Australian Politics Forum | |
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl
General Discussion >> America >> Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1668513297 Message started by AusGeoff on Nov 15th, 2022 at 9:54pm |
Title: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by AusGeoff on Nov 15th, 2022 at 9:54pm
The plot thickens, and Trump's defence thins...
Officials from six nations spent more than $750,000 at the failed president's hotel in Washington when they were seeking to influence his administration, renting rooms for more than $10,000 per night, according to documents that his former accounting firm turned over to Congress. The governments of Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and China spent more money than previously known at the Trump International Hotel at crucial times in 2017 and 2018 for those countries’ relations with the United States, according to the documents. The documents build on the public record of how Trump’s hotel brought in millions during his presidency from foreign governments. The Committee has previously estimated that the hotel received more than $3.75 million from foreign governments from 2017 to 2020, raising concerns about possible violations of the US Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause. Quote:
They provide a revealing window into how foreign governments spent heavily at the hotel during key months when they were trying to influence Trump’s administration. The documents also show that Republican lobbyists working on behalf of these countries—some operating without registering as foreign agents, as required by law—spent tens of thousands more at the Trump hotel during the same periods. The documents "sharply call into question the extent to which Trump was guided by his personal financial interest while in office rather than the best interests of the American people". —Excerpted from the NYT, 14 November 2022. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Frank on Nov 16th, 2022 at 7:52am
Io
AusGeoff wrote on Nov 15th, 2022 at 9:54pm:
Well...... hotels. You know, rented rooms. Do you think Trump was managing the bookings personally from the WH?? Or that he should have instructed his hotels not to rent rooms to foreigners, Republicans- only to his political enemies who would never rent them? How much did foreigners- Chinese, Russians, Ukrainians - give to Hunter Biden and Biden's brother while Big Joey was VP? What was the "10% to the big guy"? Room service in Trump hotels? |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Steampipe on Nov 17th, 2022 at 11:21am
Meanwhile .................all the way back in Jan 2017
Speaking at Mr Trump's first news conference since he was elected in November, Ms Dillon explained that all of the Trump Organization's businesses would be transferred to a trust controlled by his sons and the chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, before Mr Trump takes power on 20 January. "Together, Don, Eric, and Allen will have the authority to manage the Trump Organization and will make decisions for the duration of the presidency without any involvement whatsoever by President-elect Trump," said Ms Dillon, whose firm Morgan, Lewis and Bockius has been instructed by Mr Trump to draw up a structure to keep his business interests separate. Ms Dillon added that an ethics adviser would be appointed to the management board of the trust to oversee any potential conflicts of interest |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Mattyfisk on Nov 17th, 2022 at 12:39pm Frank wrote on Nov 16th, 2022 at 7:52am:
Oh, I can answer that, dear boy. Nothing. No government has been found to have paid Joe Biden money whilst VP, indirectly or otherwise. In Mr Trump's case, those suites were booked as the price of doing business with the Trump administration, as every Washington schoolboy knows. Mr Trump owned the Trump Washington and directly profited - while he was Prez. Your silly Hunter hissy is no more than a huffy old ruse. Hunter Biden was a member of a registered lobby group, all declared. Foreign governments who wanted access to the White House stayed at the Trump. They enjoyed breakfast with Jared and Ivanka. They paid up, did their business and went home, nothing on the books at all. Completely dodgy as you well know, but then, you've always been a fan of a certain type of criminal haven't you, dear boy? His name begins with a T. You? |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Frank on Nov 17th, 2022 at 1:13pm Mattyfisk wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 12:39pm:
:D :D :D https://www.bbc.com/news/world-54553132 |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by The Grappler on Nov 17th, 2022 at 1:26pm
a. Trump was not a 'failed President' - he was a one term President and is now seeking another gig...
