Trump picks golf club, Mar-a-Lago members as ambassadors
WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump needed an ambassador to represent the United States in Romania, he enlisted a real estate lawyer who was a member of one of his private golf clubs.
For South Africa and the Dominican Republic, he tapped longtime members of his private Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. To represent the U.S. government in Hungary, he chose a man from another Florida club operated by the president’s private companies.
Ambassadorships long have been among Washington’s choicest political prizes, and presidents frequently award them to friends, political allies and campaign donors.
“There was always a country club mentality with some of this,” said Scott Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan group that investigates government ethics.
The difference now is that the president also is the country club’s proprietor, and he has handed out foreign postings and other government jobs to his paying customers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-picks-golf-club-mar-a-lago-members-as-ambassadors/ar-BBTk3fX?li=BBnbcA1
Pay for play I guess.
