Donald Trump is raising more concerns about conflict of interest after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his private club in Florida, Mar a-Lago.&nbsp;

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A working dinner tonight with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and his representatives, at the Winter White House (Mar-a-Lago). Very good talks!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/830558065715998726">February 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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While Trump said that he would pay the costs associated with Abe&#39;s stay, the president is using&nbsp;his position&nbsp;to promote his private club, which still generates for him personal income. <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Mar-a-Lago-Membership-Fee-Doubles-to-200000-411792155.html" target="_blank">NBC </a>reported that the resort doubled its initiation fee from $100,000 to $200,000 on January 25, days into his presidency.

Mentions of &quot;Mar a-Lago&quot; are included in official presidential communication, and no doubt will be played all over news stations across the world. His presidential communications&nbsp;are now essentially free advertising for his business. The regular activities of a president, like meeting other world leaders, are now&nbsp;generating personal income for Trump.

Anybody who pays the&nbsp;$200,000 fee can potentially have access to the president at an event.&nbsp;And even if there&#39;s no exchange with him, paying&nbsp;$200,000 that ultimately goes to a Trump company can only make a lobbyist more popular.

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Trump using the White House to promote his business is not new. That is literally what he did at the beginning of the month.

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V subtle view out the window here in this new Trump Hotels marketing email... <a href="https://t.co/ZtKmXDvPRq">pic.twitter.com/ZtKmXDvPRq</a>
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The Mar-a-Lago&nbsp;accusation comes after Trump and other members of his administration used their public profile to promote&nbsp;Ivanka Trump&#39;s clothing line after Nordstrom decided to stop selling&nbsp;it.

Trump himself used his Twitter feed to punish&nbsp;a public company for making a&nbsp;business decision that was well within their rights.

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My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by <a href="https://twitter.com/Nordstrom">@Nordstrom</a>. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/829356871848951809">February 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Top Trump aide&nbsp;Kellyanne Conway was even more brazen,&nbsp;explicitly encouraging&nbsp;the public to buy Trump branded products. Appearing on the Fox And Friends TV show, Conway said: &quot;Go buy Ivanka&#39;s stuff, is what I would say. I hate shopping --I&#39;m going to buy stuff today.&quot; Later in the show she said, &quot;It&#39;s a wonderful line. I own some of it...I&#39;m going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.&quot;

Asked about these comments, which ethics experts criticized her heavily, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, &quot;She has been counselled on that subject, and that&#39;s it&quot;.

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Only divesting is enough

Ethics experts have&nbsp;said that Trump&#39;s actions to supposedly prevent conflicts of interest fall very short of sufficient. Trump pledged not to make any new deals while President, and claims he has removed himself from day-to-day operations of his company. Critics say that so long as Trump continues to&nbsp;profit from his businesses, whether or not he makes the&nbsp;decisions is irrelevant. Anyway, his adult sons are in charge of the company, and have already sat in on meetings with world leaders.&nbsp;

The &quot;Winter White House&quot; is far from the only case where Trump is using his public position to advance his personal income.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/">The Atlantic</a> catalogued no less than 31 &quot;clear-cut examples&quot; of other conflicts of interest.&nbsp;

Whether or not he will escape&nbsp;legal consequences is&nbsp;unclear. Ever since his presidency began there have been petitions seeking to&nbsp;impeach Trump&nbsp;for violating the US constitution, particularly the &quot;<a href="http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/23/13715150/donald-trump-emoluments-clause-constitution" target="_blank">emoluments clause</a>&quot;. In&nbsp;the meantime, Trump is intent on using his position as a public servant in the White House&nbsp;to generate&nbsp;personal income.

