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>> we've never had a president whose name could be plastered on hotels and condos and golf courses all over the world including in countries where we have pressing national interests. we have donald trump meeting with these business partners of his in india to build a hotel in mumbai. you have other properties where he leases his name. he gets a direct payment for this hotel going up. how would that kind of a conflict be sorted out short of trump divesting himself of those properties and taking his name down? house, i recall that we wouldn't bush's name on a public school until he left office ...

Of china which extends loans to some of the trump entities i understand. there may be other, government owned banks. i don't know of their relationships with sovereign wealth funds, but then the issue of people checking into the hotel or diplomats and billing foreign governments and vying for the most expensive sweet to impress the president of the unite. that's clearly not permitted. >> we've never had a president whose name could be plastered on hotels and condos and golf courses all over the world including in countries where we have pressing national interests. we have donald trump meeting...

This hotel going up. how would that kind of a conflict be sorted out short of trump divesting himself of those properties and taking his name down? >> well, when i was the chief ethics lawyer in the bush white house, i recall that we wouldn't even let people put president bush's name on a public school until he left office much less a commercial enterprise. i know this is a different situation because the president-elect has his name on a lot of these buildings, but that needs to be changed. his interest in these buildings need to be sold through an initial public offering or otherwise and his...