‘The axiom follow the money certainly applies in this situation.’ LYNDA LLOYD, Albuquerque THE SWAMP HOTEL “Gold-plated swamp.” That’s how Byron Nelson of Laguna Beach, Calif., summed up the conflicts of interest posed by the Trump International Hotel in Washington, as outlined in TIME’s June 19 cover story. And Caroline Van Antwerp of Holland, Mich., predicted a populist revolt: “The kind of flaunted excess and luxury displayed in this article have— in other places and times—led to revolutions with the ‘peasants’ wielding pitchforks in the streets.” Ronald J. Price of Sebring, Ohio, argued, however, that a President who’s also a businessman is “exactly what this country needs at this particular time in history,” while other readers called for a similar look at the Clinton Foundation.
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