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Gurmehar Kaur's Facebook profile pic had her holding a placard that read: 'I am a student from Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP'

Donald Trump is raising more concerns about conflict of interest after he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his private club in Florida, Mar a-Lago. A working dinner tonight with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and his representatives, at the Winter White House (Mar-a-Lago). Very good talks! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2017 × While Trump said that he would pay the costs associated with Abe's stay, the president is using his position to promote his private club, which still generates for him personal income. NBC reported that the resort doubled its initiation fee from $100,000 to $200,000 on January 25, days into his presidency. Mentions of "Mar a-Lago" are included in official presidential communication, and no doubt will be played all over news stations across the world. His presidential communications are now essentially free advertising for his business. The regular activities of a president, like meeting other world leaders, are now generating personal income for Trump. Anybody who pays the $200,000 fee can potentially have access to the president at an event. And even if there's no exchange with him, paying $200,000 that ultimately goes to a Trump company can only make a lobbyist more popular. Recent background Trump using the White House to promote his business is not new. That is literally what he did at the beginning of the month. V subtle view out the window here in this new Trump Hotels marketing email... pic.twitter.com/ZtKmXDvPRq — Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) February 1, 2017 × The Mar-a-Lago accusation comes after Trump and other members of his administration used their public profile to promote Ivanka Trump's clothing line after Nordstrom decided to stop selling it. Trump himself used his Twitter feed to punish a public company for making a business decision that was well within their rights. My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2017 × Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway was even more brazen, explicitly encouraging the public to buy Trump branded products. Appearing on the Fox And Friends TV show, Conway said: "Go buy Ivanka's stuff, is what I would say. I hate shopping --I'm going to buy stuff today." Later in the show she said, "It's a wonderful line. I own some of it...I'm going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online." Asked about these comments, which ethics experts criticized her heavily, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, "She has been counselled on that subject, and that's it". Only divesting is enough Ethics experts have said that Trump's actions to supposedly prevent conflicts of interest fall very short of sufficient. Trump pledged not to make any new deals while President, and claims he has removed himself from day-to-day operations of his company. Critics say that so long as Trump continues to profit from his businesses, whether or not he makes the decisions is irrelevant. Anyway, his adult sons are in charge of the company, and have already sat in on meetings with world leaders. The "Winter White House" is far from the only case where Trump is using his public position to advance his personal income. The Atlantic catalogued no less than 31 "clear-cut examples" of other conflicts of interest. Whether or not he will escape legal consequences is unclear. Ever since his presidency began there have been petitions seeking to impeach Trump for violating the US constitution, particularly the "emoluments clause". In the meantime, Trump is intent on using his position as a public servant in the White House to generate personal income. (WION)

Slain Kargil soldier's daughter's post condemning ABVP goes viral

Two days after violent clashes were witnessed at Delhi University&#39;s Ramjas college, the students residing on North Campus are living in fear.

While colleges were closed today due to holiday on Maha Shivaratri, the students residing in hostels and PG accommodations in the areas said they felt &quot;uneasy&quot; to roam around the campus which had heavy police deployment.

&quot;We were there at the protest when the ABVP started attacking students. I resisted but when I saw the intensity with which they were beating people, I stepped back to ensure my safety but kept on making a video using my phone. But I have noticed from the window that few boys on motorcycles have been doing rounds of our PG and am not sure if the two are connected. I am too scared to step out,&quot; said a DU student on the condition of anonymity.

Ritika Bhalla, a SGTB Khalsa student said, &quot;There is still such heavy deployment of police and the moment you take out your phone to click or record something there are eyebrows raised. It feels so uneasy to even walk around&quot;.

&quot;There is an atmosphere of fear in the entire DU community which is leading not just suspension of classes but cancelling of various cultural events that are to take place in different colleges.

&quot;It was earlier today that a street play competition of Khalsa College was cancelled following the threat by the DUSU President that any objectionable stuffs might face consequences. This atmosphere of fear is destroying the environment of the entire university and is creating a fear in students,&quot; Aman Nawaz, Secretary of DU unit of Left-backed All India Students Association (AISA).

ABVP on its part maintained that they will not allow any &quot;anti-national&quot; activities on campus.

&quot;We did not pelt stones and did not initiate the clash. We do not want any kind of violence but we will not allow any anti-national activity on campus,&quot; Amit Tanwar, President of DU Students Union (DUSU) said.

Ramjas principal Rajender Prasad said, &quot;We have a called a staff council meeting tomorrow to assess the reasons behind the violence on campus and take further action.&quot;

Ramjas College had on Wednesday witnessed large-scale violence between members of AISA and ABVP supporters. The genesis of the clash was an invite to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid to address a seminar on &#39;Culture of Protests&#39; which was withdrawn by the college authorities following opposition by the ABVP.

