ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/UKRAINE: “The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump’s foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter, as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign money to Mr. Trump and his associates in the […]
Category: A- Trump Business
3/28/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge is allowing the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia to partially proceed in a lawsuit accusing President Donald J. Trump of accepting unconstitutional gifts from foreign interests. U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte ruled Wednesday [3-28-18] that the two jurisdictions have legal standing to proceed […]
3/28/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge said Wednesday [3-28-18] that a lawsuit alleging foreign gifts made to President Donald Trump may be illegal can proceed. But the ruling from Judge Peter Messitte of the US District Court of Maryland says the Maryland and District of Columbia attorneys general who brought the case will have […]
3/16/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY: “Felix Sater, the Russian-born onetime business associate of Donald Trump’s who worked to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, says the then-business magnate asked him to ‘look after’ his kids when they were pursuing business deals in Russia. Sater told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on ‘New Day’ Friday [3-9-18] that Trump had personally […]
3/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/UAE: “The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization in recent weeks to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. The order is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding records directly related to President Trump’s businesses, […]
3/15/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Documents marked ‘HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PROCEEDING’ for the first time tie President Donald Trump’s flagship holding company to the continuing effort to silence a former adult-film actress who says she had an affair with Mr. Trump. At issue is a high-profile battle between Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and Ms. Clifford, also known as […]
3/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents related to his investigation into whether Donald Trump’s associates colluded with Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Trump Organization has been voluntarily producing documents to the special counsel […]
3/14/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS/WOMEN: “Documents marked ‘HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PROCEEDING’ for the first time tie President Donald Trump’s flagship holding company to the continuing effort to silence a former adult-film actress who says she had an affair with Mr. Trump… At issue is a high-profile battle between Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and Ms. Clifford, also known as Stormy […]
3/9/2018
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner’s family company recently began construction on an oceanfront development in this Jersey Shore city, a project that has the strong backing of local officials, who agreed to support it with $20 million in bonds. But unknown to Long Branch officials, the Kushners have been in talks to team up […]
3/9/2018
ETHICS/TREASURY/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump Organization said Friday [3-9-18] it donated about $150,000 to the U.S. Treasury last month, an amount the company said represented its 2017 profits from foreign governments. George Sorial, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said in a statement the donation was ‘voluntary’ and ‘fulfills our pledge to donate profits from […]
3/5/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A workman wielding a crowbar pried off the silver T-R-U-M-P name from the Trump International Hotel and Tower here in Panama City on Monday [3-5-18] as the majority owner of the hotel declared victory in his fight to oust the American president’s family business as managers of the property. The president’s company, the […]
3/5/2018
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump Organization could be in hot legal water after ordering markers for its golf courses that feature the presidential seal, ProPublica reported Monday [3-5-18]. President Donald Trump’s namesake company ordered the new tee markers, complete with the presidential seal, in recent weeks. Federal law forbids the seal be used for […]
3/5/2018
BUSINESS/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump’s international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The FBI has been looking into the negotiations and financing surrounding Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, according to a US official and a former US official. The scrutiny could be […]
3/1/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee have asked the Trump Organization if it was aware of allegations that real estate agents and investors involved in the Trump Ocean Club in Panama had ties to money laundering and drug trafficking. Democratic Representatives Norma Torres and Eliot Engel […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “After days of controversy over Donald Trump Jr.’s apparent mixing of his family’s private real-estate interests and American foreign policy during a trip to India this week, Mr. Trump dropped his plans to make a speech about international affairs on Friday [2-23-18]. Instead, he went in the opposite direction, sitting […]
2/21/2018
TAXES/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The State of Mississippi on Wednesday [2-21-18] awarded a tax break worth up to $6 million for a hotel project involving the Trump family business, a public subsidy that could indirectly benefit President Trump. The board of the Mississippi Development Authority approved the so-called tourism tax rebate, which had been requested by the […]
