Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Trump Can Resolve His Business Conflicts. Let's See If He Does.

It wouldn't be hard for the president-elect to follow the example of his predecessors. Let's see if he does.

January 11, 2017 at 5:00 AM EST

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

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Donald Trump plans to give his first press conference since July today. He cancelled a similar meeting last month at which he'd promised to say how he'd handle the financial and business conflicts of interest that will accompany him to the White House.

If that's still the agenda, and if Trump were a normal public official, this is what we'd expect to hear:

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