Anybody who can utter the words “drain the swamp” and “the president can’t have a conflict of interest” in the same breath, without seeing the irony, is ethically challenged. Trump’s promise to drain the swamp sounded good to a lot of people, not just diehard Trump supporters. After all, there is widespread agreement that Washington D.C. is beset with a plague of political cronies, lobbyists, and greedy opportunists more devoted to their own financial interests than the public good. He came to the office with such a massive portfolio of business interests that he could easily further enrich himself and his family through his presidential actions. In other words, it’s still all in the family, and Trump still has a direct financial interest in every dollar the Trump companies earn during his presidency.

Source: Huffington Post July 31, 2017 13:32 UTC