Trump’s golf club in Doral, Florida, is reportedly among the finalists to host the G-7 international summit.
Axios reported on Monday that Trump National Doral is in the running after the Trump administration “completed site surveys of possible locations, and is down to its final few choices.”
If the decision is made to host the meeting at his club, Trump stands to generate income for himself.
View the complete July 22 article by Oliver Willis on the National Memo website here.
A new inspector general report found “serious shortcomings” in the GSA’s decision to overlook concerns that Trump’s ownership of a D.C. hotel violated the Constitution.
The GSA “ignored” the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause when it allowed Trump to keep his D.C. hotel.
Washington Post: “The General Services Administration ‘ignored’ concerns that President Trump’s lease on a government-owned building — the one that houses his Trump International Hotel in Washington — might violate the Constitution when it allowed Trump to keep the lease after he took office, according to a new report from the agency’s inspector general.”
The GSA IG report said that the GSA’s decision-making process related to Trump’s hotel “included serious shortcomings.”
IG Report: “GSA’s decision-making process related to tenant’s possible breach of the lease included serious shortcomings. GSA had an obligation to uphold and enforce the Constitution. However, GSA opted not to seek any guidance from OLC and did not address the constitutional issues related to the management of the lease.” Continue reading “IG Report: GSA Ignored Concerns Trump’s Hotel Violates Constitution”
The attorneys general for Maryland and the District of Columbia issued subpoenas for financial records and other documents from as many as 13 of President Trump’s private entities Tuesday as part of an ongoing lawsuit alleging that his business violates the Constitution’s ban on gifts or payments from foreign governments.
The subpoenas seek details on some of the most closely held secrets of Trump’s presidency: Which foreign governments have paid the Trump Organization money? How much? And for what?
All of the documents — among them marketing materials targeted to foreign embassies, credit card receipts and restaurant reservation logs — relate to Trump’s D.C. hotel, which is at the center of the case because of events foreign governments have held there and the federal lease that allows the business to operate.
Some types of sharks have to swim continuously to keep oxygen coming in; to be still is to perish. Donald Trump is similar, except his unceasing drive is trying to make money. He could no more stop merely because he’s running for president or serving as president than he could take a sabbatical from breathing.
The charges unveiled Thursday against his former fixer, Michael Cohen, suggest just how irrepressible his avarice is. Trump had sought real estate and other deals in Russia for three decades, and he had long wanted to put up a signature building in Moscow. “TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next,” he tweeted after a 2013 visit there.
He bragged about the Russian big shots he knew. He said President Vladimir Putin might become his “new best friend.” Donald Jr. made several business trips to Russia. Son Eric was quoted as saying the Trump Organization had no funding problems: “We have pretty much all the money we need from investors in Russia.”
View the complete December 2 article by Steve Chapman on the Creators.com website here.
