price ....Secretary of the State ...that is why she is sticking her freakin head in very freaking`meeting with world leaders ... testing waters, getting ready .
is not about advising that idiot, is all about complete control of the most powerful nation with all its benefit$$
58Sunliner
(4,398 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,093 posts)I cannot believe nobody is making an issue of this. It's bad enough her asshole husband has a spot in the administration as it is.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)ashredux
(2,609 posts)It's all about executive privilege
Nictuku
(3,617 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)....to make the cost of her security in DC, NY, Florida, Aspen and God knows where else, easier to hide and/or justify.
The Trumps are a complete rip off of our government.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)angle is a complete grift. The Bannon angle is another entity aiming at absolute power and chaos. Both of them are a disaster for our country.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)....them do or say is absolutely poisonous for the country.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Yes and yes. It seems they trot ivanka out whenever things really begin to stink. For some reason she hasn't yet tarnished in the public eye. I wonder if this move coincides with Jared's upcoming testimony?
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)he's SOOOOO fat!
catching up with this guy:
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Thanks Gabi H
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,611 posts)You're not supposed to get one automatically.
keithbvadu2
(36,910 posts)First I typed "love" and corrected it.
Maybe I was correct to begin with.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,910 posts)Friendship hug for wife, sexually intimate hug for daughter
Body Language Expert Weighs In on Donald Trumps Awkward RNC Stage Hugs With Melania and Ivanka
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-awkwardly-hugs-melania-ivanka-expert-weighs-in-w430543
Dr. Oz Edits Out Creepy Trump Comments About Kissing His Daughter
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http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/15/dr-oz-edits-creepy-trump-comments-kissing-daughter.html
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kentuck
(111,110 posts)Good friends with Putin's girlfriend?
napi21
(45,806 posts)The WH is looking like there are more relatives working there than in the home of the Royal family! Hell, when is he going to bring in the former wives?
Grrrrrrrrr........I don't know if I will survive the next 4 years!
Bucky
(54,068 posts)Either under Chelsea or under one of Jeb's kids
I mean, at least it's an elective dynastic monarchy.
PufPuf23
(8,838 posts)k8conant
(3,030 posts)Bucky
(54,068 posts)58Sunliner
(4,398 posts)a stabilizing influence. She is not ok. She is friends with people who look the other way at people being ripped off, raped, murdered, and citizens suppressed on a massive scale. She is by definition pathological like her father. And just where is that "stabilizing influence" in play? I think these assumptions are the product of denial and sexism. It's hard to fathom that she must at some level be a lot like him to be right next to him, right behind him. Just imagine that she lies every time she speaks. I wonder what it will take for people to see her as she really is, by her actions.