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Jacob Boehme

(789 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:04 PM Jan 2017

Donald Trumps Company Is Receiving Direct Payments From Foreign Agents Right Now

Source: Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-foreign-payments_us_5886a317e4b070d8cad5137e?supz5zb09o1bxogvi&

It’s not a possible conflict of interest. It’s an actual conflict of interest.

President Donald Trump’s business receives direct payments from a registered foreign agent funded by the government of Abu Dhabi.

The U.S. headquarters for the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority is located on the 22nd floor of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue — just four floors below the president’s penthouse apartment. The authority, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, promotes tourism to Abu Dhabi, which is part of the United Arab Emirates. It has been registered as a foreign agent with the U.S. Department of Justice since 2012.

“Normally, the fact that a foreign agent — a registered foreign agent — was paying money to the President of the United States would create blaring headlines around the world, but so vast and scandalous are the President’s conflicts of interest that it hardly raises an eyebrow,” said Norm Eisen, the former top ethics adviser to President Barack Obama.

Trump has not sold his business interests, instead turning over management control to his sons, a move that ensures he will benefit any time any of his companies benefit.
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Donald Trumps Company Is Receiving Direct Payments From Foreign Agents Right Now (Original Post) Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 OP
If this was Hillary Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #1
+1000 JustAnotherGen Jan 2017 #2
Even worse.. Else You Are Mad Jan 2017 #4
TRUMP, "your Fired!" putitinD Jan 2017 #3

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. If this was Hillary
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:06 PM
Jan 2017

she would have to be moved out of the country by the SS as her life would be in such great danger.

But as it is Trump, half the country doesnt even notice.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
4. Even worse..
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:12 PM
Jan 2017

The right wing thinks that what Trump is doing is a good business move and that there is no reason for him to stop it.

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