While the DU authorities maintained that the varsity proctor&#39;s office is looking into the issue, the HRD Ministry had yesterday sought a report from the university over the issue. 
 
(PTI)

Students said they felt 'uneasy' roaming around the campus which had heavy police deployment

Two days after violent clashes were witnessed at Delhi University's Ramjas college, the students residing on North Campus are living in fear. While colleges were closed today due to holiday on Maha Shivaratri, the students residing in hostels and PG accommodations in the areas said they felt "uneasy" to roam around the campus which had heavy police deployment. "We were there at the protest when the ABVP started attacking students. I resisted but when I saw the intensity with which they were beating people, I stepped back to ensure my safety but kept on making a video using my phone. But I have noticed from the window that few boys on motorcycles have been doing rounds of our PG and am not sure if the two are connected. I am too scared to step out," said a DU student on the condition of anonymity. Ritika Bhalla, a SGTB Khalsa student said, "There is still such heavy deployment of police and the moment you take out your phone to click or record something there are eyebrows raised. It feels so uneasy to even walk around". "There is an atmosphere of fear in the entire DU community which is leading not just suspension of classes but cancelling of various cultural events that are to take place in different colleges. "It was earlier today that a street play competition of Khalsa College was cancelled following the threat by the DUSU President that any objectionable stuffs might face consequences. This atmosphere of fear is destroying the environment of the entire university and is creating a fear in students," Aman Nawaz, Secretary of DU unit of Left-backed All India Students Association (AISA). ABVP on its part maintained that they will not allow any "anti-national" activities on campus. "We did not pelt stones and did not initiate the clash. We do not want any kind of violence but we will not allow any anti-national activity on campus," Amit Tanwar, President of DU Students Union (DUSU) said. Ramjas principal Rajender Prasad said, "We have a called a staff council meeting tomorrow to assess the reasons behind the violence on campus and take further action." Ramjas College had on Wednesday witnessed large-scale violence between members of AISA and ABVP supporters. The genesis of the clash was an invite to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid to address a seminar on 'Culture of Protests' which was withdrawn by the college authorities following opposition by the ABVP. While the DU authorities maintained that the varsity proctor's office is looking into the issue, the HRD Ministry had yesterday sought a report from the university over the issue. (PTI)

Ramjas College violence: Uneasy calm prevails in Delhi University two days after clashes

Delhi Police on Thursday&nbsp;suspended three of its personnel for their &quot;unprofessional&quot; handling of the Ramjas College violence and asked Crime Branch to conduct a probe into yesterday&#39;s clashes between ABVP and AISA members.

On Twitter, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik assured &quot;all students &amp; parents&quot; of adequate security arrangements on the campus.

Addressing Left-backed AISA activists protesting in front of police headquarters here, Special Commissioner (Southwest) Dependra Pathak promised action against the &quot;errant cops&quot;, saying a DCP-rank official was&nbsp;conducting a probe in the issue. 
 
&quot;During yesterday&#39;s protest in North Campus it has come to notice that a few cops had indulged in inappropriate and unprofessional action. An inquiry has been instituted and strict action will be taken,&quot; Pathak, who is also the Delhi Police spokesperson, said. 
 
When the protesters asked him about ABVP activists allegedly seen standing atop police vans during the violence yesterday, Pathak said, &quot;If this has happened it is wrong&quot;. 
 
Special Commissioner (Law and Order) SBK Singh also came out to meet the students and assured a fair investigation into the matter. 
 
He said several complaints have been received from both the sides and an FIR was registered yesterday. 
 
&quot;We want you to take part in the investigation. We will record your statement and assure you that we will take legal action. If there are 10 complaints on the same incident, we don&#39;t register 10 FIRs but record all statements,&quot; he told the students. 
 
Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime, KK Vyas, said the Crime Branch will investigate yesterday&#39;s incidents at the North Campus.&nbsp;

Ramjas College had turned into a battleground yesterday as students of Left-affiliated AISA and the RSS-backed ABVP armed with hockey sticks rained blows on each other, causing injuries to many.

