Administration Officials Get Discount At Trump’s Golf Club

US President Donald Trump (C) arrives to speak to the press with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (3rd L), Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (2nd L) and United States National Security Advisor H. R. McM... US President Donald Trump (C) arrives to speak to the press with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (3rd L), Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (2nd L) and United States National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster (L) on August 11, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump said Friday that he was considering options involving the US military as a response to the escalating political crisis in Venezuela. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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In a continuation of his entanglement of private business and public office, President Donald Trump offers his staffers discounts at the pro shop at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf course when they show their Secret Service pins, according to a Monday Politico report.

Getting deals anywhere from 15 percent to 70 percent off, aides get the same discounts club members do.

Per Politico, the Office of Government Ethics mandates that federal officials cannot accept gifts worth more than $20. The golf club discount would be considered a gift, since it is not available to all government employees.

Norm Eisen, ethics czar during the Obama administration, told Politico that Trump’s discounts are unpatriotic.

“It does have an effect on how Trump tries to secure personal loyalty and woo people away from what should be their primary and their only loyalty — to the Constitution, to public service and to the people of the United States,” he said. “This is another small inducement, apparently contrary to federal law, that he uses to bind his staff to him personally.”

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  1. To paraphrase Lady Macbeth, there’s not enough disinfectant in the world to clean the White House after these grifters finally depart.

  2. It’s true about the culture war. Culture of corruption in the White House versus Joe citizen.

    There will be report coming out soon under the culture of corruption in the White House that corporate executive salaries have exploded. Boom, boom!

    Don’t forget to show up trumps golf course for your special employee Discount issue to all government employees.

    Happy shopping folks.

  3. Trump and company have been lawless for decades and no one, apparently, cared. While the country has been diligent in prosecuting petty crimes and drug crimes, and harassing the poor, the rich–through Democratic and Republican administration alike–have lived largely law-enforcement free. We need a simplified tax code that makes lawlessness easier to discern and prove, and to put sufficient resources into law enforcement so that prosecutors don’t crumble in the face of vigorous defense attorneys.

  4. “Per Politico, the Office of Government Ethics mandates that federal officials cannot accept gifts worth more than $20. The golf club discount would be considered a gift, since it is not available to all government employees.”

    It’s not a gift. It’s a discount. So they can buy lots and lots of gifts - for themselves and their friends and families.

    And so Trump can make more profit breaking the laws and ethics rules.

  5. Attention shoppers, here is a blue light special offer it at all trumps golf courses in the golf shop for all government employees.

    Attention Democrats be sure show up at your local Trump golf course and get you employees discount which is 15% off on all merchandise and or 70% off on all clearance items

    A shopper’s creed, when the going gets rough tough go shopping.

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