Conflict Of Intererst

       Here's an interesting situation according the Huffington Post. President Trump has a  newly opened hotel in Washington D. C., which was formerly a post office and is still owned by the Federal government. Trump leases the property. There is, however, a clause in the lease which states that no elected official may be involved in or profit from any lease for any governmental property.
       Therefore if Trump is still involved in that lease when he takes office in January, he will be in violation of that lease. He would be both landlord and tenant. Its what you might call a conflict of interest. In fact it would be a conflict of interest, no question about it.
       But this hotel isn't the only conflict of interest he's involved in. According to an article in the Huffington Post today, in 2013, Trump entered into an agreement with GSA for a lease on the property. As President, Mr. Trump would oversee the GSA and would appoint its administrator, another conflict of interest. Trump's list of conflicts keeps growing.
       So just what will Pres. Elect Trump do about these many conflicts of interest? He has recently stated that he's president, so there can't be any conflicts of interest. In other words, if I understand his thinking he might be in a conflict of interest now, but as soon as he's sworn in, they all get wiped away, a clean slate, so to speak. Slick deal if you can pull it off. But the hotel lease clause is a little sticky, don't you agree? It'll take some pretty fancy dancing to wiggle out of it. I mean, how can we be sure he doesn't profit from it if his kids are running it? Where's the proof? None of this "Trust Me" business.