Fault Lines - Donald Trump: All the President's Profits

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As a candidate that railed against corruption on his campaign trail, US president Donald Trump could be profiting from his presidency. The US president has mixed private business and public duties in unprecedented ways, the overlap between Trump's business activities and his role as president has given rise to allegations that he is leveraging his office for personal gain. Trump is allegedly violating the Emoluments Clauses of the US constitution, he faces a lawsuit known as D.C. and Maryland v. Trump) focused on the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, and the payments or benefits from foreign and domestic governments the president may be receiving there.

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