So what will be the basis for telling him he can't run any of his businesses as President?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/president-trump-conflict-of-interest_us_55f1eb0be4b002d5c078b44c

WASHINGTON — When or if President Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2017, he might not settle for just being the guy in the Oval Office. The eccentric billionaire could add the new title to his already existing preamble as chairman, CEO and president of The Trump Organization.

It would be his choice whether President Trump still presided over his business empire.

There are ethics rules that cover conflicts of interest faced by executive branch employees — from the Treasury secretary down to a lowly clerk — and they can require people to recuse from certain issues or divest stock and other property. But those rules do not apply to any elected official.

“There’s very little you can do with respect to the president’s financial conflicts of interest,” said Richard Painter, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School and former ethics czar in the George W. Bush White House.

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How much work could that entail? You show up once a year for the Christmas party, and the rest of the year, you do ... what?

.... can, and DOES, lead to carpel tunnel syndrome. Not to be dismissed lightly.

people from those nations would come up to me and ask me what the hell is wrong with our voting population!

two weeks ago. I had a three week visit. Everywhere I went people wanted reassurance Trump would not win. Taxi drivers, waitresses, you name it. It came up all over the place. He is universally loathed there if my experience is any indication.

Leaving him free to do anything else he wants.

I'm not sure what that means if someone else is handling all of the domestic and foreign policy, but it sounds important!

and i mean that with no sarcasm; thats his idea of what he would do while someone else actually does the heavy lift of day-to-day government.

I have heard him make a couple of other remarks that make me suspect he intends to keep on making business deals after he is elected.

But I haven't heard any media figures pick up on this question.

yes, he'd give the companies to his children to run.

Which is NOT a blind trust.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-conflict-of-interest-old-post-office-hotel

Presidents are not subject to the same ethics rules that govern other executive branch employees, but they often take steps, such as setting up blind trusts or handing over control of their assets, to avoid even an appearance of impropriety. But Trump has not been entirely clear on how he would disentangle himself from his complex corporate holdings if he became president. At one point, he suggested he would place his assets in a blind trust "or something." But he also said this trust would be controlled by his children, who would continue to run his businesses. Blind trusts cannot be controlled by an individual's family members. Trump's campaign did not respond to a request for comment on how a conflict of interest with the Old Post Office, or any other property, would be handled.

... to attempt to wipe out his debts, among other things.

Don has a conflict of Interest ..... he can 't be President .....

" Earlier this week, Mother Jones reported that Donald Trump's loans from the German-based Deutsche Bank—totaling at least $100 million and possibly much more—would pose a significant conflict of interest, should Trump, the GOP's presumptive nominee, become president. After all, the bank was recently caught manipulating markets around the world (and had to pay $2.5 billion in fines), and it has tried to evade US laws aimed at curtailing risky financial shenanigans and has attempted to influence the US government via lobbying. "

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/elizabeth-warren-slams-donald-trump-huge-conflicts-interest

Sorry if the above article was already posted ......

Hadn't seen that. This election is just too much. I am ready for Trump to disappear and not have to listen to his ridiculous comments anymore. It is just too much...

IMHO (and others) he's already working on his next gig - "media".

And that Cracked video was from the program done a year ago and look where we are right now!!!

office, probably more than a show would take in terms of time commitment.



Republicans don't seem to put much energy into repairing the country or world peace...