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Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 5 months ago by octopus_ink@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 39 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So he just put up a public "For Sale" sign?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 24 points 5 months ago

The other way around. This let's corporations bribe other nations.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Foriegn buyers will no doubt be accepted.

... it's almost like the President is a clear and present danger to national security.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago

Yeah...

Aren't US forces sworn to protect the constitution from threats foreign and domestic?

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 18 points 5 months ago

And Reuters calls it "loosening enforcement". Rare Reuters L.

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not that it stopped anyone before.

[–] betweenthesixes@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

It likely only gave some organizations pause. Those organizations had to decide if doing this was worth the risk of paying out (a small fraction of the cost) if they were caught.