"We wouldn't be involved in government," Donald Trump Jr. says. | Getty Trump Jr. grilled on 'blind trust' arrangement

Donald Trump Jr. insisted Friday that his father would place his business holdings in a blind trust managed by his adult children, who are executives at his company, defending the proposed arrangement against pushback that it would not truly be a "blind trust."

"We're not going to be involved in government. We wouldn't be involved in government," Trump Jr. told ABC's George Stephanopoulos during an interview on "Good Morning America."


Remarking that his father would not be making any decisions "as it relates to the company," Trump Jr. called it "standard operating procedure for any president who has had businesses, whether it was George Bush, whether it's — he's not going to have anything to do with it."

Stephanopoulos then noted that both Bushes who served as president, along with Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, all put their assets in a blind trust during the campaign, adding, "your father hasn't done that."

"He will certainly do it if he becomes president," Trump Jr. said, to which Stephanopoulos responded, "A blind trust, it's not a blind trust if it's being run by his children."

Once again, Trump Jr. disputed the characterization.

"It is because he'll have nothing to do with it, George. He’s said that. He wants nothing to do with it. He wants to fix this country. He wants get the country on the right track again," Trump Jr. remarked, agreeing with the notion that Stephanopoulos proposed a "wall between you and your siblings and your father."

Stephanopoulos pressed, "He's still going to know what the businesses are, where they are."

"We're not going to discuss those things. We're just not—it doesn't matter. Trust me. As you know, it's a very full-time job. He doesn't need to worry about the business," Trump Jr. said. "The business is in good hands. He trusts us with that, 100 percent."