If he plays his cards right Donald J. Trump will realized that being prez of the US ofA was the most luxrative deal he ever made! Right?

 We will never know all the deals he can cut with foreign countries to benefit him and screw us bh. That will never be made available to us. He won't ever release his tax returns. He won't ever completely divest himself from all his holdings. He is in a catbird seat and holds all the cards. The worst thing about it is that the folks who adore him and worhip don't give qa sh** it he screws them. They don't. That is a mystery that will never be solved. Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday! :)

Hello again, my:

The FIRST thing you'd do is get rid of the ethics offices...  Uh, oh..  Hold on a minute..  That's EXACTLY they're doing..  Whaddya know about that?

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Trump told the House not too. 

Actually, he didn't.  The American people did.  Which I think is a great example of American Democracy in action.

Trump tweeted: "With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS" 

Once he tweeted that, there was a public outcry with his followers swamping their congressional reps with calls.  So, it was quickly tabled. For now.  

However, this isn't something that will be tabled indefinitely.  Many in congress don't want it and Trump hasn't shown he is against dismantling it.  Right now, he is simply ensuring they take care of the things he feels take priority.   Maybe down the road he will decide this committee is important and feels it should stay.  Maybe not.  Only time will tell.

To Harry. Walter Shaub, Chief of the Office of Government  Ethics, is in the Trump cross-hairs and will probably be FIRED as soon as Trump is sworn in. Shaub told us that what Trump has done vis a vs divesting himself of all assets was meaningless and not good enough. Do you really think Trump will take that quietly? Of course he will fire Shaub and dismantle all Ethics offices. Trump is a very unethical man as he has shown during the course of his personal/ business life. He refuses to answer to anyone who gets in his way or questions him. This post was edited by RosieG at January 15, 2017 7:04 AM MST

I think with all the fish Trump is frying, at the moment Shaub is just a bug in Trump's ear and isn't as big an annoyance to him as others have been and isn't a priority at the moment.  But, that could change depending upon how vocal Shaub becomes.  His contract only runs through 2018 and, due to that, I think Trump's advisors will tell him to ignore Shaub and focus on making good all the promises he has made, just let the contract run out and then dismantle the agency in a year.  But, then again, as we know, Trump is such a wild card, this is all just conjecture.  By the way, found something in another link you might be interested in reading.  The following was taken from https://amp.cnn.com/money/2017/01/13/news/government-ethics-director-walter-shaub/index.html  

"The office has no enforcement power, but Shaub could be in a position to act as a foil to Trump. He was appointed by President Obama, and his term runs into 2018.

Asked what would happen if Trump tried to fire the director, Fox said it was "really an uncharted question." Such a move would almost certainly provoke a backlash, like when House Republicans moved to cripple the ethics office of Congress. "

 

There will be no backlash Harry. Trump has no use for ethics and the Republican Party already indicated its desire to destroy it. Once in power backlash is irrelevant. All the Trump worshippers agree with him.  He owns the House and the Senate. SCOTUS is deadlocked but if he gets an appointee through he will also OWN SCOTUS. All the anti-Trump folks have no power. They didn't vote for him so he doesn't need to suck up to them and he won't. He will be ruthless and partisan and do things his way and ignoring a guy who says what he has done is meaningless and insufficient is not his way. He is incapable of doing that isn't he? I don't think he can. I think Shaub is already toast. Thank you for your thoughtful reply and the link. I appreciate it!  :)

I'm very glad you asked that question m2c. Trump will never release his tax returns. He will never divest himself of his assets. We will never know what kinds of backroom closed door deals he makes with foreign countries to benefit himself and his holdings. Never. He will never make any decision that will adversely affect him or his cronies. Everything he does will be in the dark of night. No light will ever be shed. A decision he makes to benefit a foreign country could well be based on what they do for him personally financially. Will he tell us what he got in exchange? Permits to build hotels and golf courses? Eliminating roadblocks and requirements when they are in his way? He will play dumb and say only his kids know about the business end and he knows nothing. You don't really think he will tell us what side deals he will be making every chance he can do you? Of course not. Do you really believe his kids will NEVER discuss the  business with him? Seriously? He holds all the cards. He is the dealer.  We have no recourse because Congress is in his pocket. Who will stand up to him and cross him or tell him "no you can't do that"?  How will they know what the real reasons behind things are anyway? They will rubber-stamp everything he wants. There is no way we the people won't get the short end of every stick. That is what I think m2c. I wish to he** I didn't  but I do. Nothing about him causes me to believe he is honorable/truthful/pro America. His cozy unlimited defense of Putin and Russia should be a red flag for Republicans but so far no one seems the least bit worried. That shocks me.  I don't know if I answered your question but it's the best I've got for now. He will shaft us just the way he shafts/stiff some of his contractors. Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday! :)

No one should have to sell their  life's work. He has done what he said he would do step down and let the kids run it. 
Did you expect Kerry to have his wife sell Heinz if he had been elected?

Those others about whom you speak and to whom you refer divested themselves of all assets..put them in a blind trust so they wouldn't know how they were doing. Trump refuses to do that. He SAYS the boys will be running things and they will never talk to him about business. Why would you believe that when he lies all the time? He refuses to release his tax returns. All other presidents have.  He refuses to divest himself of his massive holdings. All other presidents have done just that.  There is nothing remotely analogous or comparable between what Trump will be doing and what any of his predecessors did. Nothing. He is breaking all the rules. Ignoring protocol.  Ridiculing precedent. He is nothing like anything we have ever seen and he hasn't even been sworn in yet Harry. Wait. It will get a whole better for him. Thank you for your reply and the link. Trying to compare Donald J. Trump to any other living or dead human being is useless. He is incomparable in all the wrong ways. :( This post was edited by RosieG at January 15, 2017 7:03 AM MST

I like a cohesive argument Rosie.  I like what you have written here.  I agree with it except for a point of clarification I feel should be made. When we look at the blind trusts in the past, there has always been the question of whether or not they really are blind.  All we have to do is look at Cheney & Haliburton to know that it's pretty much a ruse.  Some trusts are truly blind.  When it comes to our government officials, I believe they always find a way to unofficially keep their hands in it.

Not that I'm defending Trump, but certain businesses that he owns aren't structured for blind trusts.  Even though I gave those that question the link in my last post here, sadly, I did find something that would bolster Trump's stance on this.  http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/16/rudy-giuliani/giuliani-president-trump-will-be-exempt-conflict-i/

As per the conclusion on that link, Trump will have to "comply with financial disclosure requirements."  Do I think he is going to keep doing an end run around this?  You betcha.  Do I think he will succeed?  I would like to say no but, as you have pointed out, he is like no one we have had to deal with before so I am not optimistic the American people will prevail on this one.