Trump set to benefit as Qatar buys $6.5m apartment in New York tower
Source: The Guardian
The government of Qatar bought a $6.5m apartment in one of Donald Trumps New York towers soon after the dismissal of a lawsuit that tried to stop the president benefiting from such deals.
Qatars mission to the United Nations signed a deal for the condominium at Trump World Tower on 17 January, according to city records. The purchase means that the Middle Eastern state now owns four units in the building, for which it paid $16.5m.
On 21 December, a federal judge in New York had thrown out a lawsuit from ethics campaigners alleging that Trump was breaching the emoluments clause of the US constitution by collecting tens of thousands of dollars in charges from Qatar each year for the three apartments it already owned in the building.
Qatars new acquisition at Trump World Tower, which is in Manhattans Midtown East section, coincided with an intense lobbying campaign in Washington by the Qatari government amid a regional crisis that has pitted the Gulf monarchy against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/04/trump-qatar-buys-apartment-new-york-tower
Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)Because they know his supporters dont give a shit.
Just imagine if this was the Clintons or Obamas.
Initech
(100,080 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,488 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Whoever buys the most real estate will win Turd's favor? What if they go to Jared and buy real estate from him?
Turd has flip-flopped on Qatar at least once - will this flip him again?
Fullduplexxx
(7,864 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)And promise them that they can still be making money on whatever businesses they are running. That's the new way now. And Republicans can't say boo.