President-elect Donald Trump thinks it's a "ridiculous shame" that his son Eric Trump should have to stop directly asking for donations to his charitable foundation. Eric Trump announced Wednesday that he understood the "quagmire" surrounding his involvement soliciting donations, referring to potential conflicts of interest and the possibility that donors may try gain access to his father through him, and that he would step away from fundraising efforts.
Two days later, Donald Trump made his objections to this decision abundantly clear:
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