One of Trump's final acts will allow former aides to profit from foreign ties

[DonViejo]

In repealing ethics pledge, Trump lifted a lifetime ban on staffers lobbying for foreign governments, the source of multiple scandals during his presidency.

By THEODORIC MEYER

01/24/2021 07:01 AM EST

President Donald Trump’s last-minute move to scrap his administration’s own ethics rules will make it easier for his former aides to lobby on behalf of foreign interests — the same line of work behind so many Trump-era scandals.

In the final hours of his presidency, Trump revoked the ethics pledge he’d signed four years earlier, which, among other things, had barred those who’d served in his administration from lobbying for foreign governments and political parties for the rest of their lives.

With those restrictions gone, former Trump administration officials will be free to represent foreign powers — exactly the kind of swamp-like behavior Trump had promised to eradicate in his 2016 campaign.

Michael McKenna, a former lobbyist who worked in Trump’s White House legislative affairs office, said he had no intention of lobbying for foreign governments but thought other former Trump administration officials would jump at the chance.

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[Bluepinky]

1. Me thinks Trump's cronies will do whatever they want to make money--

with or without an ethics pledge. Ethical behavior is only for losers.

[Frustratedlady]

2. It sounds to me that many of his former employees are having difficulty getting jobs.

If they didn't resign because they didn't like his actions, they were complicit and no one wants them in their companies/offices. Since many are young, their loyalty will no doubt follow them for years.