The Trump company is not banning private foreign deals, a break with its first term policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "The Trump Organization announced that it was hiring William A. Burck, a managing partner of Quinn Emanuel LLP, to vet deals that could pose conflicts of interest with public policy.
40% : In his first term, Trump pledged to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest at the outset of his presidency, but ended up openly courting business to his properties instead.
39% : Under U.S. law, federal government officials are not permitted to hold financial interests in businesses that could sway their opinion on public policy they help shape, and are often forced to sell off their stakes.
36% : A six-page ethics pact that Trump signed eight years ago barred both foreign government and foreign company deals.
34% : U.S. presidents are excluded from the post-Watergate ethics ban, but all presidents have voluntarily agreed to follow the law, except for Trump.
28% : Now, the emoluments clause could become a legal headache for Trump again given his company's sprawling businesses, including the two new, publicly traded ventures.
25% : Several groups accused Trump of violating the Constitution's "emoluments" ban on gifts and payment to the president, citing the hotel in particular.
25% : In his first term in office, Trump said he was "not a fan" of cryptocurrency and tweeted in 2019, "Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity.
25% : The memorandum of understanding, struck with a Vietnamese developer with ties to the ruling Communist Party, comes at an especially vulnerable time for Vietnam as Trump vows to raise tariffs on many countries.
22% : The hotel has since been sold and the Supreme Court refused to rule on an emoluments violation after Trump had left office, citing that the issue was moot.

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