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The Trump International Hotel has become the go to place for lobbyists, foreign governments and other conservatives or entities seeking to curry favor with Trump.
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It’s the same old cesspool,” said Richard W. Painter, one of the lawyers in the group and an ethics counsel in the George W. Bush White House. “It’s just that now the president is getting a cut of the revenue.”
I remember reading that Trump had severely overpaid for the lease rights to that building. What would have been another failed Trump venture has turned into a money making machine.
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Mr. Painter and other ethics experts say that is the gist of the problem — the hotel’s political appeal has turned it into one giant lily pad where tourists, lobbyists and foreign leaders can schmooze and win favor with Trump loyalists.
According to federal documents reviewed by The Washington Post, hotel guests spent an average of $652.98 a night, one of the highest rates in Washington, and contributed to the roughly $2 million in profit the Trump Organization made from the hotel during the first four months of this year.
The biggest joke of the Trump campaign was all his bluster about "the Swamp". Trump was never against the Swamp he just wanted a bigger piece of it for his private gain.
The Trump International Hotel has become the go to place for lobbyists, foreign governments and other conservatives or entities seeking to curry favor with Trump.
Now why would they do that? Haven't you leftists been telling us no one in foreign governments take him seriously? Which is it?
Foreign governments know give Trump some bucks and he is an easy mark. It is called the new conservatism.
What an odd position to take on a Friday afternoon...
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