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President Donald Trump (photo cc info<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n The setup has long been slammed as insufficient<\/a>, far short of the full divestment that many ethics experts say is needed to avoid conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n A small phrase buried deep in a set of recently released letters between the Trump Organization and the government shows just how little separation there actually is.<\/p>\n Trump can draw money from his more than 400 businesses, at any time, without disclosing it.<\/p>\n The previously unreported changes to a trust document, signed on Feb. 10<\/a>, stipulates that it “shall distribute net income or principal to Donald J. Trump at his request” or whenever his son and longtime attorney “deem appropriate.” That can include everything from profits to the underlying assets, such as the businesses themselves.<\/p>\n “It’s incredibly broad language,” said Frederick J. Tansill, a family estate and trust attorney outside Washington, D.C., who reviewed the documents for ProPublica.<\/p>\n There is nothing requiring Trump to disclose when he takes profits from the trust, which could go directly into his bank or brokerage account. That’s because both the trust and Trump Organization are privately held. The only people who know the details of the Trump trust’s finances are its trustees, Trump’s son, Donald Jr., and Allen Weisselberg<\/a>, the company’s chief financial officer. Trump’s other son, Eric, has been listed as an adviser to the trust, according to this revised document.<\/p>\n The Trump Organization did not answer detailed questions about the trust. In a statement to ProPublica about the companies’ corporate structures, a Trump Organization spokeswoman, Amanda Miller, said, “President Trump believed it was important to create multiple layers of approval for major actions and key business decision.” (Sic. Read the full statement<\/a>.)<\/p>\n