Politico: Trump lays out limits of business involvement

[kennetha]

Truly amazing.

What's the good of being president, if you can't profit off of it? Check this out. A member of his transition team actually said the following, if this reporting is to be believed:

But many more issues also remain unresolved, including the licensing agreements that are the biggest part of the Trump Organization’s business. A Trump transition source said the president-elect doesn’t want to see those naming rights sold to anyone outside his family. "Why would he give up the value of his name? It's tied to the president of the United States. It's the leader of the free world,” the source said.

Read more and weep for our democracy:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-business-involvement-limits-232765

[KamaAina]

1. Politico: Tiger Beat of the Potomac.

h/t Charles P. Pierce

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Pretty fucking blatant, ain't it?

Now we know his motive for being "leader" of the free world.
Altho I suspect even that term is getting pretty tarnished.