 U.S. Taxpayers Were On The Hook For Trump’s Corruption Before He Was Even InauguratedEthics? Divestment? We ve known for awhile that these two words are alien to Trump and his family, but until recently, we didn t really have a solid example of the corruption that this would sow within the administration. Now we do   in early January, Eric Trump took a short trip to Uruguay to promote the Trump Organization, and we taxpayers were left on the hook for a lot of the cost.Eric Trump, being Trump s immediate family, gets Secret Service protection like his daddy. So we, the taxpayers, paid for hotel rooms, flights, and incidentals for the Secret Service to be there protecting Eric while he ate at beach-front restaurants, mingled with presumably important real estate brokers, and went to an ultra-exclusive party. We re on the hook for roughly $100,000 right now.Some will say that s nothing compared to Obama s supposedly extravagant vacations. Some will say that even if it s not government business, a little here and there won t hurt (especially compared to how many taxpayer dollars they re just certain Obama wasted on himself). Those who make these claims will be ignoring one very important fact: Obama wasn t using taxpayer dollars to pay for his own and his family s protection while he was busy promoting a commercial enterprise that is supposed to be 100 percent separate from the government.There s a word for this: Corruption. Political corruption, by definition, is a government official (or the entire government) using public resources for private gain. Or, as the Washington Post put it: In this case, government agencies are forced to pay to support business operations that ultimately help to enrich the president himself. Trump has been in office for a whole two weeks, and Eric went to Uruguay before he took office. Even so, as the President-elect at the time, it was still on us to pay for the Secret Service, and for the U.S. Embassy in Uruguay to have staff at the hotel for this  VIP visit.  It s not unusual for family members to travel independently of the president, but when was the last time a president s family members used public dollars to promote private business interests?This is sick.Featured image by Chip Somodevilla via Getty ImagesNews
taxpayers were on the hook for trump corruption before he was even inauguratedethics investment we known awhile two words alien trump family recently really solid example corruption would sow within administration now early january eric trump took short trip uruguay promote trump organization taxpayers left hook lot trump trump immediate family gets secret service protection like daddy so taxpayers paid hotel rooms flights incidental secret service protecting eric ate restaurants mingled presumably important real estate brokers went party we hook roughly right say nothing compared obama supposedly extravagant vacations some say even government business little hurt especially compared many taxpayer dollars certain obama wasted those make claims ignoring one important fact obama using taxpayer dollars pay family protection busy promoting commercial enterprise supposed percent separate word corruption political corruption definition government official entire government using public resources private gain or washington post put in case government agencies forced pay support business operations ultimately help enrich president trump office whole two weeks eric went uruguay took office even time still us pay secret service embassy uruguay staff hotel vip visit it unusual family members travel independently president last time president family members used public dollars promote private business interests this image chip somodevilla via petty imagenes
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  U.S. Taxpayers Were On The Hook For Trump’s Corruption Before He Was Even InauguratedEthics? Divestment? We ve known for awhile that these two words are alien to Trump and his family, but until recently, we didn t really have a solid example of the corruption that this would sow within the administration. Now we do   in early January, Eric Trump took a short trip to Uruguay to promote the Trump Organization, and we taxpayers were left on the hook for a lot of the cost.Eric Trump, being Trump s immediate family, gets Secret Service protection like his daddy. So we, the taxpayers, paid for hotel rooms, flights, and incidentals for the Secret Service to be there protecting Eric while he ate at beach-front restaurants, mingled with presumably important real estate brokers, and went to an ultra-exclusive party. We re on the hook for roughly $100,000 right now.Some will say that s nothing compared to Obama s supposedly extravagant vacations. Some will say that even if it s not government business, a little here and there won t hurt (especially compared to how many taxpayer dollars they re just certain Obama wasted on himself). Those who make these claims will be ignoring one very important fact: Obama wasn t using taxpayer dollars to pay for his own and his family s protection while he was busy promoting a commercial enterprise that is supposed to be 100 percent separate from the government.There s a word for this: Corruption. Political corruption, by definition, is a government official (or the entire government) using public resources for private gain. Or, as the Washington Post put it: In this case, government agencies are forced to pay to support business operations that ultimately help to enrich the president himself. Trump has been in office for a whole two weeks, and Eric went to Uruguay before he took office. Even so, as the President-elect at the time, it was still on us to pay for the Secret Service, and for the U.S. Embassy in Uruguay to have staff at the hotel for this  VIP visit.  It s not unusual for family members to travel independently of the president, but when was the last time a president s family members used public dollars to promote private business interests?This is sick.Featured image by Chip Somodevilla via Getty ImagesNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: taxpayers were on the hook for trump corruption before he was even inauguratedethics investment we known awhile two words alien trump family recently really solid example corruption would sow within administration now early january eric trump took short trip uruguay promote trump organization taxpayers left hook lot trump trump immediate family gets secret service protection like daddy so taxpayers paid hotel rooms flights incidental secret service protecting eric ate restaurants mingled presumably important real estate brokers went party we hook roughly right say nothing compared obama supposedly extravagant vacations some say even government business little hurt especially compared many taxpayer dollars certain obama wasted those make claims ignoring one important fact obama using taxpayer dollars pay family protection busy promoting commercial enterprise supposed percent separate word corruption political corruption definition government official entire government using public resources private gain or washington post put in case government agencies forced pay support business operations ultimately help enrich president trump office whole two weeks eric went uruguay took office even time still us pay secret service embassy uruguay staff hotel vip visit it unusual family members travel independently president last time president family members used public dollars promote private business interests this image chip somodevilla via petty imagenes