On MSNBC, Priebus on Trump's conflicts: "It's not the easiest thing to work out, but… he's got the best people in America working on it."
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) November 30, 2016
In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, Donald Trump pledged to leave his business “in total” and announced a press conference for December 15 with his children where he’ll discuss how the company will operate going forward:
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 …
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2016
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 ….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2016
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..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2016
Hence, legal documents are being crafted which take me completely out of business operations. The Presidency is a far more important task!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2016
And we’re already seeing indications that this won’t be good enough for liberals. From Talking Points Memo:
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Trump has said that he will leave his companies to his children, not to a blind trust, raising concerns that he will still be aware of his business’ interests while serving as president. His tweets leave it unclear just how far removed he will be from his business.
As the press reminds the president-elect daily, his last press conference was way back in July:
It's been 123 days since Donald Trump held a press conferencehttps://t.co/CIyoslEJDV
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 28, 2016
Will Trump take questions at his Dec. 15 news conference? Last press conference was four months ago on July 27. https://t.co/1PVnxuENHa
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) November 30, 2016
Or about 180,000 minutes. https://t.co/Ql9eHYimdu
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 29, 2016
Phew. Once the president-elect has his news conference, the press corps can go back to the breathless reporting on his tweets.
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