Trump Says He's Leaving Business to Fully Focus on White House

[highplainsdem]

Source: Bloomberg

President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to set aside his business interests to focus on “running the country,” Bloomberg News reports.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the President-elect wrote: “I will be holding a major news conference in New York City with my children on December 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving my great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Trump added: “While I am not mandated to do this under the law, I feel it is visually important, as President, to in no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses.”

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Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-30/trump-says-he-s-leaving-business-to-fully-focus-on-white-house

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Here are the four Trump tweets posted so far this morning:

I will be holding a major news conference in New York City with my children on December 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving my ...

great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! While I am not mandated to

do this under the law, I feel it is visually important, as President, to in no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses.

Hence, legal documents are being crafted which take me completely out of business operations. The Presidency is a far more important task!

This of course DOESN'T get rid of his conflicts of interest. It's just another Trump show.

[C_U_L8R]

1. 'Visually important"

He really does not get it. A conflict is not optics, pal.

[Jeroen]

2. 'visually important'

[bdamomma]

42. What does that mean????

Visually important????? is he referring to his "victory tour"?????? he is not a well man.

[Solly Mack]

3. Yeah, right.

visually important

Someone smack him, please.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. He's afraid of the recounts and vote totals

undermining any legitimacy he ever had

This endless tweet drivel is not fooling anyone

[Coolest Ranger]

5. and I am going to be the next PCH lotto winner

[Buzz Clik]

6. Fascinating. He can begin by reading the Constitution and talking an online Civics class.

His lack of preparation will take years to correct.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. And if anyone believes that

I got a bridge here in Philly to sell you.

[Maeve]

8. Leopard says he's changing his spots

Suckers believe him

[Cha]

9. Aw shit.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

10. Without a study of his tax returns...

there is no way to prove he is "leaving" anything.
So let's see them lil' donnie.

Oh, I forgot they are still being audited.

[octoberlib]

11. He's full of shit.

[nuxvomica]

12. He should've stopped at "I am not mandated"

It's interesting that he used that word because we know his popular vote failure is an issue for him. Headlines should read "Trump claims no mandate". That would send him over the edge.

[mdbl]

13. His whole administration is one big conflict of interest

nice try. Next fallacy?

[safeinOhio]

14. Sure he is, right after

the wall is built and all of the undocumented people have been rounded up and sent back and every coal miner is back to work.

[Eugene]

15. If a Trump still owns the businesses, this won't change anything.

"I feel it is visually important..." He actually tweeted that.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. I'll just hand them off to my freakazoid kids who I'm sure will have no contact with me. nt

[global1]

17. Somebody Gave Him Those Words To Tweet Or....

tweeted them for him.

Doesn't sound like him.

[madaboutharry]

18. Anything short of liquidating and selling

is just more theatrics from Trump.

[DK504]

24. He's still stupid.

He doesn't seem to understand that he nor his children or his grandchildren must divest all business venture. Even Ivanka's shit jewerly. He doesn't get to meet with the business partners any where in the world, he doesn't seem to understand anything about government.

[COLGATE4]

19. Oh look - SQUIRREL nt

[lark]

20. Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Yeah, the freaking orange fuhrer is lying yet again, his mouth is moving, so it's totally obvious. That's why he called the Argentine president and a day later a drumpf expansion in Argentina is announced, how focused on the US is this? Nope, the whole reason he colluded with Russia to steal the election is for his own personal benefit. Everything else is a total lie. Yeah, he's going to put th screws to companies which want to move jobs overseas. Total BS. He's not fining Carrier, he's giving them sweetheart incentives which ultimately hurt taxpayers. EVerything he's done benefits him and the top 1%, that's all he cares about. During the campaign he stated he was going to increase wages, then he's elected and Americans make too much money. I truly hate everyone who voted for him, they have fucked over themselves (they deserve it) but also the majority of Americans who didn't vote for drumpf as well. Everyone will suffer except the 1% who will steal from us with abandon. Will the constitution even survive, I think that's very doubtful.

[Grammy23]

21. Since Trump has been planning his run for the Presidency

for years, it is beyond incomprehensible that he didn't think of or plan for what would happen to his business interests and the obvious conflict of interest issues they would bring. He knows exactly what he is doing, which is how he always does things. He does what he wants to do as much as possible and if there is a problem he deals with it then. In other words, better to ask for forgiveness afterward than ask for permission first.

