Is Trump’s Use of Supporters’ Donations to Pay for His Legal Fees “Unethical?” 

From the New York Times: How Trump Uses Supporters’ Donations to Pay His Legal Bills–Facing a wide array of criminal charges, the former president is using money from small donors to defend himself legally — a practice that raises ethical questions.

So, are his actions here unethical?  Believe it or not, I wouldn’t say so.

Trump’s base understands that the former president uses their donations to forward his political career and return to the White House as quickly as possible.  In my estimation, he’s keeping his end of the agreement, since he knows that serving a life term in prison will make it quite difficult for him to fulfill the duties of the 46th U.S. president.

Now, if you’re Steven Bannon and you solicited donations to complete the wall on the southern border, only to put those funds into your pocket, you’ve crossed a big fat line from potentially “unethical” to “blatantly criminally fraudulent.”

Going back to Trump, we’re really wasting our breath if we’re talking about borderline unethical acts when we’re talking about a man charged with 91 felonies, including his attempt to overthrow the United States government.  Discussion on this issue is equivalent to calling him out on his makeup or his hiring a prostitute.