Conflict of Interest between President Trump and Businessman Trump

Today when we hear the term politics or a politician what comes into our mind is favoritism, back-stabbing, self-promotion, and self-interest at its worst. However, politics will always be part of us in life both nationally and in our organizations where we probably work in, therefore, if we go on avoiding and ignoring it will limit us in our organizations and our country. Additionally, our ignorance will also make our nation to suffer economically since these politicians will only benefit themselves and forget the voters. Historians say that to be an effective politician you should have a great understanding of the political reality in your country and also be able to develop your political skills.

According to Tillman, politics is always neutral at its core. All politicians have political skills which are either a good political skill or a bad political skill. Most people appreciate leaders with a good political skill while a bad political skill politician leads to a lot of disagreements. Individuals who have a bad mentality of politics frequently associate politics with negative personal experiences. Frequently when a political office works to the advantage of a person, people associate it to justifiable results of good political skills and hard work forgetting that such a person could have used illegal means to be successful.

In the recent time, there is an increase in concern that the Elected President of United States who is also a successful businessman has been using his office for his interest. Investigations suggest that he has been deriving his financial gains and his business with the use of the position he occupies. I would like you to address the following questions;

According to a video done by Richard Painter and Norman Eisen, they describe how president Trump and his children's have played a major role in violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. According to Richard and Norman, the president and his kids have been using their position in office to get funds for their businesses and foreign assistance which is against the Emoluments Clause (Kellner, 90).

Trump's businesses and organization interests are stretched out all over the world. Additionally, his business interests also entangle him with various foreign governments. However, the lack of releasing his tax returns, president Trump conflicts of interest remains hidden. This leaves the American people not to know if the president elected was making his deal to benefit him during his campaign or was he vying for the presidency to help Americans.

According to Elaine Kamarck, presidents Trump transition has been marked by numerous conflicts of interest which breaks the Emolument Clause in the Constitution of United States. Furthermore, these conflicts have also unprecedented the history of United States. Presidential transitions are very complex activities which when involved with wrong actions will lead the new administration to court (Phillips, 1780).

Another conflict of interest in Trump's administration is the appointment of staffs of white house that at the same time hold offices in media companies. For instance, Stephen Bannon was appointed as Chief Strategist while he was still associated Breitbart News. Additionally, Jared Kushner should not be appointed to any formal office since he is an editor of a newsroom and he also owns a newspaper. According to Kamarck, Trump's conflict of interest problems cannot go away unless his team cleans up all things. 100 years ago politicians could find their conflicts of interest, however today the media particularly foreign media has made this impossible. In the United States, there are laws which prevent government officials and employees from accepting funds, and all citizens must abide by these laws.

Trump personal interest has spurred numerous conflicts-of-interest and ethics concerns, several lawsuits and a constant stream of headlines. This has made President Trump step down from controlling over 500 personal businesses where he has kept them in a trust; however, Trump goes on own this businesses. Nevertheless, top government ethics officers have decried Trump's arrangement as inadequate.

According to Tillman, Specific financial ties of president Trump such as his debts and the actual source of his wealth is still unclear. This is because the president frequently uses his profit and properties to welcome foreign dignitaries. Also, most of the president's organizations operate in foreign and does business with foreign citizens; an ancient term emolument has entered the daily dictionary of ethics regulators. Constitution expert refers emoluments as an obscure; nevertheless, it's a newly relevant constitutional clause.

In conclusion, president Trump personal interest and miss use of a public office should be forwarded to Congress. Congress is a watchdog of the government, and this will protect public from being exploited by a bad president. Additionally, the congress should demand the president to submit all his tax return and all his income to increase transparency in the office of the president.

Work cited

Tillman, Seth Barrett. ""Business Transactions for Value and President Trump's' Emoluments' Problem."" (2017).

Kellner, Douglas. ""Conflicts of Interest and Family Nepotism, Fake News and Telephone Diplomacy."" American Horror Show. SensePublishers, 2017. 89-102.

Phillips, James Cleith, and Sara White. ""The Meaning of the Three Emoluments Clauses in the US Constitution: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of American English, 1760-1799."" (2017).

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/28/trumps-conflicts-of-interest/

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/12/19/trumps-conflicts-of-interest-explained/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XUmAfYB4nY

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