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Last edited Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:08 PM - Edit history (1)
[link:https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/25/trump-hotel-sale-washington-dc-229880|
Why are the Trumps worried about increasing scrutiny of the hotel? I have a few ideas.
By ZACH EVERSON October 25, 2019
The Trump family is reportedly exploring a sale of the Trump Hotel in Washington D.C., partly out of concerns raised by ethics watchdogs and emoluments lawsuits that the president is profiting off of his presidency. The Trumps are right to be (belatedly) worried. I know the Trump Hotel D.C. pretty well, and I feel confident saying there is plenty more where those red flags came from.
My daily look at who is patronizing the presidents D.C. hotel started as research in July 2017 for what became one sentence in a 5,500-word feature for Condé Nast Traveler. A few minutes on Instagram revealed that if you had concerns about the U.S. president doubling as a hotelier, they were well-founded. I found photos of Rep. Duncan Hunter (RCalif.) crashing a Vapor Technology Associations conference; a guest posing with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, captioning her photo, He's still calling the shots; and the presidents attorney Rudy Giuliani enjoying a cigar in a wine-stained tux the night of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchins wedding. Lawmakers, lobbying groups and would-be powerbrokers were taking full advantage of the chance to better their lot by throwing a few bucks the presidents way.
More than two years later, I havent stopped scrolling through photos from the Trump Hotel D.C. For two years, Ive read through every Instagram, Facebook and Twitter post geo-located to the Trump Hotel D.C. Ive also made several visits and done some more sleuthing around the internet, then published my findings, first on a Twitter thread and now in a newsletter that comes out five days a week.
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Why are the Trumps worried about increasing scrutiny of the hotel? I have a few ideas.
By ZACH EVERSON October 25, 2019
The Trump family is reportedly exploring a sale of the Trump Hotel in Washington D.C., partly out of concerns raised by ethics watchdogs and emoluments lawsuits that the president is profiting off of his presidency. The Trumps are right to be (belatedly) worried. I know the Trump Hotel D.C. pretty well, and I feel confident saying there is plenty more where those red flags came from.
My daily look at who is patronizing the presidents D.C. hotel started as research in July 2017 for what became one sentence in a 5,500-word feature for Condé Nast Traveler. A few minutes on Instagram revealed that if you had concerns about the U.S. president doubling as a hotelier, they were well-founded. I found photos of Rep. Duncan Hunter (RCalif.) crashing a Vapor Technology Associations conference; a guest posing with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, captioning her photo, He's still calling the shots; and the presidents attorney Rudy Giuliani enjoying a cigar in a wine-stained tux the night of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchins wedding. Lawmakers, lobbying groups and would-be powerbrokers were taking full advantage of the chance to better their lot by throwing a few bucks the presidents way.
More than two years later, I havent stopped scrolling through photos from the Trump Hotel D.C. For two years, Ive read through every Instagram, Facebook and Twitter post geo-located to the Trump Hotel D.C. Ive also made several visits and done some more sleuthing around the internet, then published my findings, first on a Twitter thread and now in a newsletter that comes out five days a week.
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edit to add link to the possible $500,000,000 price:
[link:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-international-hotel-washington-d-c-for-sale-trump-exec-confirms/|
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What I've Learned Staking Out Trump's Washington Hotel (Original Post)
JoeOtterbein
Oct 2019
OP
Probably the same way other con artists sold the Brooklyn bridge dozens of times. 😂😂😂
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2019
#9
Fine, I don't know the business, but they are sleazebags. Jimmy CARTER *sold* his peanut farm!1
UTUSN
Oct 2019
#12
do taxpayers have standing to claw back ill-gotten gains due to emoluments clause?
Hermit-The-Prog
Oct 2019
#17
Wounded Bear
(58,673 posts)1. K & R...for visibility...nt
malaise
(269,093 posts)2. Off to the greatest page
RFN
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)3. We'll have to start calling you Deep Tweet! Well done!
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)4. Hahahhaaaa! I love it!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. K&R
Thank YOU!
klook
(12,160 posts)6. Hats off to Zach Everson
Our eyes and ears in the Swamp.
tblue37
(65,443 posts)7. K&R for visibility. nt
UTUSN
(70,715 posts)8. Today they said they're *leasing* - so how can they be selling?!1
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)9. Probably the same way other con artists sold the Brooklyn bridge dozens of times. 😂😂😂
PatSeg
(47,525 posts)11. They are leasing the actual building,
but they own the business.
UTUSN
(70,715 posts)12. Fine, I don't know the business, but they are sleazebags. Jimmy CARTER *sold* his peanut farm!1
PatSeg
(47,525 posts)13. Oh, no doubt about that
They certainly are sleazebags! No president did what Trump is doing. At least it appears that his businesses are doing worse, not better because he is president. His stupid brand is now toxic and always will be.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)16. They'll be selling the Trump "brand".... and
all of the goodwill that goes along with it.
Now, which Russian oligarch do you think will buy it through a shadow corporation?
Liberal In Texas
(13,562 posts)10. Fascinating.
The graft, it is amazing.
karin_sj
(810 posts)14. Hmmmmm
So interesting. Thanks for sharing it.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)15. Kick for exposure...n/t
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,379 posts)17. do taxpayers have standing to claw back ill-gotten gains due to emoluments clause?