Discussion: Trump Org Reports Jump In Foreign Gov Profits In Bid To Avoid Emoluments Issues

cablemonkey · February 25, 2019, 5:32pm

In fact, we go to great lengths to discourage foreign government patronage at our properties.

fiftygigs · February 25, 2019, 5:35pm

Common conmen.

If they know the money they need to donate to Treasury, why did they take it in the first place? How much did they take in, but gosh darnit didn’t catch the foreigners, so better that Donald just keep it?

The Trump Crime Family is playing every American as a fool.

ralph_vonholst · February 25, 2019, 5:37pm

No account nogoodniks

ETA. They’d be better off keeping mum. This just brings attention to the matter and raises more questions.

emiliano4 · February 25, 2019, 5:39pm

“The Mueller Report is not Yet Finished” has a whole new meaning this week, doesn’t it?

loss_mentality · February 25, 2019, 5:40pm

The Trump Org donated $191,538 of declared 2018 foreign government profits

That’s a paltry sum. I notice that this says it’s profits from foreign governments, not profits from foreigners tied to foreign governments (i.e. oligarchs).

ralph_vonholst · February 25, 2019, 5:41pm

The other issue is that AP basically just threw this out there uncritically, just going with the Trump Org’s information.

emiliano4 · February 25, 2019, 5:42pm

Oh… I forgot…

Heeeeeerrrrrres MIKEY!!!

emiliano4 · February 25, 2019, 5:43pm

What AP has not fathomed yet is that other people read different things.

nycabj · February 25, 2019, 5:44pm

Two full floors of a Trump building are rented to foreign governments. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. No way this amount covers the hotels, the businesses, Mara Lagoof, and any other ways these corrupt idiots make a profit from foreign governments.
On the other hand, arguably this gives a wide opening for getting a full accounting at all the properties to ensure the sum properly reflects what it purports to be.

skippyflipjack · February 25, 2019, 5:47pm

In fact, we go to great lengths to discourage foreign government patronage at our properties.

GOD he’s such a dishonest sh!tbag. Not only is this surely false, but how would it even work? They ask everyone checking in who has an accent if they work for a foreign government? And if the answer is “yes” they suggest the W Hotel down the block?

It makes me so mad that the entire Trump clan doesn’t even care enough to come up with plausible lies.

sparrowhawk · February 25, 2019, 5:50pm

Maybe it was a typo on Josh’s part and he meant “at large”? Perhaps we’ll be hearing about an indictment imminently.

rocklaverve · February 25, 2019, 5:50pm

The President’s third child added in the statement that, “unlike any other luxury hospitality company, we do not market to or solicit foreign government business. In fact, we go to great lengths to discourage foreign government patronage at our properties.”

Like daddy, a compulsive liar. Making things up for no good reason.

chelsea530 · February 25, 2019, 5:52pm

Saudi Arabia at The Trump hotel in DC?

ralph_vonholst · February 25, 2019, 5:53pm

IIRC, Al Capone gave money to the Church and operated a soup kitchen during the depression.

demosthenes59 · February 25, 2019, 5:54pm

I wonder what is the real number?

ralph_vonholst · February 25, 2019, 5:56pm

And soon, we’re talking about real money.

brutus1910 · February 25, 2019, 5:57pm

This is akin to a bank robber donating their “profits” to UNICEF and not expecting a visit from the FBI.

thebigragu · February 25, 2019, 6:10pm

Chump change. The Trump Family Organization’s got it’s eyes on the big “cash camel” building nuclear power plants in the Middle East.

alyoshakaramazov1 · February 25, 2019, 6:17pm

Excellent!

Thank you.

Now, I’m sure you won’t mind if we get an audit of all that. You know, a forensic one?

Thanks again!

rascal_crone · February 25, 2019, 6:18pm

“we do not market to or solicit foreign government business.”

you learn from your daddy’s success with outrageous falsehoods doncha kid