Bill Clinton thinks the “model” he and Hillary came up with for the Clinton Foundation is the same one that should be implemented to run the country.
During an appearance on Comedy Central on Thursday, the former president explained how the foundation has operated and how they’re changing it.
“If somebody said you can be wherever you want to be 30 years from now, but you have to decide right now, I’d pick America,” Clinton said, “because we’re better positioned.
“But if we give into this lowest common denominator, everybody is our enemy, tell me something bad about her or I don’t want to know, let’s divide and demean and demonize, we could blow it all,” he said, “and he could lead the world in a very different direction.”
But then he indicated he changed Clinton Foundation policy to ban foreign donations for political reasons.
“That’s why the election is so important and why I’ve tried to make the changes in the foundation…so that people understand that being president is a whole different kettle of fish than being secretary of state.
“If I had made a mistake, for example on these foreign donations, there is always an appeal to the White House. The president could always say, ‘No, I don’t think you should do that.’
“But if she becomes president, not take foreign money, not take corporate money, farm out all of our international operations to others, and I’m in the process of doing that, make those that should stay together independent of me and remove all questions of conflicts. I think we can do that.
“But the main thing is the model that we pioneered is the way we should run the country,” Clinton said.
“Get everybody together, agree on what you’re going to do, and make something good happen. That’s way better than all this constant fighting.”
It’s been good for the Clintons at least, according to numerous reports of pay-to-play schemes and leveraging State Department policy and actions for foundation donations.
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