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It doesn't even have to be partisan. Donald Trump could just like fraud.

For example, consider the non-university Trump University, which was shut down and which Trump paid $25m to settle the lawsuits over: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University

He in fact has a long history of stiffing contractors, mistreating workers, tax fraud, and other dodgy dealings: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/donald-...

Given that, it seems almost reasonable that he'd appoint business regulators who were ok with pretty much anything. It would be of a piece with his eagerness to make overseas bribery easier: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/business/economy/trump-br...




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