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Trump Moving Ahead with Business Deals in Indonesia | Diane Ravitch's blog

Trump Moving Ahead with Business Deals in Indonesia | Diane Ravitch's blog:

Trump Moving Ahead with Business Deals in Indonesia


trump often says that the President is not covered by conflict of interest law. Try this one on: the New York Times reports that the Trump Organization is closing two new deals on Indonesia for super-luxury hotels. Having the president of the US as CEO should help the deals get through the red tape.
Did he run for President to make more money for himself and his family?
Trump Moving Ahead with Business Deals in Indonesia | Diane Ravitch's blog:



More Peter Greene: The 9 Things I Wish for This Year–and After
The prolific Peter Greene wrote two posts for New Year’s Day 2017. This post contains a positive agenda for all those who care about education. We are all familiar with the attacks on public schools and teachers. We spend a lot of time saying NO: no to privatization, no to high-stakes testing, no to rating and ranking students based on test scores, no to evaluating teachers by test scores, no to
Trump Moving Ahead with Business Deals in Indonesia
trump often says that the President is not covered by conflict of interest law. Try this one on: the New York Times reports that the Trump Organization is closing two new deals on Indonesia for super-luxury hotels. Having the president of the US as CEO should help the deals get through the red tape. Did he run for President to make more money for himself and his family?
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