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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a nearly half-century-old law that prohibits American companies and foreign firms from bribing officials of foreign governments to obtain or retain business.

"It sounds good, but it hurts the country," Trump said of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as he signed the order at the White House.

"Many, many deals are unable to be made because nobody wants to do business, because they don't want to feel like every time they pick up the phone, they're going to jail," Trump said, referring to U.S. anti-corruption efforts.

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[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Really bringing back the prior century's robber baron era aren't they? Wonder what our banana wars are gonna be over

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

US invasion of Vietnam to secure funko pop production

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

The U.S invasion of Bermuda to secure the east coast from British invasion and to use it as the hop-off point to secure the republic of Ireland from the perfidious English

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

Uncritical support for the US invading Britain to secure Lead Belt model production and seizure of Games Workshop.

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The London Lead Party when a bunch of brits throw a shipment of wargame miniatures into the thames in an act of protest against Washington

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Trump tells every country in the world they must immediately invest 1% of their GDP in $TRUMP meme coins. He says "bad things - very bad things - will happen for countries that don't."

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 23 points 1 week ago

"Ok Ukraine, let's try that quid pro quo again. This time I don't have to worry about getting in trouble for it."

It's good to be the King...

[-] huf@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

biden's already pardoned hunter, so there's no point to this law anymore

[-] shath@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

sinister gringo era is BACK

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago
[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

president deals strikes again

[-] Melonius@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

This is a no-go for me. I was planning to buy some low level Chinese officials and have them promoted through the ranks over the next 20-30 years until I control all of China but the tariffs make the investment impossible for me to justify to my shareholders at the next hourly earnings call.

[-] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I was wanting to put businessmen at constant risk of being jailed by regulators I-was-saying

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

Don’t they already do this?

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