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A few days before he took office, President Trump said he had come up with a plan that would prevent conflicts between his new administration and his private business, which he said he would continue to own while in office. It hasn't exactly worked. usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…
President Trump's businesses are at the center of at least two Justice Department investigations. And they've sprouted a bunch of new entanglements with his administration. 
For example, dozens of lobbyists and others who make money influencing the government are paying members of Trump's private clubs, a status that enriches him personally and puts them in close proximity to the president. Some got favorable treatment. usatoday.com/story/news/201…
Trump has appointed at least eight members of his private clubs to senior roles in his administration. He's the first modern president to award government jobs to the customers of his private business. usatoday.com/story/news/inv…
Before he took office, Trump made 19 promises he said would prevent such entanglements. Two years later - amidst remarkable public scrutiny of his businesses - we still can't tell whether he kept most of them because basic information remains secret.
And government ethics experts said many of the promises the president did keep are meaningless because they didn't insulate the president from potential conflicts. Here's @waltshaub:
Here's the story, with a promise-by-promise accounting, based on a lot of good reporting on Trump's businesses over the past two years: usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…
