The following article by Melanie Schmitz was posted on the ThinkProgress website January 22, 2018:
A year into his presidency, no payments have been made.
An Associated Press report on Monday showed that despite President Trump’s pledge to donate all profits his hotels received from foreign governments, his business has not yet made a single payment to the U.S. Treasury.
In 2017, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. hosted several events entertaining groups from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Kuwait, as well as another promoting business between the United States and Turkey. The initial deadline to make a donation of those profits was set for the end of last year, but the deadline came and went with no payout. Continue reading “A year into his presidency, Trump is breaking one of his big ethics pledges”