Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.

Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.

  • frezik@midwest.social
    3·
    29 days ago

    Just in general, why is the transition funded by private donors at all? No matter who takes the office, it’s a necessary part of running the government, and should be handled by public money. Having private money do it is always an opening for corruption.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      28 days ago

      Because people who openly and legally accept bribes to get into office make the laws, so they’re going to make laws that benefit the people who are bribing them.

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      28 days ago

      Because the people who benefit from corruption are not the same people as those that are victims of corruption.

    • Tower@lemm.ee
      2·
      28 days ago

      That’s how it’s supposed to work, but it’s predicated on the incoming administration doing certain things, like signing ethics documents. Trump’s team is refusing to do this.