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spanone

(135,838 posts)
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 04:41 PM Nov 2016

Donald Trump Meeting Suggests He Is Keeping Up His Business Ties: Reince Priebus is unconcerned

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's soon-to-be chief of staff, Reince Priebus, said Sunday that the incoming White House counsel will be tasked with making sure there are no conflicts of interest with the real estate mogul's business empire.

Trump met last week with three Indian business partners building a property near Mumbai, The New York Times reported. And diplomats have been staying at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, spending money in hopes that Trump will notice, The Washington Post reported.

Tapper pressed Priebus on this topic, asking: "As White House chief of staff, you're supposed to look out for any political or ethical minefields. Is it seriously the position of the Trump transition team that this is not a huge cauldron of potential conflicts of interest?"

And Priebus said: "Obviously we will comply with all of those laws and we will have our White House counsel review all of these things. We will have every 'i' dotted and every 't' crossed, and I can assure the American people that there wouldn't be any wrongdoing or any sort of undue influence over any decision-making."


http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/20/politics/trump-business-conflicts-reince-priebus/index.html
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Donald Trump Meeting Suggests He Is Keeping Up His Business Ties: Reince Priebus is unconcerned (Original Post) spanone Nov 2016 OP
A blind trust is impossible. bullimiami Nov 2016 #1
I think Trump will be free to do what he wants get the red out Nov 2016 #2

bullimiami

(13,095 posts)
1. A blind trust is impossible.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 04:49 PM
Nov 2016

He would have to sell off everything and put all the assets into someone else's hands.

1) His assets are mostly paper. He wouldn't be able to sell them for a fraction of what he claims they are worth.

2) No time. He would have had to start this well before he began his run.

3) He never had any intention of doing it.

get the red out

(13,466 posts)
2. I think Trump will be free to do what he wants
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 05:22 PM
Nov 2016

Who is going to bring it the attention that could cause him a problem? The M$M?

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