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« on: November 13, 2019, 02:01:20 PM »
I'm not a lawyer, so I might be misreading it, but it looks like it wasnt just Donald Trump, philanthropist, randomly deciding where to donate the foundation's money, but rather Donald Trump, philanthropist, donating the money to one of Donald Trump, businessman's businesses. Over and over again.
As you said, he treated it as just another account for him to draw from when he needed cash for something. Which is absolutely illegal.
The part relating to the campaign was Trump, politician, using his campaign resources to help the foundation (very generous!) and claiming credit for the foundation's work in a propaganda maneuver designed to deliberately muddle the issue in the eyes of the voters. But not illegal, and maybe what Crunch was referring to about the 'every campaign for the last 20 years' thing. In fact, I think it was the ONLY thing on the list where Trump did NOT use the foundation's money for his personal or business concerns.
For a statesman, it was absolutely unethical.
For a politician, it was maybe unethical. I would like to think so, but maybe I just have unrealistic hopes for politicians.
For a businessman, it was ethical.