Announces Two Older Sons Will Manage Businesses
After canceling the very press conference he touted that was supposed to put rest concerns about his clear conflicts of interest, President-elect Donald Trump late Monday night took to Twitter in what appeared to be an attempt to defuse the rising anger, confusion, concern and even claims he will be in violation of the Constitution the moment he is sworn in to office.
Trump had promised the American people late last month that he would hold a press conference this coming Thursday to explain how he will legally separate himself from his businesses, since he refuses to put them in a blind trust. On Monday Trump canceled that press conference, stating it would be re-secheduled on a yet-to-be determined date in January.
Perhaps sensing the outrage, Trump once again took to Twitter just before midnight Monday, claiming he is “not mandated by law to do so,” but assured the American people, “I will be leaving my busineses before January 20th so that I can focus full time on the Presidency,” he said. “No new deals will be done during my term(s) in office.”
That of course is a strange promise to make, and very undefined.
What constitutes a “deal”? Is that only a real estate transaction? What about stock purchases? Wouldn’t a “deal” technically include, say, signing contracts with various vendors?Â
On Twitter, it seemed few were convinced:
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