President-elect Donald Trump has said he will have no role in his businesses after he is sworn in. But business dealings since the election have raised possible conflicts-of-interest concerns after he takes office.

"I would put it in a blind trust," Trump said Jan. 15. "I don't know if it’s a blind trust if Ivanka and Don and Eric run it, but, is that a blind trust? I don’t know," he said, referring to his adult children, who are heavily involved in the family businesses.

In a true blind trust, Trump would hand over control of his business to an independent party to avoid conflicts of interest. But his plan to let his children run the Trump empire is sounding alarms.

"Giving away the reins to your kids, letting them manage the businesses is the opposite of a blind trust," said Norman Eisen, former special counsel to President Barack Obama.

Trump's daughter, Ivanka, was in a meeting the president-elect had last week Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

All of the Trump children and Ivanka's husband, Jared Kushner, are on the transition team's executive committee, meaning they are shaping the Trump administration while also running his company.

Adding to the controversy was a picture of the president-elect meeting with Indian businessmen working on a Trump Tower in Mumbai.

The Trump Organization has businesses in places like Turkey, the Philippines and Dubai — 150 companies in at least 25 countries outside the U.S.

So this poses a question: Can Trump make determinations without thinking how they could affect his international business?    

"How is everybody going to know? How are you yourself going to know that your decision wasn't influenced by that business connection?" Eisen said.

Eisen raises the possibility of potential violations of the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution, which forbids presidents from receiving gifts from foreign states. 

"If you have a bank that is owned by a foreign government and the bank offers the president-elect or one of his businesses in which he has a current interest a below-market loan," Eisen said, "that's prohibited by the Constitution.” 

But the Trump team says the concerns are unwarranted.

"All of these rules are going to be followed. There is going to be no violation of these rules," said Reince Priebus, the president-elect's chief of staff.

But so far, the decision stands. The Trump kids will run the business. And legal analysts say this will bring more concerns about a blurry line between the highest office in America and one of America’s most well-known brands.