Second-Term Trump Organization Ethics Plan

2025-01-10

unresolved

Promised: 2017-01-11Trump's first-term counsel said no new foreign deals would be made during that presidency.Open cited record · 1 source
The record: 2025-01-10The second-term plan allowed deals with private companies abroad while barring direct transactions with foreign governments.Open cited record · 2 sources2025-01-10The policy preserved a route for Trump Organization foreign licensing and management business during the presidency.Open cited record · 1 source
Who gained: Trump Organization
Who paid: Foreign private counterparties
Audit finding: unresolved
The plan retained management and foreign-government-payment safeguards while loosening the first-term restriction on new private foreign deals.
Causal strength: documented mechanism

Evidence chronology

promise2017-01-11reported
Trump's first-term counsel said no new foreign deals would be made during that presidency.
- Time: Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of Interest2017-01-11 · Sheri Dillon ethics-plan statement
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action2025-01-10documented
The second-term plan allowed deals with private companies abroad while barring direct transactions with foreign governments.
- Associated Press: The Trump company is not banning private foreign deals2025-01-10 · Plan terms and comparison with 2017
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan: White Paper: President Trump Second Term in Office2025-01-10 · Foreign-deal, management, ethics-adviser, and foreign-government-profit provisions
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outcome2025-01-10reported
The policy preserved a route for Trump Organization foreign licensing and management business during the presidency.
- Associated Press: The Trump company is not banning private foreign deals2025-01-10 · Foreign-deal provisions
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counterevidence2025-01-10reported
The plan said Trump would not manage the company, required an outside ethics adviser, and promised to donate profits from foreign-government patronage.
- Associated Press: The Trump company is not banning private foreign deals2025-01-10 · Safeguards retained in the plan
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counterevidence
The plan said Trump would not manage the company, required an outside ethics adviser, and promised to donate profits from foreign-government patronage.