2/21/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/INDIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. praised the ‘spirit’ of the ‘poorest of the poor’ in India during a business trip there to sell luxury condos… The President’s eldest son arrived in India Tuesday. During his trip, he will dine with buyers of the Trump-branded apartments in at least two cities, and his […]
2/14/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, said he paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to an adult-movie actress who alleged a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump. The Wall Street Journal reported in January that Mr. Cohen made the payment in October 2016 through a limited-liability company in exchange for […]
2/6/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal court approved a $25 million settlement on Tuesday [2-6-18] with students who said they were duped by Donald Trump and his now-defunct Trump University, which promised to teach them the ‘secrets of success’ in the real estate industry. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco finalized the settlement after […]
2/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The same week President Donald Trump was sworn into office, he applied for a trademark on ‘Keep America Great’ for use on buttons, banners, clothing, advertising and more, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and filed the paperwork to launch a re-election campaign earlier than any other president in […]
1/25/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump managed to defeat the first lawsuit challenging his receipt of business profits while in office, but knocking out the second case over his alleged violations of the Constitution’s emoluments clauses may not be so easy. As a daylong hearing on that second suit kicked off in a Maryland courtroom Thursday […]
1/18/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump’s lawyer used a private Delaware company to pay a former adult-film star $130,000 in return for her agreeing to not publicly discuss an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, according to corporate records and people familiar with the matter. The lawyer, Michael Cohen, established Essential Consultants LLC, on Oct. 17, […]
1/16/2018
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A new report documents 64 politicians, interest groups, corporations and entities affiliated with foreign governments that used Trump-branded properties in the past year. The report released Tuesday [1-16-18] by Public Citizen, a liberal-funded watchdog group based in Washington, comes about a year after President Donald Trump stepped away from day-to-day management […]
12/21/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS: “An Irish county council on Thursday [12-21-17] gave a golf resort owned by President Trump approval to build two sea walls, a reduced version of an earlier plan but one that still generated opposition from environmentalists. Trump International Golf Links, which owns the resort at Doonbeg, County Clare, intends to build a line […]
12/21/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge in Manhattan threw out a lawsuit that alleged President Donald Trump violates the U.S. Constitution when his businesses receive payments from foreign and state governments. A government watchdog group and business competitors of Mr. Trump who brought the lawsuit failed to show that the president’s alleged violations caused […]
12/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Partying with President Donald Trump on New Year’s Eve is getting more expensive. Ticket prices for the annual Dec. 31 bash at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida are going up to $600 for dues-paying members and $750 for their guests, according to members of the private Palm Beach club. Last […]
12/20/2017
BUSINESS/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Wealthy business owners, such as President Donald Trump, stand to gain from a provision in the Republican tax bill that creates a valuable deduction for owners of pass-through businesses, Democrats and some tax experts say. The provision creates a 20-percent business income deduction, with some limits, for sole proprietors and owners […]
12/15/2017
STEVE BANNON/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A small group of conservative leaders had gathered in the Trump International Hotel last week for a friendly discussion about the year that was ending and their priorities for the year to come, when Stephen K. Bannon spoke up. ‘I’m not going to name names,’ he snapped, looking around the room as […]
12/5/2017
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Deutsche Bank AG received a subpoena earlier in the fall from U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s office related to the lender’s business with President Donald Trump, according to a person briefed on the matter. The subpoena requested documents and data about accounts and other dealings tied to client relationships with Mr. Trump […]
11/22/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump is spending this Thanksgiving weekend at Mar-a-Lago. It’s his first trip back since April, when his private club closed for the season. Since his inauguration 10 months ago, the president has visited at least one of his properties on 34 out of his 45 weekends in office (including this […]
11/22/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Bottles from Trump Winery have been on sale at a gift shop in Shenandoah National Park, located about two hours from Washington, D.C. Ethics watchdogs have slammed President Donald Trump for apparent conflicts of interest, particularly opportunities to make money from his public position. But the park and store management say […]
