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In a series of early-morning tweets, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will leave his businesses “in total” in order to focus on running the country. He announced there will be a press conference held on Dec.15 in New York City, with he and his family to address how this will be handled. Trumps say he wants to avoid the appearance of conflicting interests saying, “I feel it is visually important, as president, to in no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses.” he wrote.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>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 …</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=”https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/803926488579973120″>November 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>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 ….</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=”https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/803927774784344064″>November 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>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..</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=”https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/803930240661811200″>November 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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