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Trump says he has no issue with his family’s foreign business deals
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US President Donald Trump said he received many votes during the US elections because he backed cryptocurrencies.
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WASHINGTON – If it was not apparent by now, US President Donald Trump made it clear in his interview with The New York Times on Jan 7 that it did not bother him if his family’s global moneymaking spree this past year raised concerns about whether his financial interests were influencing his administration’s official actions.
He said his family had restrained its international business activity during his first term, specifically to allay such worries, and got nothing but criticism.
