(((Ethics group))): Trump is wrong to wear campaign hat on trip

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>The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, points out that the president has been pictured wearing the hat, both in red and in white, in two official photos released by the White House. He wore the white version on his trip to Houston Tuesday.
"Even removed from the hurricane, it's pretty inappropriate," CREW spokesman Jordan Libowitz said.
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Ethics experts have argued that the president's heavily photographed weekend visits to his golf courses and Mar-a-Lago club amount to gratuitous marketing.
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It has more cachet than ever now that it's synonymous with the U.S. presidency, said Henry Harteveldt, a consumer analyst and founder of the Atmosphere Research Group advisory firm. Each presidential visit to a Trump property drives that connection home.
"The Trump presidency has been the best marketing for Trump-branded real estate and hotel properties ever," Harteveldt said.
And the media coverage that accompanies the president on each trip helps enhance their public image.
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"He visits these properties. People take pictures of him. They take pictures with him. They get tweeted around. It's essentially all free advertising," said Robert Passikoff, the founder and president of brand research and consulting firm Brand Keys.
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