Will Trump's five year ban on lobbying be effective?

President Trump banned administration officials from ever lobbying the U.S. on behalf of a foreign government and put a five-year ban on other lobbying. ... U.S. read more

Let’s get an idea of what lobbying is first. Lobbying is generally regarding as when a special interest (not necessarily a bad thing) pays someone to speak for them to law makers to persuade them to consider their interest. read more

President Trump banned administration officials from ever lobbying the U.S. on behalf of a foreign government and put a five-year ban on other lobbying. read more

Trump had released the plan for a lobbying ban a few weeks before the November election. It would ban all executive-branch officials from lobbying for five years after leaving their government jobs, and impose a lifetime ban on lobbying for a foreign government — one of several promised policies aimed at curbing the influence of lobbyists. read more