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[-] JasminIstMuede 33 points 2 months ago

Are there laws in the US about such conflicts of interest or was is basically tradition until this point not to do shit like this?

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 35 points 2 months ago

Laws are as good as the ability and will to enforce them.

[-] JasminIstMuede 7 points 2 months ago

Good point... I guess I'm still curious if there could be a way he gets taken to court for this, but probably now.

[-] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago

Because of ethical restraints, it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly. In 2017, when then-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway told Americans to buy from Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, she received a warning from a government ethics office and promised never to do it again.

[-] JasminIstMuede 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe there is a language barrier, but I didn't understand if a legal framework is implied by "ethical restraints". Can one be taken to court for violating an ethical restraint?

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