President Trump is running headlong into the very ethical minefields that we warned of when we encouraged him to sell his hotel empire. The new problems were predictable, will be persistent and could tarnish his presidency.

Trump Hotels’ CEO announced plans this week for vast expansion of hotels in this country. “There are 26 major metropolitan areas in the U.S., and we’re in five,” CEO Eric Danziger told reporters this week. “I don’t see any reason that we couldn’t be in all of them eventually.”