Monday’s Business section shakes its head at the unprecedented circumstance of a president who also happens to own a hotel down the street from the White House. Countries, interest groups and companies like T-Mobile — whose future will be shaped by the administration's choices — are free to stop at both and pay the president's company while also meeting with officials in his government. Such visits raise questions about whether patronizing Trump's private business is viewed as a way to influence public policy.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 21, 2019 13:03 UTC