11/22/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS: “The announcement came on his television show, ‘The Apprentice.’ Donald J. Trump would open his second luxury hotel in New York, a ‘work of art’ in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan that would become ‘an awe-inspiring masterpiece.’ That was 11 years ago. The 46-story skyscraper, it turned out, was actually an albatross for […]
11/22/2017
DOW/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Will be having meetings and working the phones from the Winter White House in Florida (Mar-a-Lago). Stock Market hit new Record High yesterday – $5.5 trillion gain since E. Many companies coming back to the U.S. Military building up and getting very strong.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 22, 2017 06:51am […]
11/21/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump returns to his private Palm Beach club Tuesday [11-21-17] for the first time since April, and several of his dues-paying members said they plan on making a beeline there in hopes of catching a glimpse of the president or even chatting him up over the holiday weekend, including […]
11/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump’s charitable foundation increased its fund-raising and giving during his campaign last year, even as it became the subject of criticism that prompted a decision to dissolve it, according to paperwork submitted this month to the I.R.S. The Donald J. Trump Foundation raised $2.9 million in 2016 — almost as […]
11/2/2017
DEMS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Democrats from the House Oversight Committee, stonewalled by the Trump administration and fuming at their Republican colleagues, sued the General Services Administration on Thursday [11-2-17] to try to force the release of documents relating to its lease with the Trump International Hotel here. The suit, which has little legal precedent, is […]
10/18/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Wednesday charged a Brazilian partner in the former Trump Hotel Rio de Janeiro with paying bribes to propel the city’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. The businessman, Arthur César de Menezes Soares Filho, is a fugitive in the United States, according to Brazilian prosecutors. They expressed […]
10/18/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: ” ‘Donald J. Trump, Defendant’ has graced reams of court papers through decades of dealmaking and New York real estate litigiousness. ‘Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States of America’ remains a relatively new phenomenon. But inside a federal courtroom on Wednesday in […]
10/11/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge indicated Wednesday [10-11-17] that she was taken aback by how little information the government turned over in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about President Donald Trump’s visitors at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, but she turned aside a request to rule that the authorities appeared […]
10/10/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS: “Highly respected author, Christopher Bedford, just came out with book, ‘The Art of the Donald, Lessons from America’s….’ Really good book!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 10, 2017 07:13am […]
10/9/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A new organization aiming to step up the legal pressure on President Donald Trump’s business empire is launching this week with the backing of several liberal icons, including the lawyer who scored the first big Supreme Court win for same-sex marriage and a TV producer best known for a hotly-disputed story about President […]
10/5/2017
SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “There are no visitor logs or other system of tracking those who visited President Donald Trump at his winter retreat known as Mar-a-Lago, a Secret Service official confirmed Wednesday [10-4-17]. Responding to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, Special Agent Kim Campbell said that her agency had a smattering of […]
9/15/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump administration on Friday [9-15-17] escalated a battle with government ethics groups by declining, even in the face of a federal court order, to release a comprehensive list of individuals visiting with President Trump at his family’s Mar-a-Lago resort during the two dozen days he spent at the private club […]
8/31/2017
BANKRUPTCY/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Donald Trump brags about how well his businesses have fared in bankruptcy. And in fact, no major U.S. company has filed for Chapter 11 more than Trump’s casino empire in the last 30 years. ‘I have used the laws of this country … the [bankruptcy] chapter laws, to do a great job for […]
8/30/2017
CAMPAIGN/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman confirmed on Wednesday [8-30-17] he had received an email in January last year from an adviser to Donald Trump about a Moscow real estate project, but said he had neither replied nor discussed it with Putin. The Washington Post reported this week that Michael Cohen, one of Trump’s […]
8/20/2017
RACISM/TRUMP BUSINESS: “With its ornate 20,000-square-foot ballroom and manicured lawns, President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., is often the site of elaborate fund-raisers, drawing big charities — and big dollars. But several organizations are having a change of heart since Mr. Trump blamed ‘both sides’ for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., after a […]
8/18/2017
PROTESTS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Four charities have pulled their fundraising events from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in the wake of his response to a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society, and American Friends of Magen David Adom all said they wouldn’t hold their 2018 galas at […]
8/17/2017
