CNBC Host: People Just Need to 'Get Used to' Trump's 'Little Conflicts' of Interest

[DonViejo]

by Alex Griswold | 12:02 pm, January 3rd, 2017

Houston billionaire and host of CNBC’s Billion Dollar Buyer Tilman Fertitta argued on MSNBC Tuesday that president-elect Donald Trump‘s potential business conflicts of interest were tiny, and critics should just learn to deal with them instead of expecting Trump to set up a blind trust.

After former Obama ambassador Norm Eisen argued that Trump needed to shed his conflicts, Fertitta weighed in. “First thing, we have to discount everything Norm said, because he’s so partisan,” he replied.

“He’s the president-elect, okay? He is going to have conflicts of interest…” the restaurateur continued. “That’s why we elected him president, because he’s a true chief executive officer and he knows how to tell people what to do.”

Fertitta said it would be enough for Trump to let one of his sons run the business and then ban him from attending White House meetings. “But you are not going to stop him from talking to his one son that is running the business, okay?” he insisted.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. No.

It's corruption plain and simple and people need to go to jail for it when it happens.

[MFM008]

2. My reply?

😄😃😂😁😀😆😅

[MineralMan]

3. No. Just No.

[niyad]

4. fuck off, titler--no way are we "getting used to" the orange hitler's lying and thieving and

illegal actions.

[jaysunb]

5. " he knows how to tell people what to do.

[spanone]

6. i heard that bullshit this morning.....i'll bet that clown said 'okay?' 20 times in that interview

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i was screaming at my radio

[Freethinker65]

7. Put another way: IOKIYAR or IOKIYAT

That should be the Democratic talking point

[Hekate]

8. Don't think so

[Pantagruel]

9. Maybe he should have thought about this before he ran?

"Fertitta said it would be enough for Trump to let one of his sons run the business and then ban him from attending White House meetings. “But you are not going to stop him from talking to his one son that is running the business, okay?” he insisted.

“We are all smoking something,”Fertitta said. “It’s his business, it’s a family business. A blind trust means, you have a trustee that can just sell it. It’s never happening, get used to his little conflicts.”


Citizens shouldn't have to ignore constitutional violations by ANYONE! Every single family member needs to be completely cut off from every single business venture, sell them all would be best. Failing that he should resign the presidency.

[TDale313]

10. Oh, fuck no!!!

We will not normalize this shit. It's not ok, it's horrible for the country. Conflicts of Interest are a bfd!

[Initech]

11. GTFO, Fertitta!

[gratuitous]

12. If that's truly why "we" elected Trump president

Then why did Trump the candidate promise to divest himself of all business dealings so as to avoid conflicts of interest? How could you say that people voted for Trump when he said one thing but he's doing precisely the opposite? Is every Trump voter clairvoyant, and able to read the true meaning of Trump's plain words, even when it's 180° divergent?

[Jacob Boehme]

13. Sniff, Sniff hey Tilman Fertitta stop the BS, we can see the "Camel's Nose"

Hell, even your own bubba Barry Goldwater smelled a pile of shit like yours a long time ago when he said:

"... This bill reminds me of an old Arabian proverb: "If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. No we don't