Republican Party spokesman Sean Spicer said President-elect Trump delayed a press conference scheduled for Thursday on the steps he’ll take to eliminate conflicts of interest because he hasn’t quite figured out those steps yet.
Speaking on CNN, Spicer said Trump’s entire focus has been on building his Cabinet and taking meetings at Trump Tower. While a press conference was scheduled for Thursday for Trump to talk about how he would ensure his business would not interfere with running the country, it was delayed last week.
“He realized, talking to lawyers and accountants, it was going to take a little bit more time because he put his focus on the American people and having a government upright,” Spicer said. “But, he will get it done, it’ll happen in January, we’ll all be good I promise.”
Trump said during the campaign he would put the Trump organization into a blind trust controlled by his children when he came into office. But since his election, he has included his children in meetings and interviews related to the transition, and has shown no indication of separating them from business ventures and running the country.
On Wednesday, his three oldest children were all involved in a meeting with technology industry leaders.
When pressed on whether Trump is being transparent enough, given that he’s the first presidential candidate in modern times to not release his tax returns, Spicer said people don’t care about that.
“It’s all about what you want,” he said, referring to the media. “We have been unbelievably transparent, the American people are unbelievably supportive.”
“The American people understood what they’re getting and they voted overwhelmingly for him,” Spicer added. “He has been very clear about what he owns, the role of his family and everything else since he announced that he was running for president and they overwhelmingly elected him.”
