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Trump halts Oval Office meeting to hawk major donor's product: 'I got to give him a plug’
The Oval Office as Corporate Ad SpaceA Favor Disguised as a PlugDonald Trump used an Oval Office appearance to give Scotts Miracle-Gro an on-camera endorsement, praising its grass while noting the company had worked on the White House grounds “for free.” The immediate story is simple: the president turned a formal government setting into a promotional opportunity for a private company that had already poured money and product into repairing damage from his own event on federal grounds.That is not a quirky aside. It is a transaction with the paperwork removed.Who Holds the PowerThe power here…
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