Investors ‘balked’ at Trump’s plan to personally make $2 million per room leasing government building: WSJ

AlterNet logoOne of President Donald Trump’s schemes to make money in office does not appear to be going as planned, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.

In October, the Trump Organization was harshly criticized after it announced it would be selling its rights to Trump International Hotel D.C.

The Trump family does not actually own the building, which was formerly the historic Old Post Office building but has a long-term lease with the federal government. Continue reading.