President-Elect Donald Trump said that he would not divest himself of business relationships with corporations and foreign countries when he becomes president in January.
"The president can't have a conflict of interest," Trump repeated during a press conference Tuesday at his office at Trump Tower in New York City.
Trump said that his business relationships were not just good for the Trump Organization, they were good for the U.S. economy.
"What's good for Donald Trump is good for America," he said.
Trump said the key to reviving the U.S. economy would come from Americans spending more money at Trump hotels, casinos, and golf courses; buying household products such as Trump toilet plungers and sump pumps; sports equipment such as Trump shuttlecocks and athletic supporters; and food and beverages such as Trump steaks, wines, and Spam and fried noodles, which he plugged at the press conference.
"People love my Spam and friend noodles," he said. "I've tasted Spam and noodles throughout the world and I got to tell you, there's nothing like Trump Spam and fried noodles."
During his first 100 days in office, Trump said he would sign an executive order that would provide incentives -- such as Groupons -- so more and more Americans can patronize Trump destinations and buy Trump products.
"As the Trump Organization goes," Trump said, "So goes America."
Trump said he owed his success as a businessman to branding. He said he could not understand why something so pervasive in the private sector had not been tried in the public sector.
"How stupid are Americans?" he asked.
Trump, who did not wait for a response, said he would use his relationships in business and industry to add "bijillions of dollars," as he put it, into the federal treasury by offering naming rights to federal buildings, monuments, and national parks.
Trump said he has agreed in principle with the German bank Deutsche Bank, which has an extensive relationship with the Trump Organization, for naming rights to the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, DC.
Trump also said that he is in negotiations with his chief strategist Stephen Bannon, the former chief executive officer of the Breitbart News Network, so Breitbart could buy naming rights to the U.S. Department of Justice building.
Trump said that the right-wing news site has agreed on a multi-year contract if the U.S. Department of Justice is renamed the U.S. Department of White Supremacy.
In addition, the president-elect said that Russian president Vladimir Putin has expressed interest in the naming rights to the Central Intelligence Agency building in Washington D.C.
"Everything is negotiable," Trump said.