veteranstoday--2020-10-30--Fake Snowden?  Fake Greenwald?  Was it all a Limited Hangout?

VT : At the outset , VT picked out Snowden and Assange as ‘ limited hangouts.
’ Both were in love with Israel and their blockbuster leaks were always chickenfeed filled with bits of fabricated material that only served the interests of the Mossad .
It was Greenwald that began peddling the hoaxes about Biden the rapist , comparing him as “ worse than Trump.
” We knew then something was very wrong .
Greenwald has been one of Trump ’ s biggest apologists , next to Sean Hannity .
Greenwald ’ s “ one man crusade ” has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fake “ left wing ” brand on right wing and Israeli or Russian based hoax attacks on Biden .
For a decade or more , we have watched a stream of Google promoted and often extremely highly paid fake journalists delve into 9/11 or Israeli crimes , hogging the limelight with gutless “ wallpaper , ” the definition of “ limited hangout.
” It was easy tracing Assange ’ s handlers and VT pegged Glenn Greenwald as the handler for Snowden and predicted that Greenwald would , on cue , use his bully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pierre Omidyar .
In 2015 , Greenwald earned $ 518,000 at The Intercept .
VT had found much that was worthwhile at The Intercept until 2019 when much of the material began to look like Russian spam attacking Democrats , much like the fall of Sputnik News and Russia Today .
It was clear that something had happened at The Intercept , and we saw it as the Mossad activating Greenwald as a deep cover agent ( our take ) .
When things got so bad for Trump that nobody could save him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , something unimaginable for someone of Greenwald ’ s reputation .
What VT knew was this , that Omidyar got suckered , bought a carefully packaged scam and spent millions building what the Mossad would use , when needed , to keep a Kosher Nostra capo in the White House .
Then it happened , Omidyar appeared to “ get it.
” We think he recognized that he had been “ had ” and that his pockets had been picked to fund a fake media platform that was intended to interfere in US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now Greenwald is gone because someone wouldn ’ t let him publish an article deemed fake by every reputable journalist .
VT has the same issues , known journalists submitting “ written by others ” hit pieces on the Biden family and then crying about the money they are losing when their material is rejected .
It appears Pierre Omidyar didn ’ t want to become the new Robert Maxwell after all .
Guardian : Co-founder of news site accuses editors of seeking to censor article critical of Joe Biden The investigative journalist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Intercept , the news website he co-founded , and accused the organization of seeking to censor him over a planned article critical of the Democratic nominee , Joe Biden .
Greenwald , who was a vital part of the Guardian US team that broke the Edward Snowden whistleblower story in 2013 , released a statement online that blasted the editors of the Intercept as being in hock to Biden and the Democratic party .
“ The Intercept ’ s editors , in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom , censored an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden , the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression , ” he wrote in a lengthy resignation post .
Greenwald is a vocal critic of the US media and American politics , with an abrasive style that has won him many admirers as well as a legion of critics .
Recently , he has been especially critical of media coverage of the Russian attempt to interfere with the 2016 US election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commentators for appearing on rightwing Fox News host Tucker Carlson ’ s show .
He co-founded the Intercept in 2014 with investment from the tech billionaire Pierre Omidyar .
The website rapidly established itself as a scrappy online news organization that could punch above its weight on some issues , especially cybersecurity , politics and tech and corruption in Brazil , where Greenwald lives .

VT: At the outset, VT picked out Snowden and Assange as ‘limited hangouts.’ Both were in love with Israel and their blockbuster leaks were always chickenfeed filled with bits of fabricated material that only served the interests of the Mossad.
It was Greenwald that began peddling the hoaxes about Biden the rapist, comparing him as “worse than Trump.” We knew then something was very wrong. Greenwald has been one of Trump’s biggest apologists, next to Sean Hannity.
For a decade or more, we have watched a stream of Google promoted and often extremely highly paid fake journalists delve into 9/11 or Israeli crimes, hogging the limelight with gutless “wallpaper,” the definition of “limited hangout.”
https://twitter.com/AngrierWHStaff/status/1321950897144999938?s=20
It was easy tracing Assange’s handlers and VT pegged Glenn Greenwald as the handler for Snowden and predicted that Greenwald would, on cue, use his bully pulpit, paid for by Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar.
In 2015, Greenwald earned $518,000 at The Intercept.
VT had found much that was worthwhile at The Intercept until 2019 when much of the material began to look like Russian spam attacking Democrats, much like the fall of Sputnik News and Russia Today. It was clear that something had happened at The Intercept, and we saw it as the Mossad activating Greenwald as a deep cover agent (our take).
Latest from Glenn Greenwald: "Israel's Mossad Provided Fake Birth Cert For Obama According To Reliable Source (Teabagger.com) #OMG!! #Kenyan — Glennobot (@Glennobot) April 28, 2011
When things got so bad for Trump that nobody could save him, Greenwald ended up on Tucker Carlson, something unimaginable for someone of Greenwald’s reputation.
What VT knew was this, that Omidyar got suckered, bought a carefully packaged scam and spent millions building what the Mossad would use, when needed, to keep a Kosher Nostra capo in the White House.
@ChrisRulon @jeremywrk proving yet again Greenwald is a total fucking shill. The fuck has never once mentioned Mossad being there on 911 — Jack (@cossa68) November 23, 2015
Then it happened, Omidyar appeared to “get it.” We think he recognized that he had been “had” and that his pockets had been picked to fund a fake media platform that was intended to interfere in US politics on behalf of organized crime.
