The Trump Family's Many Involves

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Donald Trump President-elect He is a family member in some ways. During his first tenure in the White House, his children regularly surrounded him. By appearing in important meetings And at major public events, Ivanka Trump has served as an unpaid adviser to the president. Along with her husband Jared Kushner and his two oldest sons run the family business. while their father was in government service

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Ivanka is Obviously missing during her father’s 2024 campaign, retreating to a semi-private island in the Miami area with her family; and in 2023, Trump tell Fox News’ Bret Baier says members of his family won’t serve in his administration if he returns to the White House: “It’s too painful” for them, he said, but as he prepares for Inauguration Day A new group of distant family members comes into play. Trump has officially handed over the title to his daughter’s father-in-law, Massad Boulos, the father of Tiffany’s husband. has been named senior adviser to the president for Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, and President Ivanka’s father-in-law, Charles Kushner, has been named to serve as U.S. ambassador. Based in France

Having family members serving in important government positions of government creates clear opportunities for conflicts of interest. which most government officials avoid completely And there are legal obstacles as well. After President John F. Kennedy elected his brother Attorney General to Congress, passed The anti-nepotism law of 1967 restricted presidents from appointing relatives to surrogates. The role of the White House remains authorized. But most presidents don’t come close to crossing the line. Trump, however, happily did in his first term.

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Trump’s family benefits from this deal. As my colleague Franklin Foer wrote in 2020, “Both the Kushner and Trump families have tried to turn the White House into an instrument of self-fulfilment.” He argued that Jared Kushner has become “a dangerous factor. the best” of his father-in-law as he leads the country’s epidemic response strategy. Kushner’s stuff “Lack is not ability. But the courage to challenge the father-in-law’s imagination,” Foer writes. In this case, the appointment with the family was not only inappropriate. They impede the government’s ability to function well in times of crisis.

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Trump’s potential involvement extends beyond his family’s role in the White House to include his businesses. After winning the presidency in 2016, he promised to avoid conflicts of interest arising from his involvement in the Trump Organization, although he ultimately transferred control of the company to his two eldest sons. Anyway Trump Organization’s 2017 Ethics Plan Stated that contacts abroad will be limited. It clearly isn’t planning to do that to the same degree this time: The New York TimesS Reported It was announced earlier this month that Eric Trump, who leads most of the Trump Organization’s operations, was preparing to limit direct deals with foreign countries. governmentBut it does not completely limit foreign deals.

Eric openly reasons for this looser approach. tell time that “first semester we did everything imaginable to avoid the appearance of impropriety. and frankly We are already crushed… We can’t sit still forever, and I won’t.” (Donald Trump created approximately 3,400 conflicts of interest during his first term According to Maverick Ethical watchdog.) During the past several months, according to timeEric made a deal in Vietnam. Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates Jared Kushner, who has said he will not officially return to the White House. In recent years it has entered into business with the Saudi government. (which has donated about $2 billion to his private equity firm) and Serbia (which also has his company). plan to share profits from hotels in the area of the former Yugoslav Ministry of Defense)

Trump’s business interests have become more diverse and complex since his first term: Trump and his sons, including Barron, the youngest, have helped launch it. Digital currency project in the autumn (None of Trump is a company official.) Truth Social, Trump’s social media app. It launched on the public market in March. Both welcome foreign investment. His team also has wave your hand Critics say Trump didn’t get into politics to make money and that He will follow Ethical guidelines for his next term in office But Trump has not promised to relieve his business interests And the code of conduct his team issued last month for the transition period appears to stand out. Limitations not included About the president-elect himself

Trump’s first term was fraught with clear and real conflicts of interest. This time there seems to be less restrictions. And his loyal advisers and family members will still not dare question him if he crosses ethical lines. Because many people stand for profit. Whether financial or political from his success Written shortly after Trump’s certification Lara TrumpThe wife of his son Eric, who served as RNC co-chair earlier this year. My colleague David Graham noted that the president-elect runs both his company and his White House by providing “Extremely loyalists” with dubious qualities were reserved for them. He wrote this guideline: “It helps ensure that the only thing that matters and the only person who decides is Trump.”

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