Donald Trump: Disobeying The Emoluments Clause

Throughout Donald's life success was not easy for him or his businesses. The Trump organization revealed that it was 5$ billion in debt in 1990, with as much as 1$ billion spent by Donald Personally. With all the casinos, hotels, and cars Trump had to create a bailout system that would allow him to take out two to three mortgages on most of properties. Unsurprisingly Donald Trump filed for bankruptcy four times. Although he was in the hole, he was able to get himself out and with that I think that he wouldn't have been able to make any crucial business decisions without the help of many bankers and lawyers but also the use of a free enterprise system.

The presidency is Trump’s ultimate deal. Politics has run in the Trump family for a century. Spreading the cash around to acquire political favors is a Trump mainstay–it was for dad Fred and it is for Donald. The apple has not fallen far from the

of using it to raise the pay of his workers or just share with the less fortunate. With all the

Trump may be known for his wealth but many aspects has shown that he is definitely bad in business. As president, being good in business is one of the key aspects to succeed, because you have to handle the whole nation’s financial matters. Trump boasted that he earned his own money, but he isn’t like Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, who are self-made billionaires who were innovators in their fields. Instead, Trump’s wealth is inherited from his father. Almost all his best-known successes are deducible to family ties or money given to him by his

Donald Trump is a very successful business man that is just trying his hand in politics this election. He was born in Queens, New York on the fourteenth of June in 1946 and later graduated business school at the Warton School of Finance. Other than the acting chairman and president of his own organization, Trump has become a successful author of over 15 bestselling books including “The Art of the Deal.” He is also an Emmy nominee for his show “The Apprentice” which coined the phrase “you’re fired!”(“About Donald J. Trump”). Though he may not have much governing experience, he sure has gotten a lot

On December 8th Bernie Sanders tweeted, “This campaign is relying on small campaign donors, 800,000 of them, 30 bucks a piece. That 's who I 'm indebted to. Not Wall Street.” That tweet is one of Sander’s tweets about how Wall Street and “big banks” have corrupted the political system. Conversely, real estate tycoon and reality television personality, Donald Trump has called attention to campaign funding and the government corruption it has caused. Instead of only taking on small donations Trump is self-funding his campaign with his own private fortune. Trump was quoted in a statement from his campaign saying, “I am self-funding my campaign and therefore I will not be controlled by the donors, special interests and lobbyists who have corrupted our politics and politicians for far too long.”

Does President Donald J. Trump deserve to be impeached after his first year in office? To answer the previous question first contemplate over what is a president and what makes a good one? According to Merriam-Webster, a president is “the chief officer of an organization usually entrusted with the direction and administration of its policies. (pg.1)” An adequate president is a person that can build a team, create culture, discipline, discipline others, and that knows how to organize. The current president was born on June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York. Previously, Trump was a real estate mogul, entrepreneur, and billionaire and does not have any experience in the political field. Being or becoming a businessman would take a various amount of leadership and social skills, but how does Donald Trump remain the president today with all the ruthless offenses and lack of experience? This candidate would not be qualified as a good president due to his reckless determinations, upsurges and he simply does not meet the requirements.

Throughout the race for the white house, Trump received various lawsuits filed against Trump University. Trump University, opened in 2005, offered real estate and managing wealth classes. Many questioned the legitimacy of Trump University of fraud and false advertising. In defense, Trump claimed that Gonzalo Curiel, the judge of the case, was not viable because he was Mexican (Biography.com Editors, para. 29). Trump also refused to release his tax returns before the election was over, which caused questions to arise in the public (Biography.com Editors, para. 31).

Given the continued history prevlaence of minority needs being ignored by both the majority of elected official and majority of the country's class race even going so far as implement means to suppress votes I did not participate in the 2016 election.

e is extremely successful and sophisticated, his presidential talks were able to resonant with American and that made him win the campaign. However, many people were furious about the fact that Trump was able to deceive everyone and won the campaign because they knew Trump was always wearing a mask whenever he appeared on public and they knew how selfish, greedy and arrogant he was in private. Trump believed that wealth is the only standard to measure a person’s value, he was dismissive of people who were poor. In many of his interviews, he mentioned he was extremely rich, but he always used tricks to avoid paying his employees and many of his employees had sued him for not paying them. When people brought it up during the presidential debate,

Donald Trump has been seen as a blunt selfish business man in the game of politics. However, the Republican Primary lead candidate recently signed a loyalty pledge to the Republican National Committee (RNC). (Lee). This means that Donald Trump had promised to support the Republican nominee, even if it is not him. It also promises that if he does not win the primary’s he will not run as a third party candidate. The loyalty oath calmed many GOP officials because they feared Trumps ill-tempered and unpredictable personality. (Lee).

It is considered treason when you break the law or commit actions that are unconstitutional. The punishment for treason-- since Trump is allegedly committing treason with breaking the foreign emoluments clause-- is impeachment. Impeachment is the act of removing a representative from office formally. “In the US, impeachment is the first step in a constitutionally sanctioned two-stage process to remove a president from office for committing “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors”.” (Pasha-Robinson) The foreign emoluments clause is a section in the first article of the US Constitution, where there cannot be any foreign business involvement with a president "... no person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign State.” The US might see an impeachment come into place soon if President Trump does not remove himself from the Trump Organizations completely. “Examples of existing business arrangements that constitute violations of the foreign emoluments clause include: China’s state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is the largest tenant in Trump Tower, and the state-owned Bank of China is a major lender to Trump.”

The issue that has developed more openly in the media is whether or not President Elect Trump should or shouldn’t sever his business ties. Those that are for him severing his ties say that these businesses could prove as a distraction to his presidency. If nothing else they could influence his actions as president to improve his own wellbeing while keeping the interest of the nation out of the picture. The other side of the argument believe that it doesn’t matter if he keeps them or not as no other president was being pushed so hard to remove their assets out of their own control. Even though he has chosen to do so it still will take time for this transition to take place and really doesn’t matter as he could be halfway through his presidency

Donald J. Trump does not deserve to be given a chance. Those who disagree may say that it is not reasonable to write off our president after he has not even spent one year in office. However, within just a few weeks Trump had already created two constitutional crises for his own benefit, and one of them was harmful towards minorities that he considered to be “terrorists.”

Donald Trump is known for his erraticism and exceptional businesses practices. He shows an eccentric leadership style, which is portrayed by numerous qualities. One of these is the need for power. This is revealed by all the