But it is much more important than just that.
It also shows that the president is incapable of emotionally disconnecting himself from his family?s brand-driven financial interests ― and that this incapacity has trickled down to his staff. It reveals the fiction of any separation the president maintains from his Trump Organization while it is headed by his adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump.
Further, members of the president?s staff appear to believe that it is their jobs, as paid representatives of the president, to defend his personal and his family?s private business interests rather than the interests of the American people. There appears to be no conception in the White House that the family business is separate from the business of government.
?I actually think this is a really significant matter,? said Kathleen Clark, an ethics law expert at Washington University School of Law. ?It seems to indicate that high-level personnel in the White House don?t understand the basics of why they?re there.?
The Nordstrom scandal developed over the course of eight days. The chain announced on Feb. 2 that it would no longer buy Ivanka Trump brand-products, based on their poor performance in the past year. There was a call to boycott companies that sold Trump products at the time, but Nordstrom denies its decision was based on that protest.
Six days later, the president used his personal Twitter account to blame the store?s decision on politics, without any evidence.
?My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person ― always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!? he tweeted.
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what a nutcase
