The Washington Post adachita kafukufuku, kuphatikizapo kuwunika kwa ndalama zake zakunja, zomwe zimachokera ku mawu a Trump akuwulula zachuma. Monga momwe nkhaniyi ikufotokozera, pali zambiri zomwe zikusowa zomwe misonkho ya Trump ndi zolemba zina zingapereke. Koma amasankha kuti asawapatse, ndipo lingaliro labwino ndiloti adzawululanso mapangano omwe akusokonekera.
Momwe ndalama izi zingakhudzire zisankho za Trump ndi omwe adamusankha ndizongoganiza za aliyense pakadali pano. Trump mwiniwake adanenanso kuti malonda ake ku Azerbaijan, Turkey, ndi Saudi Arabia ali ndi zofunikira pazandale - mwachitsanzo pamene adakondwera ndi chisokonezo chomwe pulezidenti wa Turkey Erdogan adachita atalephera kulanda boma. Popeza Trump nthawi zonse amayamika olamulira okhala ndi zida zamphamvu kumbali imodzi ndipo sakufuna kupanga chozimitsa moto chenicheni pakati pa banja lake ndi katundu wake kumbali inayo, mikangano yokhudzana ndi maulamuliro olamulira ndi yochuluka kuposa nthano chabe.
Trump sapereka chizindikiro cholekanitsa mabizinesi amunthu ndi ntchito yake yomwe ikubwera ngati purezidenti. M'malo mwake, akuti "mawayilesi achinyengo okha ndi omwe amachititsa izi kukhala zazikulu." Posachedwa adasangalatsa mabizinesi atatu aku India omwe akugwiritsa ntchito mtundu wa Trump kuti achulukitse pazipinda zazitali pafupi ndi Mumbai. Pazonse, a Trump atha kukhala ndi ndalama zokwana $1.5 biliyoni ku India, "mgwirizano kapena mabungwe osachepera khumi ndi asanu ndi limodzi." Adalola mwana wake wamkazi Ivanka, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wogula zinthu mu bungwe la Trump Organisation, kuti akhale pamsonkhano ndi Prime Minister waku Japan, Abe Shinzo. Adalimbikitsa atsogoleri aku Britain a Brexit kuti alankhule motsutsana ndi mafamu amphepo akunyanja pafupi ndi bwalo lake la gofu ku Scottish - chifukwa amabisa malingaliro. Atangochita izi Trump adalemba kuti Nigel Forage wa UK Independence Party apanga kazembe wamkulu waku UK ku US.
Pomaliza, ena mwa alangizi apamwamba a Trump - Rudolph Giuliani ndi Michael Flynn - ali ndi zokonda zandalama zakunja (Giuliani adagwiranso ntchito ku Qatar ndi ena) zomwe zithanso kusokoneza.
Olankhulira a Trump amatcha misonkhano yake yamabizinesi kukhala yosakhazikika pomwe, kwenikweni, imakhala yachinsinsi ndipo, malinga ndi amalonda aku India, amaphatikizanso nkhani zakukulitsa bizinesi ya Trump. Kubisala uku ndikodetsa nkhawa: kumalepheretsa zochita zake zamabizinesi (ndi zina zambiri kupatulapo) kuti anthu asawonekere. Izi zatero Luso la Kuchita akhala kale pakati pa ndondomeko ya Trump.
Kodi purezidenti yemwe akubwerayu ali ndi zoletsa zilizonse pamayendedwe ake osavomerezeka, ngati siwosaloledwa kwenikweni? Kodi utsogoleri wa Republican ku Congress upitilize kuyang'anitsitsa ndikugwedeza mutu pamene Trump akuchotsa mzere pakati pa zochitika zapagulu ndi zachinsinsi? Kodi Trump adzakakamizika kutsegula mabuku a zachuma chake? Kodi chidwi cha Trump chikufanana ndi zofuna za dziko?
M'zaka za m'ma 1950, "Injini" Charlie Wilson, yemwe adachoka kwa mkulu wa General Motors kupita kwa mlembi wa chitetezo, adanena kuti "zomwe zinali zabwino kwa dziko lathu zinali zabwino kwa General Motors, ndi mosemphanitsa." Trump watengera lingalirolo gawo linanso, kulowa m'malo ovuta momwe mfundo zaku US zopondereza dziko la ufulu wachibadwidwe, nkhondo yapachiweniweni, nkhanza, pulogalamu yanyukiliya, kapena kuphwanya mapangano azamalonda zidzayesedwa motsutsana ndi zomwe bungwe la Trump Organisation likuchita.
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Mel Gurtov, wophatikizidwa ndi PeaceVoice, ndi Pulofesa Emeritus of Political Science ku Portland State University.