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Government because of the government rule against nepotism. >> reporter: also raising eyebrows, reports that trump might bring ivankas husband into the white house, jared kushner. if he gets that, thats a connection between the trump business and a senior staffer in the white house. from the beginning ethics experts questioned the so-called wall. >> this idea that his children can run it at arms length is not viable in your opinion? >> i dont think it does anything to correct the public percepti...

Disclosure and his personal financial disclosure form that he filed. really if you look at his holdings in the philippines, india, turkey, uruguay, this is where he actually does have some risk because he is at risk potentially, this is what ethics experts say, of running up against a section of the constitution called the ee mollments clause that says any official cannot accept a gift from a foreign entity. hes not accepting gifts hes doing business deals. but if you look at the terms of the bu...

Empire controlling real estate, hotels, golf courses all over the world. he is setting up a trust allowing his children to take over his brand but critics argue thats a far cry from clearing conflict of interest. so does trumps plan go far enough to eliminate conflict? >> good morning. so, essentially what donald trump has to do is convince the american people that he is going to make decisions in the best interests of the country, and not in the best interests of boosting his bottom line. and r...

Business loans. how would that play into all of this? >> reporter: thats a sticky situation. right? what does he do with that loan? this is the kind of example that ethics experts are worried about, and heres the example they say may play out -- say hes negotiating a deal with a company in china that is partially owned by the chinese government. if the chinese government, for example, gives the trump organization any kind of sweetener to the deal, maybe better terms than they would give anyone e...

Successful leader. past presidents put assets into a so-called blind trust. the trump organization is proposing something different. how so? >> yes. very different, pam. trumps solution to resolve these conflicts falls short from an ethics standpoint according to experts ive spoken to on both sides of the aisle. republicans and democrats. in most cases to your point, presidents put their assets into a blind trust. what does that mean? it means they sell all of their holdings, but proceeds in the...

Between a president trump, his policy agenda and his global empire. lets bring in cnn money correspondent, christina alesi. what is trump doing as he hands it over to his kids. >> reporter: that announcement really tries to resolve a big problem for donald trump. it is a question about whether he can make the conflicts basically disappear, and it is not really clear that he can. and it all comes down to that agreement, or that arrangement that he announced. it really falls short based on the con...

Sprawling business network to his children. thats unclear is how much actual distance this will put between a president trump, his policy agenda and his global empire. lets bring in cnn money correspond christina. good to see you. explain for us what trump is doing in terms of handing over the reigns to his children. >> well, fredricka, as you laid out, its a fairly complicated thing. its a big problem for donald trump to resolve, right? how do you deal with this kind of thing? this announcement...

Interest of the country, without his business interests potentially clouding his judgment. but the reality is, this arrangement, handing the business over to his kids, does almost nothing to meet the standards that most ethics experts and lawyers recommend. heres what happened. trump wants to avoid criticism for backing policies that could directly boost his bottom line, like supporting tax breaks for developers, for example. now, a spokesman for the trump organization says, the new structure, w...

Presidents h presidents handle conflicts of interest. there is only an expectation to the president will step away for sell the companies they own. they put that into a so-called blind trust run by someone with no connections to the president. that said, to your point, ethics experts are pointing to a clause in the constitution that prohibits gifts or salaries from foreign governments or state owned companies. the clause says that no government official can accept money from a foreign government...

Today a putin spokesman came out and said, jake, get this, that trump and putins foreign policies are, quote, phenomenally close, for whatever that exactly means. jake. >> clarissa ward in moscow, thank you so much. before he was president-elect, donald trump called upon hillary clinton to shut down the clinton foundation. but should president-elect trump close any of his 500-plus businesses now that he is about to be in the business of running the nation? cnns cristina alesci joins me now. le...