Glenn Greenwald is so angry at me for calling him a conspiracy theorist that he's going to run and tell Tucker. — Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) November 30, 2019
Now Greenwald is gone because someone wouldn’t let him publish an article deemed fake by every reputable journalist.
VT has the same issues, known journalists submitting “written by others” hit pieces on the Biden family and then crying about the money they are losing when their material is rejected.
It appears Pierre Omidyar didn’t want to become the new Robert Maxwell after all.
Guardian: Co-founder of news site accuses editors of seeking to censor article critical of Joe Biden
The investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald has resigned abruptly from the Intercept, the news website he co-founded, and accused the organization of seeking to censor him over a planned article critical of the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden.
Greenwald, who was a vital part of the Guardian US team that broke the Edward Snowden whistleblower story in 2013, released a statement online that blasted the editors of the Intercept as being in hock to Biden and the Democratic party.
“The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression,” he wrote in a lengthy resignation post.
Greenwald is a vocal critic of the US media and American politics, with an abrasive style that has won him many admirers as well as a legion of critics. Recently, he has been especially critical of media coverage of the Russian attempt to interfere with the 2016 US election and has been criticized by some leftwing commentators for appearing on rightwing Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s show.
He co-founded the Intercept in 2014 with investment from the tech billionaire Pierre Omidyar. The website rapidly established itself as a scrappy online news organization that could punch above its weight on some issues, especially cybersecurity, politics and tech and corruption in Brazil, where Greenwald lives.


veteranstoday--2020-10-30--NBC: Hunter Biden Hoax tied to Fake Person, Fake Intel Group, a Tucker Carlson Scam

VT : The Trump organization has been using fake faces for Facebook accounts and has now created Martin Aspen , a fake security specialist working for a fake intel firm who wrote the fake material behind the Hunter Biden smear .
Behind it all we find Israel and the publication Epoch Times , owned by the Falun Gong .
The Epoch Times is a front for supremacist and neo-Nazi groups across Europe pushing for anti-immigration violence .
This is what introduced them to Steve Bannon ( indicted ) , Rudy Giuliani and their effort to interfere in the US election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NBC News : One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden ’ s laptop , a fake “ intelligence ” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet , asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s son and business in China .
The document , a 64-page composition that was later disseminated by close associates of President Donald Trump , appears to be the work of a fake “ intelligence firm ” called Typhoon Investigations , according to researchers and public documents .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-identified Swiss security analyst named Martin Aspen , is a fabricated identity , according to analysis by disinformation researchers , who also concluded that Aspen ’ s profile picture was created with an artificial intelligence face generator .
The intelligence firm that Aspen lists as his previous employer said that no one by that name had ever worked for the company and that no one by that name lives in Switzerland , according to public records and social media searches .
One of the original posters of the document , a blogger and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for writing parts of it when asked about it and said Aspen does not exist .
Other parts of Aspen ’ s identity were clearly stolen from disparate parts of the web .
Aspen ’ s Facebook page was created in August , and it featured only two pictures , both from his “ new house , ” which were tracked back to reviews on the travel website Tripadvisor .
The logo for Typhoon Investigations was lifted from the Taiwan Fact-Checking Center , a digital literacy nonprofit .
Aspen claimed on his LinkedIn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called Swiss Security Solutions from 2016 to 2020 .
Swiss Security Solutions denied having ever employed anyone named Aspen , and it said it had found fake accounts for two other people pretending to have worked for the company .
“ Martin Aspen was never a freelancer or worker of the Swiss Security Solutions .
We do not know this person .
According to our Due Diligence Software , this person does not exist in Switzerland , ” Swiss Security Solutions Chairman Bojan Ilic said , adding that the company has reported the @ @ @ @

VT: The Trump organization has been using fake faces for Facebook accounts and has now created Martin Aspen, a fake security specialist working for a fake intel firm who wrote the fake material behind the Hunter Biden smear.
Behind it all we find Israel and the publication Epoch Times, owned by the Falun Gong. The Epoch Times is a front for supremacist and neo-Nazi groups across Europe pushing for anti-immigration violence.
This is what introduced them to Steve Bannon (indicted), Rudy Giuliani and their effort to interfere in the US election on behalf of the Kosher Nostra.
NBC News: One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden’s laptop, a fake “intelligence” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and business in China.
NBC Exclusive: The Hunter Biden 'dossier' that went viral on right-wing internet sites and was later disseminated by Trump's close associates appears to be from a fake 'intelligence firm'. The author of the report, 'Martin Aspen', does not exist. https://t.co/XgIbSns9Mm — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 29, 2020
"Martin Aspen," who wrote a viral Hunter Biden dossier, wound up being an AI-generated persona. The first tipoff he wasn't real? Disinformation researcher @elisethoma5 looked in his eyes. "The most obvious tell was the irregular shape of the irises."https://t.co/oA4aKTjkUp pic.twitter.com/K4pUyPto1x — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 29, 2020
The document, a 64-page composition that was later disseminated by close associates of President Donald Trump, appears to be the work of a fake “intelligence firm” called Typhoon Investigations, according to researchers and public documents.
Fake faces are becoming an easy (and free!) weapon in the info wars. Before the fictional Martin Aspen's Hunter Biden dossier, Facebook took down AI-generated profiles tied to pro-Trump
sites like The Epoch Times and anti-Trump governments like China.https://t.co/oA4aKTjkUp pic.twitter.com/zlBXoAef0a — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 29, 2020
So, the Scooby Doo squad pulled the mask off of the mysterious creator of the Hunter Biden dossier, only to find out it was Martin Aspen, a guy who does not even exist. Tucker Carlson slowly backs away from it all. So fucking satisfying. — BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) October 30, 2020
The author of the document, a self-identified Swiss security analyst named Martin Aspen, is a fabricated identity, according to analysis by disinformation researchers, who also concluded that Aspen’s profile picture was created with an artificial intelligence face generator.
