Donald Trump Jr. Was Likely Paid at Least $50,000 for Event Held by Hosts Allied With Russia on Syri
Source: The Wall Street Journal.
Donald Trump Jr. Was Likely Paid at Least $50,000 for Event Held by Hosts Allied With Russia on Syria
October appearance by son of then-candidate is one of string of contacts between members of the presidents inner circle and individuals connected to Moscow
By Jay Solomon and Benoit Faucon
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March 2, 2017 11:54 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trumps eldest son was likely paid at least $50,000 for an appearance late last year before a French think tank whose founder and wife are allies of the Russian government in efforts to end the war in Syria.
Donald Trump Jr. addressed a dinner on Oct. 11 at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, hosted by the Center of Political and Foreign Affairs. Its president, Fabien Baussart, and his Syrian-born wife, Randa Kassis, have cooperated with Russia in its drive to end the Syrian civil war, according to U.S., European and Arab officials. In December, Mr. Baussart formally nominated Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mrs. Kassis is a leader of a political faction endorsed by Russia in negotiations to end the war in Syria. The couple said they dont represent Russia and are solely focused on ending the Syrian conflict.
The meeting in October represents one in a string of contacts over the past year between members of the presidents inner circle and individuals connected to Moscow and to Russian interests. The Wall Street Journal in November reported Donald Trump Jr.s appearance at the event.*
* https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-jr-held-talks-on-syria-with-russia-supporters-1479920753
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-jr-was-likely-paid-at-least-50-000-for-event-held-by-hosts-allied-with-russia-on-syria-1488473640
This article was not pay-per-view the way I got to it, which was via the ALT DOJ Twitter feed.
Hat tip, ALT DOJ: Donald Trump Jr. Likely Paid at Least $50,000 for Event Held by Hosts Allied With Russia on Syria
Link to tweet
#AltGovt Megathread: Unofficial Government Department Twitter Accounts, Updated March 2, 2017
http://www.democraticunderground.com/111679832
muriel_volestrangler
(101,341 posts)to the candidate, and nothing more. Typical family grift.
ananda
(28,872 posts).. and the world,
it's .. so .. much .. more.
mgardener
(1,817 posts)Doesn't know much either!
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Secretary of State Jared Kushner while CEO Tillerson finalizes dismantling of Russian sanctions and shops for "family enclaves" on Black Sea properties?
Marthe48
(16,994 posts)get the money back, arrest him, try him.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)It's known a lot of Republicans especially elected Republicans want to 'help' Putin bomb the hell out of, slaughter people in the basements they hide in. Some said they want American boots on the ground.
Now that trump had his first slaughter of woman and babies, other Republicans want in on the slaughter!
TeamPooka
(24,238 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)50k 'donation' is not enough after the costs for a lavish weekend begging for the 'donation', airfares, hotels, food. Nothing is left from that 50k. Wonder why the 'friends' of Russia didn't 'donate' a million or two? No more 'easy Russian money' for some reason.
or at the least about 250k. IMO, with charities and non-profits about 250k makes a difference for any large charity or non-profit like a presidents campaign.
IMO, the wealthy Republicans don't like trump family much, they don't donate like he's in the inner-loop at all.
TeamPooka
(24,238 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)in Syria (or anyplace Russia wants) & help exterminate/drive-out the rest of millions of future global refugees, they'll 'donate' much more.
On the positive side, t(R)ump didn't get his way, his sons aren't in our government. They're under constant scrutiny because of their dads new 'job'. They'll have to run those businesses legit.
murielm99
(30,754 posts)speeches? Is there a transcript of this little shit's speech? We need to start demanding that transcript.
Bernie was out there demanding Hillary's transcripts, too. I will not forget that easily.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Twist the sentence, over-spam, over tweet thousands of times, push on fox&friends 100s of times,make Ds divide & fight on every messageboard, fight over a shallow out of context single line from a campaign speech.
The Republican tactic works, the D party IS weaker divided.
NewRedDawn
(790 posts)Is in my opinion in on the coup with the Russians bigly too.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Great stuff.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,562 posts)for print journalism in this country.
The editorial stance of TWSJ. is well known. It takes up the next-to-last page of the first section and the two pages that come before it. There's a banner on the top of those three pages that says "OPINION".
Beyond that, TWSJ. has pages labeled "SPORTS" and "LIFE & ARTS". The second section is "BUSINESS & FINANCE". On Fridays, they'll have real estate. On the weekend, they'll cover fashion. There's a crossword puzzle every day.
It's just like a newspaper. A really good newspaper. Don't be afraid to read it.
Thanks for writing.
dalton99a
(81,558 posts)The editorial pages are RW trash.