So Will Trump Settle Conflicts Of Interest? Absolutely Not
This morning Stephanie Ruhle interviewed Steve Schooner, a professor at George Washington University Law School, and an expert on procurement and government ethics.
Schooner has little to no hope that Trump is going to change his ways and all of a sudden eliminate the conflicts of interest that surround his election and potential Presidency.
STEPHANIE RUHLE, MSNBC: More on those conflicts of interest for Donald Trump. According to The Washington Post, at least 111 Trump companies have done business with 18 countries and territories on multiple continents. One is India. In fact, three Indian executives working on a Trump complex in Mumbai met with the President-elect last week, after the election, and posted this picture. That has only fueled the questions about how the Trump team intends to deal with the issue. I want to bring in Steve Schooner, an expert on government contracts and procurement and a professor at George Washington University Law School. I want to start with these articles out over the weekend. The first, "The Washington Post" piece that talked to foreign diplomats that came to Trump's new hotel in Washington. Donald Trump's hotel has "a director of diplomatic sales." This is common for DC Hotels. But this hotel is owned by the next President of the United States. And we actually read in the piece that there were diplomats who said they're surely going to stay at the Trump hotel as a friendly gesture to the President. They don't want to insult him.