The Washington Post investigative journalist David Fahrenthold, in collaboration with noted sportswriter Tim Bontemps, reported on Thursday that Trump hotels lost much of their professional-sports clientele during the lead-up to, and during, Donald Trump’s presidency.
But they started leaving, and they're unlikely to return, since Trump has made athletes a target. 7/ pic.twitter.com/Fzf7593ZTv
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 12, 2017
During Trump’s candidacy, inauguration and presidency, politicians, scholars, journalists and voters expressed concerns about the potential for conflicts of interest between his running of the executive branch of the government and his business, from which he refused to divest interests and assets upon taking the oath of office.