The intelligence firm that Aspen lists as his previous employer said that no one by that name had ever worked for the company and that no one by that name lives in Switzerland, according to public records and social media searches.
Months before the NY Post story, a document passed around far-right websites detailed a vast Hunter Biden conspiracy. The document's creator, Martin Aspen, claimed to be a Swiss intel professional. But Aspen's face was created by AI. He doesn't exist.https://t.co/oA4aKTjkUp pic.twitter.com/U1MNqh8WmW — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 29, 2020
One of the original posters of the document, a blogger and professor named Christopher Balding, took credit for writing parts of it when asked about it and said Aspen does not exist.
The pretend documents that white supremacist rape apologist Tucker Carlson claimed to have seen about fake Biden a crime spree were from a fake intelligence firm and written by Martin Aspen, a nonexistent person. Now @TuckerCarlson is acting like he had no part in it. Dumbass.😂 — Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) October 30, 2020
Other parts of Aspen’s identity were clearly stolen from disparate parts of the web. Aspen’s Facebook page was created in August, and it featured only two pictures, both from his “new house,” which were tracked back to reviews on the travel website Tripadvisor. The logo for Typhoon Investigations was lifted from the Taiwan Fact-Checking Center, a digital literacy nonprofit.
Aspen claimed on his LinkedIn profile to have worked for a company called Swiss Security Solutions from 2016 to 2020. Swiss Security Solutions denied having ever employed anyone named Aspen, and it said it had found fake accounts for two other people pretending to have worked for the company.
“Martin Aspen was never a freelancer or worker of the Swiss Security Solutions. We do not know this person. According to our Due Diligence Software, this person does not exist in Switzerland,” Swiss Security Solutions Chairman Bojan Ilic said, adding that the company has reported the profile to LinkedIn.


veteranstoday--2020-10-31--Blockbuster: The Famous Access Hollywood Video, Lip-synched by Sarah and Helen

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Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.


veteranstoday--2020-10-30--Caged Kids Escape, Trump Cancels Election Night Pedo-Bash at his DC Brothel

Daily Beast : In the final few days before the big day , President Donald Trump has canceled his planned appearance at his nearby Trump International Hotel for an Election Night party and will instead probably stick around at the White House , The New York Times reports .
The reason as to why Trump made this quick switch is uncertain , although he has been frequently criticized for mixing his personal business with his presidency .
The Trump campaign , which hasn ’ t been doing so well financially , would have had to pay for the event and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 pandemic is again spiking across the nation as well .
“ November 3rd will go down in history as the night we won FOUR MORE YEARS , ” Trump wrote in the initial invitation to fundraisers that was sent out .
“ It will be absolutely EPIC , and the only thing that could make it better is having YOU there .
Join us on Election Night.
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Daily Beast: In the final few days before the big day, President Donald Trump has canceled his planned appearance at his nearby Trump International Hotel for an Election Night party and will instead probably stick around at the White House, The New York Times reports.
The reason as to why Trump made this quick switch is uncertain, although he has been frequently criticized for mixing his personal business with his presidency.
The Trump campaign, which hasn’t been doing so well financially, would have had to pay for the event and presumably make social-distancing accommodations considering that the COVID-19 pandemic is again spiking across the nation as well. “November 3rd will go down in history as the night we won FOUR MORE YEARS,” Trump wrote in the initial invitation to fundraisers that was sent out. “It will be absolutely EPIC, and the only thing that could make it better is having YOU there. Join us on Election Night.”


veteranstoday--2020-10-30--Trump Vets 274 Celebrities For Botched $265 Million COVID Ad Campaign

Health Editor ’ s Note : Here we have more evidence that Trump interfered in public health issues .
In preparation for this upcoming November election , the Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) paid to find out how 274 celebrities viewed various items such as abortion rights , gay marriage , and other political issues .
These celebrities would potentially be used as part of a $ 265 million public service campaign on coronavirus , but instead were designed to move Trump ’ s presidential campaign forward .
The HHS ’ s “ PSA Celebrity Tracker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ considered to boost the Trump campaign .
Drinking or drug problems , arrest history , sexual misconduct , sex tapes , and what population they would appeal to were part of the information that was gathered .
Trump ’ s former campaign official , Michael Caputo tried to interfere in communications between agency contractors and employees .
Lawmakers say HHS officials may have violated federal contracting law .
Is there no end to the amount of interference with the public health of Americans ?
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Trump Vetted 274 Celebrities for Their Political Views
Trump administration vetted political views of 274 celebrities for botched $265 million Covid ad campaign, House lawmakers say https://t.co/2EXoIdTB2E — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) October 30, 2020
Health Editor’s Note: Here we have more evidence that Trump interfered in public health issues. In preparation for this upcoming November election, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) paid to find out how 274 celebrities viewed various items such as abortion rights, gay marriage, and other political issues. These celebrities would potentially be used as part of a $265 million public service campaign on coronavirus, but instead were designed to move Trump’s presidential campaign forward.
The HHS’s “PSA Celebrity Tracker” lists political views of celebrities being considered to boost the Trump campaign. Drinking or drug problems, arrest history, sexual misconduct, sex tapes, and what population they would appeal to were part of the information that was gathered.