This is all more smoke and mirrors to make us THINK he is doing the right thing. Just hide and watch to see how this all plays out. It is classic Trump and he has a long history to give us clues how he thinks and makes "deals". P.S. Guess who will get screwed?? Hint: it is not Trump.

[Sunlei]

22. I'd rather you go away trump and let Baron play President.

[world wide wally]

23. Cable news now has its talking points from now till Christmas

Glad I quit watching since election night

[riversedge]

41. Well for a little over 2 weeks they can speculate and NORMALIZE what he said today--and

cnn started to early today. left the tube off till now and it is on msnbc and a Repug from TX says he trusts whatever Trump does. yaddy yah!

[world wide wally]

44. I still haven't turned the news back on since election night.

I highly recommend doing that to everyone.

[bdamomma]

45. yea its business as usual

for the cable and the news in general they are accomplices in all this crap. I haven't watched them either.

[montanto]

25. New CEO will be John B(aron) Miller

or something along those lines.

[Lotusflower70]

26. Visually important

Is code for look at me, look at me.

[NYC Liberal]

27. Only removed from "operations" NOT ownership.

And his family will still be involved.

As usual with him, it's a scam...and the media is falling for it.

[KingCharlemagne]

29. What do you think it will take befoe the media take off their blinders? I think it's

going to take another Great Depression (with adult unemployment ? 25% and GDP shrinking annually by > 10%). I give Trump about two years to completely fuck up the incremental improvements Obama has accomplished and cause a massive economic collapse.

[Blue Idaho]

31. Exactly Right.

Two seconds after the statement aired my wife made exactly the same comment. There will be no blind trust. This is Trump trying to have his,cake and eat it too. Put the kids in charge of the business operations while he stays in the background.

[turbinetree]

28. Yeah right and whats up his sleeve next

[heaven05]

30. diversion, distraction

for his braindead followers and our completely co-opted media. Another reality show. This nazi pig will just get richer with his hands in the Treasury. He won't need no stinking business profits.

[Blue Idaho]

32. Meanwhile he tweets about jailing Flag burners.

He is a master of distraction. It's time we -and the media - learned to stop staring at the shiny object and see what he's doing behind our backs.

[heaven05]

33. it seems to me

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they, the MSM have been blinded by the "shiny object", trumpfuhrer and will continue to normalize fascist intentions for all americans.. We must stay vigilant as to not be distracted by the shining light on fascist hill called Wash. D.C.

[Blue Idaho]

39. Well all need to call the MSM

On their bullshit. I for one don't need entertainment value in my news, I need news in my news.

[bdamomma]

46. it has to hit them in the pocketbook

go to other news outlets BBC, NPR, Progressive Radio, Free Speech TV, Democracy Now to name a few.

[Blue Idaho]

48. True... and Done!

CNN and M$NBC are off my list - the rest of the M$M have been deemed toxic for a long time...

[ahimsa]

34. That will last about 5 days

until the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December, the day after the Electoral College votes him in.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

35. So, he's not going to talk with his kids for four years?

I hate his "The rules or precedents don't apply to me" attitude.

[BigDemVoter]

36. As long as it's not in a blind trust,

das tRump is a FUCKING LIAR. Is ANYBODY surprised?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

37. That's what you're supposed to do

What do you want, a cookie?

Only Trump would try to turn this into an accomplishment.

[alarimer]

38. Handing off to his kids to whom he wants to give security clearances.

No, he needs to liquidate his assets and put them in a truly blind trust. And his kids need to stay the fuck away from any involvement with him as President.

I mean, they investigated Jimmy Carter over his peanut farm. But conflicts of interest are okay for Republicans.

[LiberalLovinLug]

40. So he can Cheney his assets

Didn't the Dick do this? Handed his directorship of Halliburton to his wife or something. Then proceeded to award his "arms length" company billions in no-bid contracts in Iraq?

[olddad56]

43. Trump says a lot of things, mostly lies.

[bdamomma]

47. those lies are going to be his downfall

pathological liar goes with the other symptoms of his sickness.

[JesterCS]

49. I have some ice in Alaska if anyone is interested.... n/t