an episode of “Deadline” that foreign involvement in American elections is a “genuine issue” because of President Trump’s friendship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
President Trump “never thought that U.S. principles, ethics, and ideals applied to him,” Brennan said. For what it’s worth, I think he intends to use the rest of his term and the years that follow to further his professional, political, and personal agenda. As a result, I believe that any deals or understandings struck in Trump’s latter days in office should be treated with extreme suspicion. To what extent do Trump, Kushner, and the Saudi Crown Prince get along these days? The 2016 presidential election now includes Trump as a candidate. It’s not unreasonable to assume that certain foreign governments are seeking to influence American politics through the use of the enormous sums of money being sent around.
And last, he said, “So I do think it’s up to Congress. Committees, presumably non-politicized ones, are truly concerned in attempting to guarantee that ethics permeate government service and continue after one leaves office to ensure that one is not going to utilize the time spent in the office to promote oneself in an unethical, unprincipled, or even unlawful fashion.