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shraby

(21,946 posts)
Fri Nov 17, 2017, 11:52 PM Nov 2017

After watching Richard Engels show tonight the thought struck me

Does the trump branded hotels say to people who have money to launder "this is the place to do business" trump brand means no questions asked.
So anyplace there is a trump hotel, the game is on.

Sort of like Starbucks equals a place to buy coffee.

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Botany

(70,516 posts)
1. Money laundering has been a Trump business for years
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 12:03 AM
Nov 2017
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal

Donald Trump’s Worst Deal
The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered
by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)
8. Bingo! I agree that money laundering IS their primary business
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 02:01 AM
Nov 2017

and has been for close to 20 years.

leanforward

(1,076 posts)
4. Richard E hit the nail on the head for me
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 12:33 AM
Nov 2017

I've been thinking and noting for sometime, that his business model is suspect. My thoughts have been confirmed. His business model relies on money laundering individuals, whether drug kingpins or the paruskie oligarchs.

My position is pRezident dRumpf needs to be impeached. I would much rather that something else brings him down.

One of the actions he does is his consistent lying. AND, then the GOP leaders spin the same lie.

Finally, why does pRezident dRumpf need to hide all of his business relationships in LLCs?

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
9. He has always been linked to organized crime
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 02:24 AM
Nov 2017

in the US and other countries. No wonder Russia saw him as an easy mark. If a Dem had done 1/100th what he is believed to have done and is doing they would be on their way to federal prison for life as well as all assets seized. Add in the sex related crimes and he would be hanging from a noose right now. There is no justice in America as long as it is ruled by filthy rich, white men.

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
10. Legitimate businesses and banks disavowed him years ago: He's burned them all.
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 02:28 AM
Nov 2017

he's got nothing left but criminals. GOP knew that, because they all took the russian oligarch money, as well.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
11. I hope Mueller gets the documentation to
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 02:40 AM
Nov 2017

nail Pence, Ryan and McConnell too. They are all guilty of taking dirty money.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
12. Trumps been in the money laundering
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 04:46 AM
Nov 2017

game for a long time. He was fined $10 million by the Treasury Dept. for not following rules to prevent money laundering when he owned his casinos.

I also thought it interesting that the first people the Trump’s sought out to buy the Panama apartments were Russian oligarchs.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
13. I'm sure Mueller is on to the business, considering the quality of prosecutors he
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 10:20 AM
Nov 2017

has put on his payroll.

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