Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Trump's Business Is Not Too Big to Sell

The president-elect could easily unload his properties and turn over his licensing deals to a third party.

December 1, 2016 at 5:00 AM EST

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

He doesn’t own the whole thing.
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Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to hint at how he will avoid conflicts of interest after he trades in his hat as the Trump Organization’s chief deal-maker for that of the U.S. commander in chief.

Trump said he recognizes that it’s “visually important, as president, to in no way have a conflict of interest.” To that end, he said, “legal documents are being crafted which take me completely out of business operations.” He plans to unveil how he'll go about this at a press conference on December 15.

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