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Republicans think the country should be run like a business even though the goal of a business is to make money and the goal of government is a lot of other things having to do with the national welfare. I don't think many people thought he would run the country as his own business to make money. Does anyone think we will ever see this financial disclosure in May 2018? Nothing we've seen so far suggests that this will happen.
As president, Mr. Trump will be exempt from a federal ethics rule that prohibits government employees and members of Congress from taking actions that could benefit their financial interests.
But the president still must comply with a law that requires annual financial disclosures of his assets. The first will not be due until May 2018, although President Obama filed one voluntarily during his first year in office.
Experts said that even if Mr. Trump was exempt from some federal ethics rules, the public will expect him to not use his office to benefit his personal finances.
“He has campaigned on a platform of getting rid of corruption and that Washington is broken and we need new, refreshing change,” said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause, a nonprofit that pushes for accountability in government. “As president, the American public expects that Mr. Trump will be held to a higher standard.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/donald-trump-holdings-conflict-of-interest.html?_r=0
As president, Mr. Trump will be exempt from a federal ethics rule that prohibits government employees and members of Congress from taking actions that could benefit their financial interests.
But the president still must comply with a law that requires annual financial disclosures of his assets. The first will not be due until May 2018, although President Obama filed one voluntarily during his first year in office.
Experts said that even if Mr. Trump was exempt from some federal ethics rules, the public will expect him to not use his office to benefit his personal finances.
“He has campaigned on a platform of getting rid of corruption and that Washington is broken and we need new, refreshing change,” said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause, a nonprofit that pushes for accountability in government. “As president, the American public expects that Mr. Trump will be held to a higher standard.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/donald-trump-holdings-conflict-of-interest.html?_r=0