Recently departed Boeing executive and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is facing renewed scrutiny over ties to his former company. This recent press for his man at the Pentagon has two lessons for Trump.

Patrick Shanahan spent more than 30 years at Boeing. In mid-2017, he moved to the Pentagon to take a position as Deputy Secretary of Defense. On Jan. 1, after Mattis’ exit, he became acting secretary of defense. Even after signing an ethics agreement recusing himself from matters involving Boeing, lingering questions about his not-so-distant commercial loyalties abound.

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