Much like with the election, he made a series of hugely risky and self-destructive decisions, was counseled against them, and then got a bunch of losers to back him up.
He got away with it because America barely prosecutes international white collar crime.
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He got away with it because America barely prosecutes international white collar crime.
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The only reason he didn't get away with this coup (yet) is that people with power and resources had a strong incentive to investigate and stop him.
That has not, yet, happened with his business. (God damn you, Robert S. Mueller).
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That has not, yet, happened with his business. (God damn you, Robert S. Mueller).
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Investigating the business will be harder.
But it's necessary.
In the end, it will find scenes much like the ones in the NYT story: Trump being told something is illegal, unethical, and risky, and then finding some bottom feeder who will tell him the opposite.
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But it's necessary.
In the end, it will find scenes much like the ones in the NYT story: Trump being told something is illegal, unethical, and risky, and then finding some bottom feeder who will tell him the opposite.
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