If you paid $750 to a business owned by President Trump, you got to party with him on New Year’s Eve. This is, at best, the appearance of corruption, and it is another reminder of why Trump’s continued ownership of his hotels and resorts is improper.

You may recall Bill Clinton renting out the White House’s Lincoln Bedroom to large donors. You may remember Bill getting paid six-figure sums for speeches to foreign entities while his wife was Secretary of State. This was precisely the sort of pay-to-play corruption that led voters to reject Clinton and vote to drain the swamp.

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