Former WH ethics chief: It was nice of taxpayers to fund Ivanka's corporate trip to Dubai

Former WH ethics chief: It was nice of taxpayers to fund Ivanka's corporate trip to Dubai
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Aldous J. Pennyfarthing
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February 18, 2020Video

Ivanka Trump spent the weekend in Dubai to promote the Trump International Golf Club.

Well, the former White House ethics chief under President Obama and (oh so briefly) Donald Trump noticed:

Shaub actually lasted in the Trump administration for several months, until Trump apparently realized having a functioning ethics chief on staff was more superfluous than retaining a nutritionist, whose sole duty would no doubt be using the Jaws of Life to retrieve McNuggets from beneath POTUS’ adipose folds.

The government even put together a nice glam video for Ivanka’s modeling portfolio:

As they say, it’s good to be the king. And if you’re a celebrity, they let you do whatever you want.

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