ETHICS/NEIL GORSUCH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is slated to headline a September event at the Trump International Hotel. The ‘Defending Freedom Luncheon,’ hosted by the nonprofit Fund for American Studies, is an invitation-only event to celebrate ‘the constitutional framework that has protected our free society and made America exceptional,’ according to the […]
8/11/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump’s hotel in Washington, DC, jacked up its rates after he took office more than it had planned to charge — and the posh facility outperformed his company’s expectations as a result, a new report said Friday [8-11-17]. The Trump International Hotel, in the opulently renovated Old Post Office near […]
8/9/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A lawsuit contending that President Donald Trump’s business dealings with and in foreign countries violate the Constitution is set to get a public airing in October in a New York federal courtroom. U.S. District Court Judge George Daniels issued an order Wednesday [8-9-17] setting oral arguments for Oct. 18 on a […]
8/3/217
SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Secret Service has been forced to relocate its Trump Tower command center to a trailer outside the Midtown skyscraper after a lease agreement between the General Services Administration and the Trump Organization fell apart last month, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said on Thursday [8-3-17]. The Secret Service has […]
7/26/2017
COAST GUARD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “It is not often that the interests of a quiet rural community overtake those of the president. But after opposition from veterans, Olympians and children’s summer camps, the Coast Guard is retreating from plans to increase security on the Potomac River behind the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. The […]
7/26/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Promotional materials for the Trump Tower in Mumbai improperly featured a reference to President Donald Trump, showing how difficult it is to separate the president from a brand whose value is based on his name. A public-relations campaign for the 75-story condominium tower—set to be completed in less than two years […]
7/20/2017
IMMIGRATION/LABOR/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida has asked permission to hire 70 foreign workers this fall, attesting — in the middle of the White House’s ‘Made in America Week’ — that it cannot find qualified Americans to serve as cooks, waiters and housekeepers. Those requests were made to the Department of Labor in […]
7/19/2017
BANKING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump pointed to his relationship with Deutsche Bank to counter reports that big banks were skeptical of doing business with him. After a string of bankruptcies in his casino and hotel businesses in the 1990s, Mr. Trump became somewhat of an outsider on Wall Street, […]
7/17/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The White House kicked off ‘Made in America Week’ on Monday [7-17-17] and it didn’t take long for the administration to come under fire for criticism that products made by President Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump’s eponymous brands are made elsewhere. The first daughter, who serves as a White House adviser, took […]
7/17/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Government watchdog group Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington said Monday [7-17-17] that President Donald Trump’s administration will have to release visitor records for his private Mar-a-Lago club in response to a lawsuit it filed — though it’s far from clear it will get what it’s looking for. CREW, which filed […]
7/12/2017
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Investigators are re-examining conversations detected by U.S. intelligence agencies in spring 2015 that captured Russian government officials discussing associates of Donald Trump, according to current and former U.S. officials, a move prompted by revelations that the president’s eldest son met with a Russian lawyer last year. In some cases, the Russians in the […]
7/11/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS: “Guests at 14 Trump properties, including hotels in Washington, New York and Vancouver, have had their credit card information exposed, marking the third time in as many years that a months-long security breach has affected customers of the chain of luxury hotels. The latest instance occurred between August 2016 and March 2017, according […]
6/28/2017
CHINA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “A worker with blood dripping from his head marked a low point in the tense, grinding life at a southeastern China factory used by Ivanka Trump and other fashion brands. An angry manager had hit him with the sharp end of a high-heeled shoe. Workers from the factory, including one current and […]
6/23/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump announced Friday [6-23-17] the hiring of Timothy Harleth for the role of chief usher, a key position in the executive residence. The search for the new chief usher didn’t stray far from the White House; Harleth was until recently the director of rooms at the Trump International Hotel […]
6/16/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/CUBA/ETHICS/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The proposed changes in US-Cuba relations that President Donald Trump will unveil Friday in Miami could adversely impact hotel brands that directly compete with Trump’s business empire, making it more difficult for them expand their foothold in Cuba. Trump’s changes in Cuba policy include prohibiting ‘financial transactions, including […]
6/12/2017
CHINA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The Ivanka Trump brand is pushing to protect intellectual property in China, winning approvals for four more trademarks since April 20 despite repeated questions from lawmakers about whether she is using her position in the White House to help her company. On Monday, Democratic lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee said the […]