b. Business is business... a business entity is not the same as the ultimate owner.... and if that owner is not directly involved there is no conflict. Another Yank politics torm in a steacup.... just trying to get a wedge in... |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by greggerypeccary on Nov 17th, 2022 at 2:26pm Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 1:26pm:
Of course not. He only failed to win the popular vote twice, failed to stay in the White House after one term, failed to hold on to the senate, failed to hold on to the house, failed to prevent impeachment twice, and failed to carry out any of his key election promises. Why, that's the definition of success right there. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by aquascoot on Nov 17th, 2022 at 3:14pm
gweggy is jealous
trump has a gold toilet. joe has an incontience diaper. i hope they have plastic sheets on the beds in the white house and can get rid of the old man smell before ron and his young family move in |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Mattyfisk on Nov 17th, 2022 at 5:39pm Frank wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 1:13pm:
That's an article about allegations by the New York Post, old boy, Rupert's half-hearted attempt to get your Dear Leader erected last time round. Better luck next erection, dear boy. Sleepy Joe's right. It is indeed a smear campaign, one level up from Pizzagate. Your Dear Leader had his hand in the till as El President. No one's even denying it - least of all: you. :D :D :D indeed, no? |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by greggerypeccary on Nov 17th, 2022 at 5:45pm aquascoot wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 3:14pm:
Still given up on alleged child rapist 45 ;D |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Mattyfisk on Nov 17th, 2022 at 5:59pm aquascoot wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 3:14pm:
And yet, Sleepy Joe Biden beat your Dear Leader from a basement, dressed in his carpet slippers. Alas, no gold toilet required. He's right at home in the White House. Mr Trump is back sitting on his toilet, Aquascoot. I'm not so sure he notices what it's made of anymore. I believe the novelty wore off in 1986, after he beat Alan Bond in the gold toilet stakes. They both ended up bankrupt, but I'm curious. What kind of man knocks the big fella off the stage after one term in office to become the most powerful man in the world from a basement with a simple porcelain toilet? No elite country clubs, no hot-babe filly, no porn-star prostitutes. A modest sedan, driving down the freeway with his Dr wife by his side, nagging. What kind of man? Why, not so much a man as a God, dear. A man we need to study - preferably for a minimum of five years. Imagine, he beat the guy with the gold toilet and the reality TV show and all those paid-up political connections into the dustbin of history with an ice cream in his hand and without so much as a how do you do. Forget the Don, dear, Sleepy Joe's the guy you need to study. Success breeds success, no? |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Dnarever on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:04pm Frank wrote on Nov 16th, 2022 at 7:52am:
|
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Dnarever on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:10pm Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 1:26pm:
Quote:
Investigated, twice impeached, thrown out of office after 1 term, half his election team went to prison and followed a direction on covid that resulted in the death of over a Million US citizens. No he was the greatest failure of all failed Presidents by a country mile. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Mattyfisk on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:21pm greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 5:45pm:
Look, the Superior Man merely changes horses when their shoes start to slip and they start growing grey. Oh, he makes all the right noises about clover and sunny pastures, but he ultimately sends them off to the knacker's and pockets $20 for the glue supply. Aquascoot's no different. He's been studying the Superior Man for at least a decade. Read your Paretto: one plays by the rules of the game itself. Once they stop winning it's game over. It's best not to be sentimental about these things, Greggery, it's how nature intended it. Like the barren wife and the prostitute who loses her looks, today's prize-winning stallion is tomorrow's dog food. Read your Karl Marx. Aquascoot's become quite a fan of late. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Frank on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:45pm Mattyfisk wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:21pm:
It's about policies, paki bugger: Border security Electoral integrity Inflation Industry Energy independence Toxic wokery wankery China Crime International leadership Gretaesque climate insanity Etc. The reaction to Trump shows that these are the significant matters. Not personality cult, not Xi, Stalin, Mao, Whitlam etc. Proggy shites like you, gwggy, Pelosi, Schumer et al yapping and seething just demonstrates that these are the garlic rosaries to you, vampires. Whether Don or Ron drives the stake through your black hearts is secondary. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by greggerypeccary on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:52pm Frank wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:45pm:
Not sure if you watched failed-45's teleprompter speech yesterday old boy, but when he did occasionally mention policy matters the only one that received loud applause from the coked-up audience was the one about stopping men from competing in women's sports. They had very little interest in the other areas you mentioned. Seems to be they're focusing on the really, really important issues ;D Oh, and by the way: |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Mattyfisk on Nov 17th, 2022 at 7:20pm Frank wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:45pm:
Policies, is it? Can you name one Trump policy that won't make us chuckle? Just one, old boy. Details, please. Cheers. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by greggerypeccary on Nov 17th, 2022 at 7:27pm Mattyfisk wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 7:20pm:
|
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Dnarever on Nov 17th, 2022 at 9:25pm Quote:
Wonder if Trump stole all those documents just to attract customers to his venue. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Dnarever on Nov 17th, 2022 at 9:36pm Frank wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 6:45pm:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote: Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
|
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by AusGeoff on Nov 18th, 2022 at 12:48pm Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Nov 17th, 2022 at 1:26pm:
I consider him a failure as a president as he was beaten twice in a row as a candidate: first time by 3 million votes, and the second time by 8 million votes. So from day one, Captain Bonespurs was a lame duck. It was only due to the antiquated Electoral College that he became president. In any other democracy this wouldn't have happened. Effectively, he won by default, as more people obviously voted for Clinton—meaning she was actually the real choice of we the people. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by greggerypeccary on Nov 18th, 2022 at 1:16pm AusGeoff wrote on Nov 18th, 2022 at 12:48pm:
Forty Five Failed He only failed to win the popular vote twice, failed to stay in the White House after one term, failed to hold on to the senate, failed to hold on to the house, failed to prevent impeachment twice, and failed to carry out any of his key election promises. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by AusGeoff on Nov 18th, 2022 at 11:25pm greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 18th, 2022 at 1:16pm:
And he failed because he's not a politician. He's a real estate salesman and a silly TV games show host, created as a vehicle to massage his own inflated ego. Trump famously "graduated" from Pennsylvania's Wharton School—a fact he reminds audiences of over and over again. (Per its student newspaper, the Daily Pennsylvanian, he publicly name-dropped Wharton 52 times between June 2015 and January 2018.) But despite all his humblebragging about that Wharton degree, Trump has never allowed his academic performance there to be made public. Why not? There's a damning report HERE that exposes the enigma of Captain Bonespurs during his time at Penn. |
Title: Re: Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel Post by Frank on Nov 19th, 2022 at 9:16am AusGeoff wrote on Nov 18th, 2022 at 11:25pm:
Gossip. |
Australian Politics Forum » Powered by YaBB 2.5.2! YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2024. All Rights Reserved. |