Frank Luntz nails Trump’s backpedaling on his business divestiture

Source: The Blaze | December 13, 2016 | Leon H. Wolf

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…..He no longer promises to divest himself from his companies, promising instead only to turn control of them over to his children — children who, by all accounts, will be in close (if not daily) contact with Trump. He still will reap personal financial benefit if his empire does well and only the most naive of observers would believe that he will not exert de facto control over an empire run by his children.

In other words, he still stands to be in the same position as the Clintons, who were justifiably excoriated when Hillary Clinton wielded government power over foreign affairs while managing a private foundation that did business with foreign governments.

Now, Trump has likewise walked back his initial pledge to answer questions about his business arrangements during the course of the promised press conference, claiming now that he is too busy making cabinet selections to answer questions for 30 minutes or so.

Pollster Frank Luntz noted a problem with this flimsy excuse last night:

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Indeed, if Trump has time to travel about the country holding multiple rallies, it would seem that he could hold a brief availability to answer questions about his business arrangements. Trump said that his empire will not “do deals” while he is president, which presumably means that it will not enter into new real estate ventures. However, even if Trump keeps this promise (and his track record thus far is not encouraging on that point), it does not address the many remaining potential and actual conflicts of interest that would arise from remaining involved in any way with his businesses.

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  • Consistent December 13, 2016 at 1:08 pm #12100

    CA Surveyor December 13, 2016 at 4:52 pm #12109

    I have little respect for that porcine faced manipulator.

    ConservativeGranny December 13, 2016 at 8:22 pm #12112

    I knew he’d never hold that press conference or divest his business interests. Yet he had time to come to WI tonight for a victory rally. Too bad they didn’t hold it outside. The whimps. It’s only 6° here right now.

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