In the article, “The Self-Dealing Presidency of Donald Trump”, written and edited by James Bennet, who is the editorial page editor at the New York Times states that President Trump is exploiting the presidency for his own personal profit, also known as the emolument clause. He provides examples of Trump violating the emolument clause by stating, “Presidents have been generally transparent about their financial holdings, placing assets in blind trusts and releasing their tax returns. Mr. Trump — whose global empire of hotels, real estate, golf courses and other businesses is awash in foreign money — has refused to take those steps.” He also notes that Trump refuses to release any information about his financial standings. Bennet also uses sources such as Brett Shumate, a deputy assistant attorney general, to further push his credibility by stating, “Americans shouldn’t have to worry that their leader’s primary allegiance is to his own financial fortunes.” Bennet also believes that the president should release his business entanglements, debt, and interests so that the general public doesn’t have to worry about if the president has the countries best interests at heart. Bennet’s target audience would be the average American, because this topic not only affects the government, but it also affects the general public’s view of the president. My opinion on the subject would be that it shouldn’t matter if the president releases his financial standings or not because Trump was a business man before he became president, and just because he is the president shouldn’t mean that he needs to release delicate information about his personal businesses. He owns numerous businesses and buildings that contain sensitive information that even I wouldn’t want to be exploited to the general public if I was in Trump’s shoes. Now if this matter directly affects the U.S. government and not just people getting their feelings hurt over the president making a little bit of side money the yes, I do believe that Trump is in violation on the emolument clause.