Trump to leave business totally for presidency; announces 2 more appointments

Washington

PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will be leaving his far-flung business "in total" to focus on running the country and will outline the plan in a Dec 15 news conference with his family.

Under pressure to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest, Mr Trump announced his plans in a series of tweets but did not explain exactly what he would be doing with his assets. "I will be holding a major news conference in New York City with my children on Dec 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving my great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Mr Trump said.