Mr. Trump had originally said, in an earlier Twitter post, that he would announce his business plans during a news conference on Dec. 15. | Getty Trump promises ‘no new deals’ while president, Ivanka won’t manage company Late-night tweets come after postponement of Dec. 15 press conference 
 
 Donald Trump is promising to refrain from launching any new business deals during his time in the White House, and the president-elect also said late Monday night he plans to hand over operations of his sprawling company to his two adult sons but not his oldest daughter, Ivanka. The tweets came just hours after his aides confirmed a delay to his planned Thursday “major news conference” that was being billed as a chance for Trump to explain how he’d disentangle himself from his business arrangements. On Twitter, the president-elect said only that he’d hold a news conference “in the near future” to talk about his business plans, as well as his Cabinet appointments “and all other topics of interest.” 
 
 “Busy times!” Trump wrote in the message just before midnight Tuesday.  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump said late Monday night that “no new deals will be done” by his real estate business while he is in the Oval Office, a promise that appeared meant to address ethical concerns about conflicts of interest between his elected position and his real estate empire. Mr. Trump said on Twitter just after 11:30 p.m. that he would leave his businesses before his inauguration and that his grown sons, Eric and Donald Jr., along with other executives, would manage them. Trump sought on Twitter to tamp down one of many conflict concerns he’s facing by writing that “no new deals will be done during my term(s) in office.” 
 
 In that same message, Trump also acknowledged only Donald Jr. and Eric would be charged with managing his company. Critics have said Mr Trump runs many businesses which all present possible conflicts of interests. “I am turning down billions of dollars of deals,” Trump said, citing an unspecified offer involving, “seven deals with one big player, great player, last week, because I thought it could be perceived as a conflict of interest.” 
 
 Many of Trump’s leading surrogates have also knocked down the notion that he needs to sell his business outright. Mr Trump's extensive domestic and international business interests include hotels and golf courses, including two in Scotland, as well as a variety of real estate holdings: ownerships or investments in hotels, offices and residential buildings. “If something happens on a Trump building outside the U.S. and people get hurt, that’d make Benghazi look like nothing,” warned Richard Painter, a former top ethics lawyer for the George W. Bush White House.
– Donald Trump tweeted overnight that eldest sons Don and Eric would run his business enterprise while he's in the White House, though, as the BBC notes, he makes no mention of what daughter Ivanka's role will be. That could suggest that she and husband Jared Kushner will have more of a focus on Trump's political policies, with Politico noting that the couple is considering a move to DC. Earlier, Trump canceled a press conference set for Thursday in which he was going to lay out details about his business operation, and his tweets said only that it would be rescheduled in the "near future." Trump reiterated that he would be "leaving his businesses" before the inauguration to focus on the presidency. "Two of my children, Don and Eric, plus executives, will manage them," he wrote. "No new deals will be done during my term(s) in office." That last line is a little puzzling, a former White House ethics adviser under George W. Bush tells the New York Times. "Is he going to continue to borrow money from foreign banks like Bank of China? That is a deal," says Richard Painter. "Or collect rent from foreign government-owned companies? That is a deal. Will he still be hiring people, or having people stay in his hotels?" One example of the complication he faces: Trump is part owner of a Vegas hotel whose employees are in a dispute with the National Labor Relations Board. As president, Trump would appoint members to the NLRB.