Robert Reich | We Must Never Normalize the Trump Presidency




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Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star) 
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Reich writes: "We must not normalize the fact that the president and his family are personally profiting from foreign business deals while they serve in government." 
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