Summary
From the moment Donald Trump entered the U.S. presidential race, the potential for an unprecedented array of ethics violations, stemming from his global business interests, has been a ticking time bomb, set to detonate on Jan. 20, 2017 .
Of course, Trump's distrust of experts is far from unique nowadays.
For the U.S. president – a person tasked with serving and protecting people all over the world – it's downright dangerous.
Trump has claimed that he will disentangle himself from his business to avoid conflicts of interests, while offering no credible plan for doing so.
) The Washington Post has created a new team devoted specifically to covering conflicts of interest within the Trump administration and possible violations of the Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution, which prohibits anyone holding public office from accepting money or gifts from foreign officials.
While many world leaders are concerned about Trump's behavior, many others are probably thinking that they now have tacit permission to do likewise.
Trump won't be U.S. president forever.
On the contrary, Trump and congressional Republicans are moving fast to dismantle the Affordable Care Act – President Barack Obama's signature health-care policy – claiming that its as-yet-undefined replacement will maintain the popular elements and drop the unpopular ones.
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