I have not yet included here the final, huge source of concern in having Kushner and Ivanka represent the U.S. in China: that they and their families have their own huge business interests, including in China, and that at least some people in Beijing may try to co-opt or reward them by helping those private interests.​ By way of historical perspective, it was considered a serious potential conflict-of-interest in the 1980s when Prescott Bush, President George H.W. Bush’s brother, started to do business in China. But Prescott Bush was operating on his own, not on behalf of the White House or the American people, and his business interests were extremely small in comparison with those of the Trumps and the Kushners.