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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
FB meme? I didn't post a fucking meme. And what you just said makes no sense. We haven't had any Presidents in any business while in office while I've been alive. Do you understand why operating an international business while simultaneously setting foreign trade policy is an issue--even if it's just perception? Maybe you recall the beginning of Trump's presidency when everyone was making a big deal about his taxes* and him bullshitting about divesting? Maybe not.
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I wasn't so much talking about you. You at least replied, and made points similar to those below. Other people deleted my comment. That is, they didn't care to consider whether there was a bit of puffing in what they were posting. And they were saying things like "these are very valuable and powerful tools to control the emerging Asian markets." I told them they are not. didn't matter to them.
Maybe I'm seeing things too darkly, but we need to maintain an educated electorate. and FB posts are becoming truth. you at least considered the point, but I worry about those that have no interest in doing so.
As to the bigger question of appearance, i get it. but I do not know what a Prez who does own businesses should do, let alone what an aide should do. i seem to remember Cheney put his holdings into someone else's control?
But the question of if Trump should be out of the business is the real question*. Getting the Chinese TMs is no different, actually less, than saying "boxes of Ivanka shoes were loaded onto a transport ship in Guilin. And Trump is offering China a deal about some phone company."
It is an outgrowth of the fact of the business. not a separate outrage.
On one issue i could state an actual fact. Actual facts are rare anymore. i thought it of interest. not saying I'm starting to think Trump 2020!, just asking where are we that any discussion is becoming a bad thing.
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You are still stuck on the effect of the trademarks.
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Sure but the article was too.
*And listen, I have not studied the issue of what he should have done at all. You post about Trump several times a day. I get your outrage. i post about moth judging outrages instead. I'm not saying he shouldn't be jailed for not divesting- I've no opinion.
