Dana Milbank: Trump's idea of a blind trust: for you to trust him, blindly.

[pnwmom]

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4325060-155/dana-milbank-trumps-idea-of-a

Wealthy candidates running for high office typically promise to put their investments in a "blind trust" so they can avoid conflicts of interest by not controlling, or even knowing about, their financial interests. But Trump has no plan to do that; he says he'll have his children run the business while he runs the country.

By refusing to disclose his financial obligations, and by declining to remove any potential conflicts of interest he has with Putin and other foreign entities, Trump has come up with a different notion of blind trust: He wants us to trust him, blindly.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Anyone think that Trump trusts anyone with his money??

[Bill USA]

2. Great!! thanks for posting!!

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. So basically...

People give money to Assface, for Assface to dole out to charity.

Only problem...the charity is really Assface!

That's a pretty sweet deal!

[marybourg]

4. A blind trust can work with stocks and bonds,

which a trustee can anonymously sell in a day and anonymously buy something different the next day. There no way it can work with 500 (or more) businesses, especially with his name on many of them. Sales of businesses take time and become public knowledge quickly.

And how are they going to handle his debts so that he doesn't know who he owes money to? Not really possible.

[pnwmom]

5. Right. He's lying when he says he'll put it all in a blind trust. n/t