In light of Robert Kraft prostitution news, how does this IVANKA/ TRUMP ORG trademark read to you?

[MelissaB]

In light of Robert Kraft prostitution news - where he was caught engaging the services of women trafficked out of China to become sex slaves, working in massage parlors... how does this IVANKA/ TRUMP ORG trademark news read to you now?

Link to tweet

[DURHAM D]

1. Human trafficking is a Trump family business.

Is this the 3rd or 4th generation of Trump Traffickers?

[EveHammond13]

4. +1

[nolabear]

18. Oh yeah. Grandpa had brothels here in the PNW.

In Canada and Seattle. This is not conjecture. The family fortune was built on the backs of women.

[IronLionZion]

2. Typical Republican family values

On the campaign, the more they kept talking about human trafficking and rape/abuse of immigrant women, the more I suspected there was some projection.

[gibraltar72]

3. Exactly like it did when I first saw it.

[EveHammond13]

5. trump got the same thing - I remember tweeting about it 2 years ago

[George II]

6. His grandfather ran brothels during the Klondike gold rush in the Seattle area.

[getagrip_already]

7. about the same as trumps nyc "modeling" agency......

That was a high end escort service masquerading as a modeling agency.

Same trump, different country.

Whats curious is that I thought crimes like that were illegal in china?

[zentrum]

8. Whoa. Reads that way to me.

Great catch.

[jmowreader]

9. Like a Hank Williams Junior song

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The Trump family fortune began with one Frederick Trump, Donald's grandfather, who founded the Arctic Hotel and Restaurant in Bennett, BC. They had rooms and meals, but the profits came from liquor and prostitution.

And so, it should be more than obvious that Donald Trump's current family would desire to own houses of ill repute - were it not for the sex trade, the man some call president would be a low-level employee at a retailer in Queens.

[Marcuse]

20. Trolled by Trudeau!

[Hortensis]

10. The words left out define these as services related to hotels,

like "escort and concierge services," and "massage parlors" in hotels.

Not that I would trust ANYTHING to be beyond this tacky, low-level crime family, and trafficked masseurs may well be working in some of the hotels wearing the Trump brand. But this misleads and invites speculation to ignore and range far beyond known truth.

[SunSeeker]

13. What legit hotel offers up "social escorts"?

[Hortensis]

17. :) Dunno. I've always provided my own. Here's the AP's report

from March 8, 2017. This offers the TrumpCo explanation, not later confirmation that it was accurate, but the expert consulted evaluates it as no red flags.

The marks include branded spa and massage services, golf clubs, hotels, insurance, finance and real estate companies, restaurants, bars, and a trademark class that covers bodyguards, social escorts, and concierge services.

It’s not clear whether any Trump-branded businesses will materialize in China. Garten did not elaborate on how the trademarks would be used, but said the company did not apply for a trademark for social escort services.

Garten said in an email to the AP that part of the application included concierge and security related services associated with the operation of a hotel or restaurant, but not “escort services,” a legal trademark classification.

Those hotel-related services fall into the same trademark class as escort services, which were included in the Chinese government’s preliminary approval of the mark. The filing lists “escort service,” ″body guard,” and “social escort,” among others.

Many companies register trademarks in China only to prevent others from using their name inappropriately.

Janet Satterthwaite, a global trademark attorney and partner at Potomac Law Group in Washington, says nothing about Trump seeking and receiving trademarks in China raises any immediate red flags.

“Especially in China, you absolutely need to register defensively so that people do not exploit your name for commercial gain,” she said. She that that while the marks are moving faster than in her own experience, “it does not look like China did anything extraordinary here.”

https://apnews.com/8f54b14808a2459f9efcb0089f41f056

[fierywoman]

11. Ivanka, I believe, was in charge of "designing" the massage facilities at Trump hotel DC.

[zaj]

12. That's gotta be fake?

No chance that they trademarked Trump Escorts.

[xxqqqzme]

14. Ivanka is a pimp?

[Totally Tunsie]

15. Saving the best ones for Daddy...

[spanone]

16. Emoluments.

[Duppers]

24. Yep.

Dirty Emoluments.

[IluvPitties]

19. I told everyone here this Kraft thing had a deeper side to it

There is something greater going on here than mere happy endings, and big names are involved.

[CentralMass]

26. I wonder how many republican pols have had a " massage" while visting mar a lago.

[Chakaconcarne]

21. 100 Million to Ivanka's "women's fund"

[uponit7771]

22. K&R, I'm wondering if Red Don knows exactly where those "lost" kids from the border are

[canetoad]

23. This Twitter account

Seems to be current but inaccessible - the tweets are protected from prying eyes.

https://twitter.com/trumpmodels?lang=en

Bit of gossip but seems to be nothing of substance here:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/trumpmodels?lang=en

Updated on Instagram in Feb 2016

Instagram post by Trump Models • Feb 1, 2016 at 11:15pm UTC
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/436497388868542928/

[Squinch]

25. Yeah. That is totally flying under the radar. Why?????

[kacekwl]

27. I mean seriously enough already.

Can some enterprising Democratic Congress member put together a list of drumphs impeachable offenses and stand in front of the American people the press and the repukes daily and list them. I know it would take a lot of time and space but this shit needs to be out there for the world to see. It would be expensive but maybe a 12 hour infomercial (might have to go an hour) to broadcast several times a day. No one it seems wants to start impeachment hearings but we could still get the info out to people. Remember Clinton and the BJ was front page news forever. This shit is out of control.

[tblue37]

28. Actually, it's what I assumed at the time, so nothing has changed.

I also assume Trump's modeling agency is an "escort" service.