The following article by Emily Stewart was posted on the Vox website December 30, 2017:
Even as president, Trump keeps up on how his Washington, DC, hotel is doing.
President Donald Trump’s isn’t as separate from his businesses as he would like the public to think. Throughout his campaign and through his first few months as president, Trump has said he would distance himself from his Trump Organization and hand it over to his sons in lieu of divesting entirely, as ethics experts say he should. They fear that otherwise he will use the presidency for his own personal gain or that his policies will be influenced by his business interests.
As far as the president flagship hotel in Washington, DC, goes, Trump is “definitely still involved,” according to an email sent by the hotel’s director of revenue management firstreported by the Daily Beast. Continue reading “Trump is “definitely still involved” in his hotel business, a new report says”