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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
One of the really striking things about this debate is that we're focused on whether he got a substantive benefit or merely the appearance of a benefit on these TMs -- where every past president avoided the appearance of a benefit, understanding the damage done by even such an appearance. Yes, it's a higher standard than we'd hold other people to. But that's because being President used to mean something.
I understand that TMs are not a big deal, and mostly administrative in granting, but, you know, once upon a time, it was a huge, many months long controversy when a Presidential brother who was kept at arms length from the White House decided to cash in on his brother's fame by marketing "Billy Beer"....
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I'll respond in more detail to T, but i get all that. My sole point was that the smart need to not get dragged down. I was seeing people saying "These TMs put Ivanka in a dominate position for the exploding Asian market." I was simply trying to say, "take these reports with a grain of salt." Not because Trump wouldn't sell out the country if he needed to to get TMs, but simply because America needs educated voters, and unfortunately FB is becoming our knowledge base.