Trump’s former campaign official, Michael Caputo tried to interfere in communications between agency contractors and employees. Lawmakers say HHS officials may have violated federal contracting law. Is there no end to the amount of interference with the public health of Americans?….Carol
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator. She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues. Carol’s Archives 2009-2013


veteranstoday--2020-10-30--Report: Trump’s 3,400 conflicts of interest

By frequently visiting the properties that he still owns and profits from as President , Trump has established his hotels and resorts as centers of power and influence .
Members of his administration and Republican members of Congress have followed the president ’ s lead and brought their own business , including those who might seek to influence the government , to Trump ’ s properties .
Each time they go , the president profits .
President Trump has visited his hotels , resorts , and golf courses 503 times as President , and 14 of his properties in total @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been made to golf courses .
This year alone , he has visited 7 properties 74 times in total .
The days that he has spent visiting properties account for a third of his presidency .
President Trump hasn ’ t just vacationed at his properties , he ’ s turned them into extensions of his White House by hosting foreign dignitaries , holding press conferences , signing executive orders , and meeting with cabinet officials at them .
All of these official occurrences have emphasized their proximity to power , boosting their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump is far from the only executive branch official to patronize Trump properties — 334 administration officials have visited Trump properties 885 times .
First family members and senior advisors Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have visited Trump properties more than any other executive branch officials with 39 and 36 visits , respectively .
Following them are Vice President Mike Pence with 33 visits , former Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway with 27 visits , and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin with 23 .
Members of Congress similarly patronize the President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individual Senators and Representatives have visited Trump properties 344 times , with Senator Lindsey Graham topping the list with 27 visits , followed by Rand Paul , Matt Gaetz , Jim Jordan , and Kevin McCarthy .
The vast majority of these congressional visits , 284 to be exact , have been to the Trump Hotel in Washington , D.C. American government officials aren ’ t alone in patronizing Trump businesses — 145 foreign officials from 75 governments have visited Trump properties .
The country that has sent the most officials to Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ occasions , Trump has personally brought them there .
At Trump ’ s vaunted “ Winter White House , ” Mar-a-Lago , he has hosted Chinese President Xi Jingping , then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , and most recently the far-right President of Brazil , Jair Bolsonaro along with several other Brazilian officials .
According to The Grifter ’ s Club , a recent book by four Miami Herald reporters , the Xi visit was an “ unparalleled money maker ” for Mar-a-Lago — so much so that it was “ the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s history.
” Trump ’ s frequent visits have resulted in hundreds and thousands of dollars in Secret Service protection and travel costs , which are ultimately paid by taxpayers .
The cost to the Secret Service early in President Trump ’ s presidency was so high that the agency could no longer afford the overtime for agents protecting him .
More than 1,000 agents hit caps for overtime payments , and agents started leaving the service as a result of the sometimes uncompensated overwork and frequent travel to Trump ’ s businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses were also charging the Secret Service for rooms and other services at elevated rates , despite their claims to the contrary .
Trump Organization Executive Vice President Eric Trump told Yahoo Finance that by staying at Trump Organization properties , the government would save a “ fortune , ” but spending documents showed this was likely not true .
The Trump Organization has charged multiple government entities hundreds of thousands of dollars since Trump took office , running up a taxpayer-funded tab of more than $ 1.1 million in Secret Service payments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Mar-a-Lago as President in January 2017 , the Secret Service reserved several rooms totaling $ 10,660 for the whole weekend .
At Trump ’ s Bedminster resort the Secret Service was forced to rent a cottage that costs $ 17,000 per month .
Other payments are even more extraordinary .
Trump ’ s Turnberry resort in Scotland charged the Secret Service an unexplained “ furniture removal fee ” of $ 1,300 .
The Secret Service has even paid for rooms at Mar-a-Lago when Trump isn ’ t there .
In 2017 after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Service that the resort was booked up , the agency later booked rooms for two weeks at a time to ensure that wouldn ’ t happen again .
Vice President Mike Pence ’ s visits to Trump properties have also cost taxpayers and benefited Trump .
When the VP visited Las Vegas in 2017 for a Republican Jewish Coalition meeting , the Secret Service spent more than $ 20,000 at the Trump hotel .
On a 2019 trip to Ireland , Pence stayed at Trump ’ s Doonbeg resort even though he had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ side of the country — at a cost to taxpayers of nearly $ 600,000 .
The Secret Service isn ’ t the only agency spending taxpayer funds at Trump Organization properties .
The Department of Homeland Security spent more than $ 1,600 on a dinner with “ foreign government representatives ” at the Trump Hotel .
According to Politico , as of last September the Department of Defense had spent almost $ 200,000 at Turnberry since Trump ’ s inauguration in 2017 , plus almost $ 700 at Doral in 2018 , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mar-a-Lago during one weekend in February of 2017 .
In April 2017 , when the State Department tried to get the Trump Organization to waive the costs of a meeting room it needed for press and official meetings during one of Trump ’ s visits to Mar-a-Lago , the Trump Organization refused , and State only narrowly avoided a violation of contracting rules limiting government expenditures to under $ 3,500 .
The next year , President Trump signed a law that lifted that government cap on “ micro-purchases ” from $ 3,500 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ created a special credit card just for Mar-a-Lago visits .
All of this spending puts taxpayer money into Trump ’ s pocket .
According to his personal financial disclosure , Trump ’ s businesses took in at least $ 446 million last year , more than 1,000 times more than the presidential salary that he ’ s made a show of donating .
And Trump isn ’ t the only one who profits off of taxpayer dollars .
Ivanka Trump ’ s personal financial disclosure revealed that her stake in the Trump Hotel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revenue .
