Trump must set aside business

I see on the internet Thursday (Cinco de Mayo) the “presumptive” Republican candidate eating a fine looking taco salad. The caption tells us that the best such salads are prepared at a Trump establishment and that he loves Hispanics.

Ignoring for the moment if he does or does not “love Hispanics,” how can the “presumptive” Republican candidate shill his business enterprises while running for president of the United States? Surely some fine representative of the press will ask him if he is now willing to place his business interests into a trust as others have done, or are we to expect the campaign to be one long advertisement for Trump enterprises?

Steve Randall

Mukilteo

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