6/11/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Government lawyers said Friday [6-9-17] that the U.S. Constitution permits President Donald Trump’s hotels and other businesses to accept payments from foreign governments, in response to a lawsuit alleging such payments violate the Constitution. Instead of divesting after he was elected president, Mr. Trump put his business assets into a trust […]
6/5/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS: “On the campaign trail, President Trump’s children rolled through dozens of small towns across the country, reveling in the adoration of the crowds. But they were less enamored of the budget-friendly hotels along the way, an assortment of run-of-the-mill offerings that were barely distinguishable from one another. That led to a business idea. […]
5/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “When President Trump sets off on his first international trip as president on Friday [5-18-17], his itinerary will include two Middle Eastern countries, Israel and Saudi Arabia, where he explored business deals before taking office. In Israel, Mr. Trump has long sought a tower project in Tel Aviv. But he […]
5/18/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. , held a meeting earlier this week in Dubai with a billionaire longtime business partner of Trump Organization, who said the two men had discussed ‘new ideas.’ ‘It was great having my dear friend and business partner Donald Trump Jr. over for lunch,’ developer Hussain Sajwani […]
5/18/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Senate Democrats called Thursday [5-18-17] for President Donald Trump’s company to disclose significant more details about how it’s been operating since its owner became president. In a letter to the Trump Organization’s new leadership, including the president’s adult sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, Sen. Patrick Leahy and […]
5/17/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “VEB, a Russian state-run bank under scrutiny by U.S. investigators, financed a deal involving Donald Trump’s onetime partner in a Toronto hotel tower at a key moment for the project, according to people familiar with the transaction. Alexander Shnaider, a Russian-Canadian developer who built the 65-story Trump International Hotel and Tower, put money […]
04/18/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A legal watchdog group is expanding a federal lawsuit filed earlier this year against President Trump, accusing him of violating the Constitution by continuing to own and profit from his far-flung business empire. The amended complaint, to be filed on Tuesday [4-18-17] in a federal court in the Southern District of […]
04/18/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “In the decade leading up to Donald Trump’s election as president, his company added 15 golf courses and 13 hotels. Keeping up such a rate of expansion won’t be easy, according to Eric Trump, the president’s son, who with brother Donald Trump Jr. took over running the Trump Organization after the […]
04/11/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump Organization has settled another lawsuit with a celebrity chef. The company had sued Geoffrey Zakarian, a Food Network star, for breach of contract after he refused to open a restaurant in the Trump Organization’s new Washington, D.C. hotel. On Monday [4-10-17], lawyers announced that the suit had been settled, just days […]
04/03/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire. ‘I hope at the end of eight years I’ll come back and say, *Oh you did a good job,*’ Trump said […]
3/24/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “If you read Donald Trump’s ‘The Art of the Deal,’ substituting ‘contractors’ for ‘conservatives,’ the president’s ultimatum to House Republicans on health care is not at all surprising. ‘You have to be very rough and very tough with most contractors or they’ll take the shirt right off your back,’ Trump wrote […]
3/21/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS: “After NBC News contacted The Trump Organization on Tuesday [3-21-17] to let the firm know it was in violation of New York City law for not registering Trump Tower, the company has completed the necessary paperwork and registered the property. The Trump Organization, the umbrella corporation for Donald Trump’s holdings, owns the skyscraper […]
3/09/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A lawsuit filed Thursday [3-9-17] by a Washington wine bar targets President Donald Trump’s lease with the federal government to rent the Old Post Office downtown, with the aim of forcing him to divest himself from the Trump International Hotel operating in the historic building. Filed by a cafe called Cork […]
2/21/2017
BUSINESS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Donald J. Trump has cast himself as the anti-globalist president. But Donald Trump, the businessman, is a different story. During the campaign, Mr. Trump’s organization continued to file dozens of new trademarks, in China, Canada, Mexico, the European Union and Indonesia, and one of his companies applied for trademark protection in the […]
2/20/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Donald Trump has a vast online portfolio of domain names — digital addresses that foreshadowed his political career, business projects and accusations of unethical behavior. Before he reached the White House, Trump’s company had laid claim to at least 3,643 website domains, according to internet records gathered by CNNMoney. The buying spree continued […]
2/17/2017
CHINA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Chinese government has granted President Trump and his business something they had been seeking for more than a decade: trademark protection for the use of the Trump name in the construction industry. Trump fought unsuccessfully in Chinese courts for years to try to gain control of the trademark, but his fortunes changed […]
