For generations, U.S. presidents have gone to great lengths to avoid potential conflicts of interest. When I was elected, I followed suit by placing my small business in a blind trust to assure our citizens that I would always put the country’s interests ahead of my own. It’s a vital presidential tradition. That’s why I find it a bit curious that our new commander-in-chief has been allowed to ignore it.
Nixon did his damnedest, before winning the 1968 election, to prolong the Vietnam War in hopes of leveraging the conflict for political gain.
I can’t even comprehend being so ruthlessly evil that I would gladly fling tens of thousands of people into a wood chipper to boost my political career.