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The Trump ethical swamp

Donald Trump’s worst deal: The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Businesswoman who bought Trump penthouse is connected to Chinese intelligence front group: The president's company won't explain this $15.8 million deal. Ivanka Trump is complicit in her dad’s mission to get rich at the US’s expense. Ivanka Trump’s bitter scent: The president’s daughter wants all of the perks with none of the blame. Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 tax rate would have been just 3 percent: Unsurprisingly, Trump wants to get rid of the alternative minimum tax — we need to reform it instead.

Scandal fatigue and the Trump ethical swamp: The president and his family repeatedly conflate policy and profit — please don't just ask, “what else is new?”