will be these types of questions from his opponents throughout his presidency. >> here's the thing. so the heads of these departments will have to take all of that into account, right, whether the president of the united states will profit, won't that grind government to a screeching halt? >> it may not bring things to a halt but it's going to be a concern and going to hand the president-elect's political opponents a weapon they can use against him repeatedly over the next however long he's in office, four years, eight years, whatever it ends up being. of course, his nominees are held to a different standard because they are covered by the federal conflict of interest statute that excludes the president. so they have to divest. and they have to put their assets into blind trusts and there are all sorts of complicated rules that they have to follow. he doesn't. you can see a situation where