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Trump's trickle-down ethics failure

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Reuters

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The president-elect's attempt to avoid conflicts of interest while in the White House is window-dressing that sets a bad example for his administration. Meanwhile, Trump's shadow hangs over the Detroit Auto Show. And his infrastructure plan is not as straightforward as it seems. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:13.2

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0:15.9

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0:20.5

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0:34.2

Welcome to the Views Room, a weekly conversation among breaking views columnists about big numbers, crunchy deals, and nasty spats.

0:41.4

I'm Anthony Curry, and I'm here with my colleague, Jennifer Saber. Hi, Jen.

0:44.8

Hello.

0:45.9

So Donald Trump is back on our radar and Bigley.

0:48.9

The fallout from the U.S. President Alex Tweetstorms is hanging over this week's international auto show in Detroit,

0:53.9

and his plan to spend $1 trillion on the nation's infrastructure is gathering. President Alex Tweetstorms is hanging over this week's international auto show in Detroit,

0:59.3

and his plan to spend $1 trillion on the nation's infrastructure is gathering more traction and criticism.

1:00.2

We start, though, with the Donald himself.

1:03.2

On Wednesday, he held his first press conference in months.

1:06.1

It came replete with the usual stream of tangential comments we expect, sideswipes

1:10.3

at his campaign rival Hillary Clinton,

1:11.6

praise for his Miss Universe contest,

1:13.6

and even a mention that he's a germaphobe.

1:15.6

What he, or rather his lawyer, did outline in a degree of detail, though,

1:19.6

was his plan to avoid any business conflicts of interest while in the Oval Office.

1:23.6

Joining us to dig into those details is our Washington colonist Gina Chan.

1:28.5

Hi, Gina.

1:29.1

Welcome back to the show.

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