JNU and DU students, who are members of AISA staged a protest at ITO Delhi Police Headquarters today demanding action against &quot;errant cops&quot; who allegedly roughed up students and journalists yesterday.

They were also demanding registration of an FIR against ABVP activists.

A case was registered yesterday in connection with violence and has now been transferred to Crime Branch.

&quot;Crime Branch, henceforth, will be investigating the case in entirety,&quot; Pathak said.

Earlier in the day, Pathak and SBK Singh, special commissioner, Law and Order, met the students protesting outside the police headquarters. Singh assured them of a fair investigation.

&quot;We have received several complaints from both the sides and have registered an FIR yesterday. We will record your statement and assure you that we will take legal action. If there are 10 complaints on the same incident, we don&#39;t register 10 FIRs but record all statements,&quot; he told them.

Asked about students being lathicharged during yesterday&#39;s protests, he said, &quot;I don&#39;t know who ordered the lathicharge. Even if I&#39;d have known, I&#39;d not have told you.&quot;

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Ramjas College had turned into a battleground yesterday as students of Left-affiliated AISA and the RSS-backed ABVP clashed

Delhi Police on Thursday suspended three of its personnel for their "unprofessional" handling of the Ramjas College violence and asked Crime Branch to conduct a probe into yesterday's clashes between ABVP and AISA members. On Twitter, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik assured "all students & parents" of adequate security arrangements on the campus. Addressing Left-backed AISA activists protesting in front of police headquarters here, Special Commissioner (Southwest) Dependra Pathak promised action against the "errant cops", saying a DCP-rank official was conducting a probe in the issue. "During yesterday's protest in North Campus it has come to notice that a few cops had indulged in inappropriate and unprofessional action. An inquiry has been instituted and strict action will be taken," Pathak, who is also the Delhi Police spokesperson, said. When the protesters asked him about ABVP activists allegedly seen standing atop police vans during the violence yesterday, Pathak said, "If this has happened it is wrong". Special Commissioner (Law and Order) SBK Singh also came out to meet the students and assured a fair investigation into the matter. He said several complaints have been received from both the sides and an FIR was registered yesterday. "We want you to take part in the investigation. We will record your statement and assure you that we will take legal action. If there are 10 complaints on the same incident, we don't register 10 FIRs but record all statements," he told the students. Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime, KK Vyas, said the Crime Branch will investigate yesterday's incidents at the North Campus. Ramjas College had turned into a battleground yesterday as students of Left-affiliated AISA and the RSS-backed ABVP armed with hockey sticks rained blows on each other, causing injuries to many. JNU and DU students, who are members of AISA staged a protest at ITO Delhi Police Headquarters today demanding action against "errant cops" who allegedly roughed up students and journalists yesterday. They were also demanding registration of an FIR against ABVP activists. A case was registered yesterday in connection with violence and has now been transferred to Crime Branch. "Crime Branch, henceforth, will be investigating the case in entirety," Pathak said. Earlier in the day, Pathak and SBK Singh, special commissioner, Law and Order, met the students protesting outside the police headquarters. Singh assured them of a fair investigation. "We have received several complaints from both the sides and have registered an FIR yesterday. We will record your statement and assure you that we will take legal action. If there are 10 complaints on the same incident, we don't register 10 FIRs but record all statements," he told them. Asked about students being lathicharged during yesterday's protests, he said, "I don't know who ordered the lathicharge. Even if I'd have known, I'd not have told you." (PTI)

