Donald Trump Argues It’s Impossible for the President to Have Conflicts of Interest

In his on-the-record chat with The New York Times, Donald Trump dismissed concerns about any potential conflicts between his duty as president and his business interests, saying that it was impossible for the president to even have conflicts of interest to begin with.

Trump continued, saying that the law doesn’t require him to set up a trust and that he could even run his business and the White House simultaneously, according to excerpts of the conversation live-tweeted by The Times‘ Maggie Haberman.

Trump on his businesses/conflict q’s: “The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.”

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016

Trump says “in theory” he could continue signing checks at his company, but he is “phasing that out now” and giving to his kids.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016

“In theory I could run my business perfectly and then run the country perfectly. There’s never been a case like this,”he says of his tangles

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016

“I’d assumed that you’d have to set up some type of trust or whatever and you don’t,” Trump says.But he adds “I would like to do something.”

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016

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