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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by edblarney on Friday November 11, 2016 @08:26AM (#12930332)
" The German bank that has lent Trump millions of dollars has a $14 billion fine to the justice department. "

That's not a conflict of interest, it's just regular business.

If you are 'in business' - you 'do business' with banks. There are not that many big ones.

A loan is just a financial product like any other.

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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by kej on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:51AM (#12932284)
Taking a loan from a foreign bank is just part of doing business. Being president when a foreign bank owes a giant fine is just part of the job. Doing both of those at the same time is practically the definition of a conflict of interest.
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