Meets with Indian business partners at Trump Tower, blurring presidency and profit

Just days after the election, Trump met with three Indian real estate executives (Atul Chordia, Sagar Chordia, and Kalpesh Mehta) building Trump-branded luxury towers in Pune and Mumbai. The meeting at Trump Tower raised immediate conflict-of-interest alarms, as ethics experts warned he was using his new status to advance private deals in foreign nations while the transition was barely underway.

"It was not a formal meeting of any kind." — Trump Organization statement (denial context)