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Professor Hamill Comments on Whether Donald Trump Has the Qualities Voters Seek in a President

June 23, 2016

Professor Susan Pace Hamill is quoted in Vanity Fair about whether Donald Trump has the qualities voters seek in a president. 

“The president has a duty of loyalty and care to the United States,” said Susan Pace Hamill, a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law and Honors College and an expert in tax avoidance for small businesses. “He or she is a fiduciary to the public. Donald Trump is a deal-maker for himself. There is not a fiduciary bone in his body. This is generally acceptable in the rough-and-tumble world of business but is not remotely in the universe of what you want out of a public official.”

For more, read “The Great Trump Tax Mysteries: Is He Hiding Loopholes, Errors, or Something More Serious?”


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