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LONDON The American ambassador to Britain, Robert Wood Johnson IV, told multiple colleagues in February 2018 that President Trump had asked him to see if the British government could help steer the world-famous and lucrative British Open golf tournament to the Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland, according to three people with knowledge of the episode.
The ambassadors deputy, Lewis A. Lukens, advised him not to do it, warning that it would be an unethical use of the presidency for private gain, these people said. But Mr. Johnson apparently felt pressured to try. A few weeks later, he raised the idea of Turnberry playing host to the Open with the secretary of state for Scotland, David Mundell.
In a brief interview last week, Mr. Mundell said it was inappropriate for him to discuss his dealings with Mr. Johnson and referred to a British government statement that said Mr. Johnson made no request of Mr. Mundell regarding the British Open or any other sporting event. The statement did not address whether the ambassador had broached the issue of Turnberry, which Mr. Trump bought in 2014, but none of the next four Opens are scheduled to be played there.
Still, the episode left Mr. Lukens and other diplomats deeply unsettled. Mr. Lukens, who served as the acting ambassador before Mr. Johnson arrived in November 2017, emailed officials at the State Department to tell them what had happened, colleagues said. A few months later, Mr. Johnson forced out Mr. Lukens, a career diplomat who had earlier served as ambassador to Senegal, shortly before his term was to end.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/europe/trump-british-open.html
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trump is just a fkn lowlife thug who thinks the rules don't apply to him. Oh, why, oh why didn't the Senate impeach his corrupt ass.
malaise
(269,008 posts)an unethical low-life
edhopper
(33,580 posts)What the emoluments clause is about.
It's impeachable.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)How is this not impeachable?!
Is drumpf king?!
a kennedy
(29,663 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)She scrapped previously planned topics as this came across her desk.
She was obviously disgusted.
Under The Radar
(3,404 posts)... pulling that trick for nothing, and Trump is too cheep to offer any of his own money.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Every single day it just gets worse. I long for the days of Obama when I rarely thought about politics and most of my days were peaceful and serene because I knew that we had someone in charge who was completely in control and on top of everything.
We didn't have to worry with Obama because he was a man of integrity, intelligence and righteousness and we always knew that he would do the right thing no matter what. We knew that he would never put his own interests first. Those days are long gone.