DU college violence: Delhi Police suspends 3 policemen for mishandling situation

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They are deploying&nbsp;the police to suppress our voices. If that seminar had taken place, then 40-50 people would have attended(big cheer from crowd). ABVP is a coward&nbsp;which tries to throw its weight around in DU, intimidate others. In the last one year be it Hyderabad University, JNU or all universities, we have challenged the ABVP. This is what they want to stop. &nbsp;ABVP, you cannot stop us however much you try. This is no clash between two groups, this is one-sided violence. Organising a seminar is not violence. They call us terrorists, what are they terrorised about? They know whether they kill, Rohith Vemula or &nbsp;Najeeb Ahmad.... no one will take any action against them. We don&#39;t have to fear anything but have to wipe out the fear. There are small Narendra Modis and the big Narendra Modi gives lectures... See what sort of things he is saying, what is his government is doing? There will be no talk of food, clothes and housing&nbsp;or demonetisation, development or black money in Uttar Pradesh but only terrorism in these elections....they have just one agenda during the Uttar Pradesh elections - they want to make graves in Uttar Pradesh, they made graves in Gujarat 15 years ago, now they want to make graves all over the country....&nbsp;

JNU student Umar&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wionews.com/videos/watch-abvp-aisa-protest-over-khalids-participation-in-college-seminar-2350">Khalid, who spearheaded a protest of 100 students</a>, outside the Delhi Police headquarters in New Delhi, accused the ABVP of suppressing dissent through violence.

&quot;This is no clash between two groups, this is one-sided violence. Organising a seminar is not violence,&quot; the JNU student said. 
 
He also took potshots at the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, accusing it of pushing development issues to the back-burner in the Uttar Pradesh elections and instead only talking about &quot;terrorism&quot;.&nbsp; 
 
The protest&nbsp;took place a day after<a href="http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/abvp-activists-clash-with-police-aisa-workers-at-delhi-university-12675"> clashes between student groups</a> left several injured at the Ramjas college. It was&nbsp;triggered over an invitation to JNU student Umar Khalid for a literary seminar titled &quot;Cultures of Protest&quot; at Ramjas College.

The two-day event was cancelled after ABVP activists forced the organisers to withdraw the invite to Khalid, who they called &quot;anti-national&quot;. 
 
The government has sought a report from Delhi University in connection with the violence, PTI reported.

&quot;I have asked for a report from the University on the issue,&quot; Central HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said at a press conference. 
 
PhD&nbsp;scholar Umar Khalid was jailed last year by Delhi Police on&nbsp;sedition charges. 
 
(WION)

At a protest organised outside the Delhi Police headquarters, JNU student Umar Khalid attacked both ABVP and PM Modi

By Puneet Pandeya & Kandarp Rustogi Full transcript: They are deploying the police to suppress our voices. If that seminar had taken place, then 40-50 people would have attended(big cheer from crowd). ABVP is a coward which tries to throw its weight around in DU, intimidate others. In the last one year be it Hyderabad University, JNU or all universities, we have challenged the ABVP. This is what they want to stop. ABVP, you cannot stop us however much you try. This is no clash between two groups, this is one-sided violence. Organising a seminar is not violence. They call us terrorists, what are they terrorised about? They know whether they kill, Rohith Vemula or Najeeb Ahmad.... no one will take any action against them. We don't have to fear anything but have to wipe out the fear. There are small Narendra Modis and the big Narendra Modi gives lectures... See what sort of things he is saying, what is his government is doing? There will be no talk of food, clothes and housing or demonetisation, development or black money in Uttar Pradesh but only terrorism in these elections....they have just one agenda during the Uttar Pradesh elections - they want to make graves in Uttar Pradesh, they made graves in Gujarat 15 years ago, now they want to make graves all over the country.... JNU student Umar Khalid, who spearheaded a protest of 100 students, outside the Delhi Police headquarters in New Delhi, accused the ABVP of suppressing dissent through violence. "This is no clash between two groups, this is one-sided violence. Organising a seminar is not violence," the JNU student said. He also took potshots at the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, accusing it of pushing development issues to the back-burner in the Uttar Pradesh elections and instead only talking about "terrorism". The protest took place a day after clashes between student groups left several injured at the Ramjas college. It was triggered over an invitation to JNU student Umar Khalid for a literary seminar titled "Cultures of Protest" at Ramjas College. The two-day event was cancelled after ABVP activists forced the organisers to withdraw the invite to Khalid, who they called "anti-national". The government has sought a report from Delhi University in connection with the violence, PTI reported. "I have asked for a report from the University on the issue," Central HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said at a press conference. PhD scholar Umar Khalid was jailed last year by Delhi Police on sedition charges. (WION)

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