Trump ’ s properties are more than just extensions of the White House .
Since his election in 2016 , business has been boosted by administration officials and allies using Trump ’ s properties for weddings , parties , and other celebrations .
For New Year ’ s Eve , Dan Scavino , Mike Pompeo , Lindsey Graham , and several others including Trump and Ivanka stayed at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate .
Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller married another White House official at the Washington , D.C. Trump Hotel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and members of Congress in attendance including Trump , Pence , Mulvaney , and others .
When Sarah Huckabee Sanders left the White House last summer she had a massive going away party at the Trump Hotel with almost 40 government guests .
While the coronavirus pandemic slowed down the hospitality industry , some officials continued to visit Trump properties even during the outbreak ’ s surge in April and May .
When the virus first struck and cities all over the country ordered residents to “ shelter at home , ” Jared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jersey to spend the Passover holiday at Trump ’ s golf club .
This was after Ivanka posted a video online urging Americans to follow federal guidelines and stay at home .
Even President Trump took a break from his properties — the coronavirus stopped him from visiting them for almost three months .
In fact , the only thing that has temporarily stopped President Trump from routinely visiting his properties as president are two government shutdowns and a global pandemic .
While there are still tens of thousands of new cases of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country , Trump has picked back up and has visited one of his golf courses almost every weekend since late May .
There have even been large group gatherings at the Trump International Hotel in D.C. amidst Mayor Muriel Bowser ’ s guidelines banning large events and requiring everyone to wear a mask .
On July 20 the RNC and Trump Victory held a joint fundraiser where guests included Mark Meadows , Lindsey Graham , and Trump .
Photos from the event show very few people wearing masks .
On July 27 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , executive branch officials , and even one state senator spoke at or attended The Falkirk Center ’ s “ Freedom Summit ” at the Trump Hotel .
In photos from the event on social media , there is not a single mask in sight .
Ignoring the Mayor ’ s safety guidelines likely put the safety of attendees and hospitality workers at risk .
President Trump ’ s decision to retain his businesses interests while in office gave special interests , foreign governments , and political groups something they have never had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the president and his administration by pumping cash into his bank account .
These groups haven ’ t wasted the opportunity .
They ’ ve injected millions of dollars into his businesses in five- and six-figure increments by hosting and sponsoring extravagant events at his hotels and resorts while seeking influence with his administration .
Senior administration members have frequently attended events at Trump properties to address groups hosting events there , rewarding these special interest groups ’ payments to their boss through patronage of his businesses .
According to CREW ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , special interests have hosted or sponsored 130 events at Trump properties , political groups have hosted an additional 88 events , and foreign governments or foreign government-linked groups have hosted 13 events at the president ’ s hotels and resorts .
The number of known events are just a proxy for what are certainly much bigger numbers .
And while there is no way to track how much these groups have spent overall , the spending has almost certainly resulted in millions of dollars in income for President Trump ’ s businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ special interests have hosted or sponsored 130 events at Trump properties while seeking to influence the government .
The hosts include some of the largest interest groups in the country .
Top trade associations representing payday lenders , energy companies , orthodontists , paper product manufacturers , candy makers , and funeral directors all hosted events , and so has the U.S. Chamber of Commerce .
Companies from many of the biggest , and in some cases , most abusive industries in the country have also hosted or sponsored events , including private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tax preparation software .
Prior to Trump ’ s election , private prison contractor GEO Group had typically held its annual conference nearby its Boca Raton headquarters .
During Trump ’ s first year in office , however , the group ’ s executives decided to try out a venue near Miami , the Trump Doral resort .
The booking was the least they could do .
The Trump Justice Department threw private prison companies a lifeline early in 2017 , reversing the Obama administration ’ s plan to phase them out .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the Trump administration , and since then GEO Group has sponsored another event at the president ’ s Doral resort .
Other special interests have appeared to reap rewards from the Trump administration after patronizing the president ’ s businesses .
Bankers , title insurers , vaping advocates , railroad builders , and others have also benefited from a favorable policy or rule change from the Trump administration after hosting an event at a Trump property .
Just two weeks after the Air Conditioning , Heating , and Refrigeration Institute held a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Trump administration came out in favor of an environmental policy they ’ d lobbied in favor of for years .
The group ’ s tax return for that year showed it paid the president ’ s business more than $ 700,000 for the event .
By far the most popular event venue for special interests is the Trump hotel in Washington .
61 of these events took place there .
This is driven in-part by “ fly-in ” visits by special interests on lobbying trips to Washington .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to meet with officials while staying at or hosting an event at the hotel .
Other groups have gotten an Oval Office meeting .
Five groups including the American Legislative Exchange Council and the American Petroleum Institute have had meetings at the White House concurrent with a Trump hotel event .
API went to the White House on the second day of a two-day event at the Trump hotel to discuss NAFTA and tariff issues .
It ’ s also common for Trump administration officials and Republican members of Congress to attend special-interest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interests valuable access , often behind closed doors , which also result in a large payment to President Trump .
Forty-eight administration officials , including 13 Cabinet members , have attended a special interest event at a Trump property , and 41 members of Congress have gone to one .
On two occasions , Cabinet members have included kind words for the choice of event venue in their remarks , all while their boss reaps a financial benefit from the event .
Trump ’ s presidency has turned his properties into fundraising hotspots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his run for president , Trump businesses were never paid more than $ 100,000 by political groups in a single year , they have taken in millions of dollars in political spending each year since he ran .
Political groups , like special interest groups , are often rewarded for their patronage with access to the president and senior Trump officials at their events .