2/6/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): "Over the last few days, the Republicans’ campaign against the Affordable Care Act has undergone a subtle shift in branding. They’re no longer talking about a strategy of 'repeal and replace’: The new buzzword is 'repair.' Yet a package of three Republican bills reviewed last week by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce […]
2/03/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Just days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump stood beside his tax lawyer at a Midtown Manhattan news conference as she announced that he planned to place his vast business holdings in a trust, a move she said would allay fears that he might exploit the Oval Office for personal […]
11/28/2016
FOREIGN POLICY: "If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal." – 11/28/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 11/28/2016 […]
11/26/2016
TRUMP BUSINESS: “…Turkey, officials including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a religiously conservative Muslim, demanded that Mr. Trump’s name be removed from Trump Towers in Istanbul after he called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. More recently, after Mr. Trump came to the defense of Mr. Erdogan — suggesting that he had the […]
11/21/2016
BUSINESS/CAMPAIGN/DONALD ON DONALD/MEDIA: “Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world.Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!” – 11/21/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 11/21/2016 […]
7/7/2016
LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Nailing down the number of legal battles involving Donald Trump and his businesses is a moving target, and the USA TODAY Network’s ongoing review of his empire’s litigation continues surfacing new cases. In early June, the analysis had found at least 3,500 cases — a figure that has now surpassed 4,000 — and […]
9/11/2015
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD/MISS U: “Just purchased NBC’s half of The Miss Universe Organization and settled all lawsuits against them. Now own 100% — stay tuned!” – Sept. 11, 2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 9/11/2015 […]
7/21/2015
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD/MILITARY: “Flags to be flown at Half-Staff at all Trump Properties in Honor of the Five Fallen Soldiers-http://t.co/bgKmJ8TU67” – 7/21/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/21/2015 […]
6/19/2015
BANKRUPTCY/BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD: “Stop saying I went bankrupt. I never went bankrupt but like many great business people have used the laws to corporate advantage—smart!” – 6/19/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 6/19/2015 […]
4/18/2015
BANKRUPTCY/BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD/HATERS: “For all of the haters and losers out there sorry, I never went Bankrupt — but I did build a world class company and employ many people!” – 4/18/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/18/2015 […]
4/16/2015
DONALD ON DONALD/LEGAL/MEXICO: “Mexico’s court system is a dishonest joke. I am owed a lot of money & nothing happens.” – 4/16/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/16/2015 […]
2/24/2015
BUSINESS/LEGAL/MEXICO: “I have a lawsuit in Mexico’s corrupt court system that I won but so far can’t collect. Don’t do business with Mexico!” – 2/24/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 2/24/2015 […]
12/19/2014
BUSINESS/LEGAL: “Should have settled … Ft Lauderdale plaintiffs must pay me close to $400k in legal fees after Trump trial victory.” – 12/19/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 12/19/2014 […]
10/26/2014
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD/TAXES: “I would absolutely consider investing in Atlantic City again, great and hard working people, but much would have to change-taxes, regs., etc” – 10/26/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/26/2014 […]
10/26/2014
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD: “Yes, I won the right to have my name taken off Trump Plaza in A.C. because it was not operated up to a very high standard and NO involvement” – 10/26/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/26/2014 […]
10/26/2014
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD: “I made a fortune in Atlantic City, got out years ago (great timing), and havn’t been back in many years. I have NOTHING to do with A.C.” – 10/26/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/26/2014 […]
8/31/2014
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD: “What is happening in Atlantic City, casino closures, is very sad – but does anybody give me credit for getting out before its demise? Timing?” – 8/31/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/31/2014 […]
7/31/2014
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD: “Vera Coking saved me ‘mucho’ money by turning down my offer—thanks Vera!” – 7/31/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/31/2014 […]
7/31/2014
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD: “If Vera Coking had taken my millions of $’s like she should have, she would have lived for many years in Palm Beach, Florida.” – 7/31/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/31/2014 […]
7/16/2014
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD: “Again, I have nothing to do with the Atlantic City closing – I have not even been there in many years. Some press was accurate, some not!” – 7/16/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/16/2014 […]
7/14/2014
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD/HATERS: “Again, for all of the haters and losers, I have NOTHING to do with Atlantic City – got out a long time ago!” – 7/14/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/14/2014 […]