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date: 2023-03-04T19:59:17.218+01:00
updated: 2023-03-04T20:02:39.713+01:00
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President Trump ignored convention and maintained control of his businesses while in office, and with hindsight we see clearly that this led to him [blatantly profiting from the office](https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trump-sold-his-dc-hotel-gop-spending-disappeared/).

It's become cliché to observe such hypocrisy, but once again: this sort of corruption would be used by US agencies to manipulate other nations.