Advertising these appearances helps garner interest , which makes for better attended — and more expensive — events , which in turn means more money for Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when wealthy donors come to fundraisers at Trump properties , they aren ’ t just benefiting the political campaigns of the president and his allies , they are enriching the president personally .
Political groups have held 88 events at Trump properties since the President took office .
Forty-five of these have taken place at the Trump hotel in Washington , 6 have taken place at Trump National Doral , and 17 have taken place at Mar-a-Lago .
Unsurprisingly , the president ’ s political operation is his own best customer .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and a third committee , Trump Victory , which raises money for those two groups , have held a combined 23 events at Trump properties .
A Trump campaign-approved super PAC , America First Action , has hosted eight more , and a political group led by Vice President Mike Pence has held three .
At these events , President Trump often gives wealthy donors an invaluable resource : Intimate face-time with him to discuss pet issues .
We know this because in the run-up to President Trump ’ s impeachment , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawyer , showing exactly what was discussed at an America First Action event at the Trump hotel .
In the recording , Trump has long conversations with individual donors about their business and other interests .
Other Republican Party political committees have followed suit .
The National Republican Congressional Committee and National Republican Senatorial Committee , two of the party ’ s main fundraising vehicles , have hosted a combined six events at Trump properties .
The Senate Leadership Fund , a super PAC with a similar mission , which is close to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two events .
The Republican Governors Association and Republican Attorneys General Association , which seek to win state races for Republicans nationwide , have held two events apiece .
Driven by the five- and six-figure costs of these events , the president ’ s businesses have raked in $ 23.2 million from political groups since Trump announced his run for office in 2015 and $ 9.7 million since he took office .
Political groups have paid $ 3.2 million to the Trump hotel in Washington , $ 2 million to the Trump National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mar-a-Lago .
The top spenders are Trump ’ s own campaign , the RNC , and a joint entity that raises money to those two groups , which , together , have spent more than $ 20 million .
The pro-Trump super PAC America First Action has spent another $ 600,000 at Trump businesses , and Vice President Pence ’ s political committee has spent $ 237,000 there .
Though many of the top spenders are Trump ’ s own political groups and those in his immediate orbit , political spending at Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundred political groups have made a payment to at least one Trump property , and more than three dozen of those have paid more than $ 10,000 .
None of these totals include untold sums spent by dark money groups that generally don ’ t have to report such spending .
These giant payments to the president ’ s businesses have afforded groups that sponsor events at Trump properties access to Trump and other high ranking government officials .
President Trump himself has attended 31 of them , and Vice President Pence has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials have attended 22 political events at the president ’ s properties , and 67 members of Congress have attended one or more .
While the coronavirus pandemic caused many Trump properties to close temporarily , they have since reopened and resumed hosting — and billing — political and special interest groups , convening officials , donors , and lobbyists for eight events since March .
During the Republican National Convention , Trump Victory hosted a three-day event at the Trump hotel , drawing attendance from 10 administration officials , including at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Foreign governments and foreign government-linked groups have held 13 events at Trump properties during his presidency .
Payments for these events violate the Constitution ’ s Emoluments Clause , which says the president isn ’ t allowed to accept presents , profits , gains , or advantages from foreign countries .
The Philippine and Kuwaiti embassies have held Independence Day celebrations at the Trump hotel in Washington , and the Romanian consulate in Chicago celebrated Romania ’ s National Day at the Trump hotel in Chicago .
Between Trump ’ s election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Azerbaijan both held events at the president ’ s DC hotel .
During the Phillippine embassy ’ s event , the country ’ s ambassador to the U.S. linked his country ’ s Trump hotel patronage to the presidency .
He said the choice of venue was “ a statement , it ’ s a statement that we have a good relationship with this president.
” Both the Kuwaiti embassy and the Romanian consulate had previously held the same annual event somewhere else in previous years before Trump was president .
Kuwait @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump hotel for its National Day celebrating in 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 .
They were rewarded for their loyalty with access to top Trump officials .
Three Trump Cabinet members attended their 2019 event , and so did Kellyanne Conway .
There , they mingled with representatives from seven different governments .
Foreign government events often bring foreign officials from both the host country and other countries to the president ’ s properties in droves .
Sixty-seven foreign officials attended a foreign government ’ s event at a Trump property , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president through his businesses .
An annual conference on Turkish relations took place at the Trump hotel in Washington in 2017 and 2019 .
The events have brought at least 15 Turkish government officials to the hotel as both guests and speakers .
The Turkish ambassador and several Turkish ministers addressed attendees at the 2019 event , which was sponsored in part by a Turkish government office .
Another sponsor was Turkish Airlines , which the Turkish government owns a large part of .
Turkish Airlines hosted two other events at Trump properties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emoluments concerns .
Trump ’ s resorts , hotels , and golf courses are his pride and joy , which may be why he spends so much time publicly touting his eponymous properties .
In the presidency , Trump has found a chance to advertise his businesses from the world ’ s biggest platform .
He ’ s seized the opportunity , lavishing his businesses with praise , even in the course of making official remarks .
The president has mentioned or referred to his businesses 334 times while in office .
Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , press conferences , and any other opportunity he can get .
Trump hasn ’ t talked about any other property as much as he ’ s spoken about the “ fabled & beautiful ” Trump Tower .
Trump similarly loves to brag about Mar-a-Lago and his other properties .
Recently he called his 40 Wall Street tower a “ great building ” and exclaimed “ I wonder who built this beautiful place ” while speaking at the D.C. hotel .
