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President Trump—who cares deeply about corruption—told his Secretary of State in 2017 that he wanted to get rid of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, saying “it’s just so unfair that American companies aren’t allowed to pay bribes to get business overseas” washingtonpost.com/politics/new-b…
While the quote is new, the fact that Trump hates the FCPA isn't.

Here he is in 2015 on TV railing against the law a month after he inked a business deal in one of the most corrupt countries in one of the most corrupt countries in the world...
...a family that's has known financial ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard newyorker.com/magazine/2017/…
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Excuse me, sir, are you insane?

Why no. I would like to kindly inform the gentleman that in my two score years I have *never* been criminal or insane.
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