More on the Get me the British Open

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https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-trump-british-open-20200721-qeua2xqapvg2jcnfctoxsbn2wm-story.html
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The White House declined to comment on Trump’s instructions to Johnson, as did the ambassador and the State Department.

Although Trump, as president, is exempt from a federal conflict-of-interest law that makes it a criminal offense to take part in “government matters that will affect your own personal financial interest,” the Constitution prohibits federal officials from accepting gifts, or “emoluments,” from foreign governments.

Experts on government ethics pointed to one potential violation of the emoluments clause that still may have been triggered by the president’s actions: The British or Scottish governments would most likely have to pay for security at the tournament, an event that would profit Trump.

It was not the first time the president tried to steer business to one of his properties. Last year, the White House chose the Trump National Doral resort in Miami as the site of a Group of Seven meeting. Trump backed off after it ignited a political storm, moving the meeting to Camp David before canceling it because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A prominent Republican donor, Robert Johnson initially supported Jeb Bush for the Republican nomination in 2016, but he later backed Trump, introducing him to other figures in the party’s money circles. Enlisting Johnson as an emissary on behalf of his golf course was another way the president was looking for help furthering his financial interests.
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ReTHUGs are ReTHUGs!

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1. He'd probably try to rebrand it, too.

Trouble is, "the British Open" rolls off the tongue easier than "the Lying Assface Traitorous Bucket of Monkey Pus Open".

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2. He has no effin' ethics

Low life is way too good for this uncouth, unethical buffoon.