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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Sat May 20, 2017, 12:54 PM May 2017

Here's something cheerful to think about....

The Trump name is a commodity which he sells for millions of dollars, world wide. Mostly hotels/condos and golf courses.
Just last year, Dubai paid the Trump Organization’s subsidiaries between $1 million to $5 million.

When he is forced out of the WH, that name will not be very shiny anymore.

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Here's something cheerful to think about.... (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl May 2017 OP
Which is why they're opening new hotels under a different name: Scion. dalton99a May 2017 #1
ahh....yes. thank you for the reminder. dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #2
i still think the least he can do to avoid conflict of interest is mopinko May 2017 #3
Those deals are his income. dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #4
oh i know. if he gave them up, it would show that he is not really that rich. mopinko May 2017 #5

mopinko

(70,106 posts)
3. i still think the least he can do to avoid conflict of interest is
Sat May 20, 2017, 03:58 PM
May 2017

to suspend these branding deals. that is not complicated.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. Those deals are his income.
Sat May 20, 2017, 05:17 PM
May 2017

He is paid for his brand ( and for letting the money from the European millionaires get laundered via the construction of the buildings)

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