Walter M. Shaub: Price to be U.S. President
on Saturday, January 14, 2017Walter Shaub Money Quote saying that Donald Trump divesting of all business interests seems appropriate price for him to hold the highest office in the land. Walter Shaub said:
“I don’t think divestiture is too high a price to pay to be the president of the United States of America” — Walter Shaub
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Walter Shaub was the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. He was a frequent critic of President Trump’s handling of potential conflicts of interest between his private business and the presidency.
The quote seems to be referring to Shaub’s view that presidents should divest themselves of business holdings that could pose conflicts, which he didn’t think was too much to ask given the high office of the presidency.