Luckily, the prez has divested himself from all business dealings, and his sons, Don jr., and Eric are handling all that stuff without his involvement.

Remember when his attorney showed us that table full of file folders that proved that?

It was clear as mud, but it covered de groun'

Donald Trump declares that China is no longer a currency manipulator. 

Ivanka gets her Chinese trademarks.

On the same day the Chinese President is in Mar-A-Lago.

This can't be legal, right?

......First off, even people who couldn’t tell a trademark from a postmark can probably sense something amiss here. I mean Ivanka works in the West Wing. She’s involved in everything. And last I checked, “trade with China” is a huge part of “everything.” It’s very sweet that her lawyer, Jamie Gorelick, has assured everyone that, “Ivanka will not weigh in on business strategy, marketing issues, or the commercial terms of agreements,” and that Ivanka and Jared will be sure to “steer clear of specific areas that could impact her business, or be seen as conflicts of interest.” The only problem is that Gorelick has also been clear that from where she sits, Ivanka is “under no legal obligation” to step away from all things trade and China.

Quite a few lawyers, including Richard W. Painter, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, seem to disagree. Painter told the Associated Press that Ivanka Trump should “put the business on hold and stop trying to get trademarks while you’re in government.” That would certainly be the more conservative way to go, ethically-speaking. But Ivanka’s lawyer has only committed to a recusal from “conversations about duties on clothing imported from China,” and to a “case-by-case” assessment of what Ivanka will and won’t do.

Whether or not there is a specific law prohibiting Ivanka’s dual role as West Winger and Chinapreneur, it is indisputable that the Trump presidency has positively impacted Ivanka’s fashion empire. Sales have been reported of 771 percent in February 2017 over the same month last year, after White House counselor Kellyanne Conway inappropriately told Fox viewers to “Go buy Ivanka’s stuff.” The bump doesn’t seem to be short-lived either. March sales are reported up 262 percent from last year.

There’s no indication of any sinister timing regarding the Trademark-A-Lago extravaganza, but the coincidence underscores an uncomfortable truth: those running our government are profiting from doing so. Whether that profit rises to the level of true, criminal “conflict of interest” is a matter for more specific inquiry. For now, one thing is clear: the dusty old Emoluments Clause is getting the 2017 award for “Best Newcomer.”

We didn't elect a President, we elected a CEO !