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Gifts or money from a foreign state. i want you to listen to why the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, says it is not a violation of the emoluments clause. >> how is this -- how is this not an emoluments violation? is the president going to profit from this? will not be profiting here. we talked about the possibility of whether or not the president could actually do it at no cost. i understand there's difficulties with doing it that way, but we also have difficulties if they charge more so they're doing this at cost. >> at cost. they say overall it will be cheaper for the u.s. taxpayer. yo...

Another and are now hosting their book parties at the trump hotel in downtown d.c. and attracting dozens of friends and spouses and family members who are going to patronize that business. i mean, it is something that absolutely deserves a closer look and i think it's one of the reasons why the white house is so upset that the "washington post" is digging into this. >> i do know they have a thursday night trump-related cocktail hour. but john, your thoughts on all this? >> look, the president does not care about the emoluments clause to the constitution. and given the current configuration of ...

Instead, he went golfing. and according to nbc's tracking data, trump has spent a little under 1/3 of the days of his presidency visiting his own properties. take a look at this. 956 days in office. 295 visits to trump properties, including 99 days at mar-a-lago, 22 days at trump international hotel, 13 days at trump towers and 227 days at trump golf property, including 90 days at trump national bedminster. that's in new jersey. on and on and on. >> let me ask you this question. >> yes. >> you control -- democrats control the house. would you pass a law that says he can't do that? or certainly...

Trump national bedminster. that's in new jersey. on and on and on. >> let me ask you this question. >> yes. >> you control -- democrats control the house. would you pass a law that says he can't do that? or certainly the vice president can't? you can't tell the guy he can't go to his own house. but it does seem to me the democrats could pass some kind of legislation that explicitly says not directed at donald trump name per se, but you can't spend public dollars on the president's private business. >> well, you know, a law called the emoluments law. >> clause of the constitution. >> yes. in th...

Trump name per se, but you can't spend public dollars on the president's private business. >> well, you know, a law called the emoluments law. >> clause of the constitution. >> yes. in the constitution. >> wait a second. the emoluments is about foreign money. we're talking about the american public dollars are being spent right now in that property in ireland for the vice president's trip. what i'm saying is couldn't you, the democrats in the house majority pass legislation to make it explicitly not okay to do that? >> that's a possibility. i don't know. that's a possibility that it could be d...