It is not an option for a US president to keep or divest their financial interests: not to do so defies two articles in the Constitution. It is a federal crime of severe proportions. Giving it over to his family violates the Constitution. He needs to create a blind trust or be subject to prosecution. Also, he needs to finally release his tax statements, the only president who has failed to do so, so that the extent of his holdings will clarify any potential conflict of interest.

As patriots and loyal to the Constitution, we would expect this of Trump. Why not? Those articles in the Constitution he would violate by not divesting himself of his worldwide financial empire were not recently written by MSNBC or Pelosi into the margins of the single greatest constitution ever created; they were inserted by the Founding Fathers of democracy to protect the office and this country from undue foreign and domestic influence and to avoid compromise by the self-interests of the president at the detriment of the republic. It is an extremely serious matter.

Breaking precedent by refusing intelligence briefings and limiting free press access and reports may bolster the view of Trump as being out of "the swamp" and ready to shake things up to "make America great again" (that is and always has been great), but these actions violate public safety and the First Amendment. A free press is crucial to maintaining our Republic. You may like to think the Media is totally corrupted and controlled by Soros or the liberal One World Order, but the Media also includes Fox News and Rush Limbaugh on radio, for example. Access to public airways is neither restricted nor controlled by the Left or Right. And the internet is wide open. In surveys and research taken by dozens of respectable organizations over the past fifty years, the skew since the 60s favors more conservative outlooks in the general Media. I know, I know, it is vital you disbelieve those reports. If not, who can you blame for contrary facts to your beliefs and biases. Merry Christmas!