Even when he ’ s denying that he uses his office to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ tremendous , ” “ magnificent , ” and “ incredible ” resorts with praise .
Other White House officials have also used their platform to dote on their boss ’ s properties .
White House officials other than Trump have promoted his properties on 92 occasions .
The officials who ’ ve boosted them the most are former Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvanley , former Press Secretary Sean Spicer , and Deputy Principal Press Secretary Hogan Gidley .
In an interview on CNN late last year , Kellyanne Conway dodged questions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hotel by showering the property with compliments : “ It ’ s a great hotel .
Have you been there ?
The food is delicious , the hotel is great , it has proximity to many places , ” Conway exclaimed .
Andrew Giuliani , a Public Liaison Assistant at the White house and the son of Trump ’ s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani recently took to Twitter to call Trump ’ s Ferry Point Golf Course “ one of the greatest courses in the USA.
” When the White House announced Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 G7 summit , then-Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney spent an entire press conference defending the property ’ s qualifications , calling it “ the best physical facility for [ the G7 ] , ” and a “ perfect ” location , and described Doral ’ s many amenities .
White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley has promoted several properties and has referred to aspects of Trump Tower and Turnberry as “ iconic.
” Trump even advocates for his properties behind closed doors .
Various anonymous White House officials have said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be held at his properties .
One official told the Washington Post that “ His knee-jerk , every single time , was to do things at his own properties.
” Another even said that Trump thinks that Americans expect him to visit his properties .
Despite swearing to stay away from his business interests during his presidency , “ The president argued repeatedly that the people knew who they elected when they picked him and that his businesses were central to his image.
” Trump made this desire public last summer at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advocated for next year ’ s summit to be held at Trump National Doral .
While Trump claimed that the Secret Service preferred Doral to the other contenders , records obtained by CREW later revealed that the Secret Service said no such thing and that Doral was added as a last minute option , meaning that Trump lied in order to manipulate the international event for his own benefit .
Trump similarly stated that the Secret Service influenced him to stay at his Las Vegas hotel during a campaign to the West Coast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question by a records request from CREW .
Trump Organization Executive Vice President Eric Trump has said that after Trump ’ s time in office , his company will “ launch a major expansion ” that will focus in part on business “ abroad.
” It seems like this “ major expansion ” has started early .
Instead of waiting , Trump ’ s sons have been actively pursuing foreign business and are using their family ’ s newfound political power to do so , despite a pledge from Trump that his company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his presidency .
At times , their denials that they ’ re pursuing foreign business has almost been comical .
In mid-October of 2019 , Eric Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham , “ When my father became commander in chief of this country , we got out of all international business.
” Barely two weeks later , an official Trump Organization account tweeted , “ Thrilled to announce that we have granted [ sic ] planning permission to expand the incredible @ TrumpDoonbeg !
” golf resort in Ireland .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to be approved by local Irish officials — would include “ a new ballroom , pool , spa , leisure facilities , 235 additional resort rooms , gate house and much more.
” One way that the Trump Organization has been expanding is through foreign trademarks .
These trademarks give the company access to foreign markets and ultimately a head start in pursuing the international expansion that will inevitably follow the Trump presidency .
These deals are not only beneficial for Trump .
By granting immensely valuable trademarks to Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way into the good graces of the President of the United States in the way he likes best : by boosting his business interests .
In Trump ’ s first term as President , the Trump Organization received 66 foreign trademarks .
While the vast majority of these trademarks are from China , Trump companies have also received approval for trademarks in Argentina , Brazil , Canada , Peru , the Philippines , Indonesia , Mexico , the UAE , and the European Union .
The most recent of these trademarks is from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ received three trademarks from the country in the past year that cover areas like club services , recreation facilities , real estate , and construction , hinting that the Trump Organization may be pursuing a development in Argentina .
Trump may also have altered U.S. foreign policy to receive them : The first two trademarks happened to coincide with administration actions on trade policy in Argentina .
Ivanka Trump has similarly benefitted from her father ’ s government position to expand her brand abroad .
In 2018 Ivanka shut down her clothing company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government work .
In January 2019 , however , the company received approval for a trademark in Canada for handbags , footwear , and other clothing items , despite the business being shut down .
This is not the first trademark that she has received since the shutdown of her brand — in October 2018 she received approval for 16 trademarks from the Chinese government .
All of this foreign business can ’ t be done without traveling .
Trump ’ s adult children have taken international trips for Trump Organization business .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jr. has paid special attention to Indonesia , where the company MNC Group is building two Trump-branded projects .
This project is rife with international conflicts of interest .
First of all , MNC Group is led by Hary Tanoesoedibjo , a long time business partner and friend of President Trump .
Tanoesoedibjo has introduced Trump to several high profile Indonesian officials and even attended festivities for Trump ’ s inauguration in 2017 .
Tanoesoedibjo ’ s daughter also happens to be an Indonesian government official , tying Trump directly to a foreign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy in Indonesian President Joko Widodo ’ s cabinet .
Since Tanoesoedibjo ’ s position gives her power over tourism in the country , she could potentially make decisions that affect her father ’ s business , including the two Trump projects .
Last summer Don Jr. traveled to Jakarta to attend a pre-launch event for the two Indonesian developments where several government officials were in attendance , including Angela .
The presence of so many officials at an event meant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Many may have attended to secure some face time with the son of the President of the United States and to show their support for the President ’ s business endeavors .
To add to the corruption , in September 2018 MNC Group partnered with a construction company that is partially owned by both the Saudi Arabian and South Korean governments to build the Trump branded aspects of one of the resorts .
