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Kablooie

(18,634 posts) Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:37 PM Oct 2019

There are Trump Towers in Istanbul, Turkey. Did Erdogan use this as leverage?

Could Erdogan have forced Trump to pull the US out of Syria by threatening Trump towers?

Trump said, in 2015:
"I have a little conflict of interest, because I have a major, major building in Istanbul ... It’s called Trump Towers. Two towers, instead of one. Not the usual one, it’s two. And I’ve gotten to know Turkey very well."

This is exactly the kind of thing the intelligence services were concerned about, foreign countries forcing the president to do things against America's interest by threatening their personal holdings.

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There are Trump Towers in Istanbul, Turkey. Did Erdogan use this as leverage? (Original Post) Kablooie Oct 2019 OP

Trump Towers and Erdogan extorting Trump re: poli-junkie Oct 2019 #1

Yes, Trump is fully compromised Baked Potato Oct 2019 #2

But I'm so glad he's dedicated to Making America Great Again. Kablooie Oct 2019 #3

K&R UTUSN Oct 2019 #4

How debt-encumbered are these towers? Retrograde Oct 2019 #5

There were threats made Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #6

they are not Rump-owned or built, they just pay a license fee to brand them 'Trump' Celerity Oct 2019 #7

poli-junkie

(1,002 posts)

1. Trump Towers and Erdogan extorting Trump re:

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:43 PM

Oct 2019

Erdogan's knowledge of Saudi's/MBS's murder of journalist Khashoggi inside Turkey.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)

2. Yes, Trump is fully compromised

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:45 PM

Oct 2019

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)

3. But I'm so glad he's dedicated to Making America Great Again.

Reply to Baked Potato (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 08:15 PM

Oct 2019

UTUSN

(70,708 posts)

4. K&R

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 09:52 PM

Oct 2019

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)

5. How debt-encumbered are these towers?

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 10:24 PM

Oct 2019

Are they built with borrowed money? And does Erdogan hold any of the paper?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,031 posts)

6. There were threats made

Reply to Retrograde (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 10:31 PM

Oct 2019

Don't know how serious they were.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/998296/Trump-Towers-Istanbul-Recep-Tayyip-Erdo-an-Donald-Trump-Turkey-US-Sanctions

Celerity

(43,408 posts)

7. they are not Rump-owned or built, they just pay a license fee to brand them 'Trump'

Reply to Retrograde (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 10:32 PM

Oct 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Towers_Istanbul

Trump name controversy

The Turkish owner of Trump Towers Istanbul, who pays Trump for the use of his name, was reported in December 2015 to be exploring legal means to dissociate the property after the candidate's call to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. In June 2016, Turkish President Erdogan has been reported to call for the removal of the Trump name from the towers, saying "Trump has no tolerance for Muslims living in the US. And on top of that they used a brand in Istanbul with his name. The ones who put that brand on their building should immediately remove it."

In December 2015, Trump stated in a radio interview that he had a "conflict of interest" in dealing with Turkey because of his property, saying "I have a little conflict of interest, because I have a major, major building in Istanbul ... It’s called Trump Towers. Two towers, instead of one. Not the usual one, it’s two. And I’ve gotten to know Turkey very well."

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