I sold all my stocks in June because I felt I was winning: Trump says he dumped portfolio so he could make ‘deals for this country’
Trump says he got rid of the stocks because he assumed he didn’t think it would be appropriate for him to be making deals that could benefit him personally
His spokesman Jason Miller told reporters Tuesday that the president-elect sold all of his stock in June
The president-elect said he made no secret of the sell-off: ‘I let everybody know’
Sell-off was revealed after Trump tweeted his disapproval at the cost of a new Air Force One being built by Boeing, a company he previously invested in
Trump had also owned shares of Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the controversial Dakota Access pipeline and Boeing
By selling off his investment portfolio Trump nipped in the bud many conflict of interest claims that could have plagued his administration
By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
DailyMail.com
7 December 2016
Donald Trump says he dumped his stocks six months ago because he assumed he’d win and didn’t think it would be appropriate for him to be making ‘deals for this country’ that could benefit him personally.
‘I thought I was very much going to be winning,’ he said Wednesday in a phone interview with Today show host Matt Lauer. ‘And I think I would have a tremendous, a real conflict of interest owning all of these different companies.’
The president-elect said he made no secret of the sell-off: ‘I let everybody know.’
Trump sold off his shares of Energy Transfer Partners, the owner of the Dakota Access pipeline, and Boeing in June, along with his other stocks.
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