The billionaire real estate developer also dismissed any need to disentangle himself from his financial holdings, despite rising questions about how his global business dealings might affect his decision-making as the nation’s chief executive. The president can’t have a conflict of interest,” Trump told editors and reporters of the New York Times during an expansive, hour-long question-and-answer session. “I don’t want to energize the group, and I disavow the group,” Trump said of the alt-right. In his meeting with the Times, Trump assumed a more cordial, magnanimous posture than he has in recent days. He held a meeting at Trump Tower with three business partners building a Trump property south of Mumbai.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2016 20:24 UTC