It ' s absurd to me how people have no recollection of the past 200 years of this country ' s existence and the fact that its founders decided a president can ' t have a conflict of interest because most presidents are at least somehow involved in business of some sort . If you end up in the most powerful position on Earth , you probably had a powerful one before that . Either a career politician or a career business person . The Trumps have a massive business . Do you really think it makes sense to just ditch it and cut all ties with clients over night ? No . That ' s unrealistic . He ' s handing his business over to his kids . He has contacts all over the world . There ' s really no avoiding some sort of conflict of interest .