Column Inside America: Trump is Trump - always!
Sometimes it gives the impression that the political office of the president is a secondary matter. At best useful for initiating deals where there is only one winner - always the same one.
Not infrequently, I catch myself having a certain amount of respect for Donald Trump's nonchalance. What can't the American president do and get away with without anyone getting upset, let alone having to fear any serious consequences? He publicly insults critical journalists as "stupid piggies", sends his attorney general after political opponents, and has annoying presidents of sovereign states kidnapped, as happened in Venezuela.
In Germany, ministers resign if they weren't meticulous enough about citing sources in their doctoral theses in the past. Well, America is notoriously the land of unlimited possibilities - and Donald is making the most of it. However, the president's and his family's self-enrichment are particularly striking. The self-proclaimed dealmaker reportedly made $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency deals after effectively abolishing industry regulations through his office.
His son-in-law Jared Kushner makes billion-dollar deals in countries where the president had done some "landscape gardening" with corresponding deals. And gifts from the president can sometimes be on the scale of a Boeing 747, as in the case of Qatar.
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