The President has the power to make decisions that can help or hurt businesses that are paying rent in Donald Trump’s buildings.
Major companies like Walgreens, GNC, Nike, Starbucks, Microsoft, and Gucci all pay rent to the Trump Organization, not to mention the Chinese government. Are they getting special treatment?
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Pay to Play
From his cabinet to his ambassadors to his executive staff, Donald Trump has all but officially established “pay to play” as official White House policy, receiving money in exchange for access and policy influence. That decisions he makes as president are being influenced by personal monetary gain is scary and antithetical to the Constitution.