This happened right before American journalist Jamal Kashoggi disappeared at the hands of Saudi officials in Turkey , raising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to hold the Saudi government accountable could have something to do with his business relationship with the country .
These international business trips incur massive Secret Service costs that are ultimately paid by taxpayers .
The Secret Service has always been authorized to protect the President ’ s family but it creates an ethical quandary when the purpose of the trips is to boost Trump ’ s bottom line .
As of this April the Trump family had taken an average of 12 times more trips per year requiring Secret Service protection than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example , Don Jr. visited India for a week-long business trip to sell Trump-branded condominiums that cost taxpayers almost $ 100,000 in Secret Service fees .
During the trip he stayed in a “ variety of luxury hotels , ” hosted “ champagne dinners ” and even met directly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi .
Don Jr. and other Trump Organization executives even promised early buyers of the condos an exclusive incentive — access to Trump ’ s son at a private luxury reception in New York .
The spending doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s inauguration , Don Jr. and Eric Trump traveled to Dubai to open a Trump-branded golf course , costing $ 200,000 in Secret Service fees .
That same month the brothers traveled to the Dominican Republic to relaunch a failed Trump-branded resort project , costing $ 20,000 in government funds .
Eric Trump has visited Uruguay twice during his father ’ s first term , trips that cost taxpayers $ 97,830 in 2017 and $ 80,786 in 2019 .
Not all of this travel includes Trump Organization business .
In August 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ endangered sheep with an RNC donor , costing taxpayers $ 76,859.36 , more than $ 60,000 in excess of what the Secret Service originally reported .
After the hunting excursion Trump met with the Mongolian President and was retroactively granted a permit to hunt the sheep he had already killed .
Days before President-elect Trump took office , he committed the original sin of his presidency , announcing that he would retain his business interests while in office .
At the same time , he announced a series of woefully inadequate practices related @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against conflicts of interest .
Among them was an assurance that there would be maintained a wall of separation between the Trump Organization and the Trump presidency .
That was a lie .
Trump has not fully separated himself from the day-to-day operation of his business , nor has he , or the Trump Organization , enforced a separation between his businesses and the White House .

Spending time and money at Trump properties
By frequently visiting the properties that he still owns and profits from as President, Trump has established his hotels and resorts as centers of power and influence. Members of his administration and Republican members of Congress have followed the president’s lead and brought their own business, including those who might seek to influence the government, to Trump’s properties. Each time they go, the president profits.
President Trump has visited his hotels, resorts, and golf courses 503 times as President, and 14 of his properties in total. Of these visits, 303 have been made to golf courses. This year alone, he has visited 7 properties 74 times in total. The days that he has spent visiting properties account for a third of his presidency.
President Trump hasn’t just vacationed at his properties, he’s turned them into extensions of his White House by hosting foreign dignitaries, holding press conferences, signing executive orders, and meeting with cabinet officials at them. All of these official occurrences have emphasized their proximity to power, boosting their status to guests and members.
President Trump is far from the only executive branch official to patronize Trump properties — 334 administration officials have visited Trump properties 885 times. First family members and senior advisors Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have visited Trump properties more than any other executive branch officials with 39 and 36 visits, respectively. Following them are Vice President Mike Pence with 33 visits, former Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway with 27 visits, and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin with 23.
Members of Congress similarly patronize the President’s properties. One hundred forty-one individual Senators and Representatives have visited Trump properties 344 times, with Senator Lindsey Graham topping the list with 27 visits, followed by Rand Paul, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, and Kevin McCarthy. The vast majority of these congressional visits, 284 to be exact, have been to the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C.
American government officials aren’t alone in patronizing Trump businesses — 145 foreign officials from 75 governments have visited Trump properties. The country that has sent the most officials to Trump properties has been Turkey. On some occasions, Trump has personally brought them there. At Trump’s vaunted “Winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, he has hosted Chinese President Xi Jingping, then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and most recently the far-right President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro along with several other Brazilian officials. According to The Grifter’s Club, a recent book by four Miami Herald reporters, the Xi visit was an “unparalleled money maker” for Mar-a-Lago — so much so that it was “the most successful promotional event in the club’s history.”
Trump’s frequent visits have resulted in hundreds and thousands of dollars in Secret Service protection and travel costs, which are ultimately paid by taxpayers. The cost to the Secret Service early in President Trump’s presidency was so high that the agency could no longer afford the overtime for agents protecting him. More than 1,000 agents hit caps for overtime payments, and agents started leaving the service as a result of the sometimes uncompensated overwork and frequent travel to Trump’s businesses.
Meanwhile, President Trump’s businesses were also charging the Secret Service for rooms and other services at elevated rates, despite their claims to the contrary. Trump Organization Executive Vice President Eric Trump told Yahoo Finance that by staying at Trump Organization properties, the government would save a “fortune,” but spending documents showed this was likely not true. The Trump Organization has charged multiple government entities hundreds of thousands of dollars since Trump took office, running up a taxpayer-funded tab of more than $1.1 million in Secret Service payments.
For Trump’s first trip to Mar-a-Lago as President in January 2017, the Secret Service reserved several rooms totaling $10,660 for the whole weekend. At Trump’s Bedminster resort the Secret Service was forced to rent a cottage that costs $17,000 per month. Other payments are even more extraordinary. Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland charged the Secret Service an unexplained “furniture removal fee” of $1,300. The Secret Service has even paid for rooms at Mar-a-Lago when Trump isn’t there. In 2017 after a Mar-a-Lago staff member told the Secret Service that the resort was booked up, the agency later booked rooms for two weeks at a time to ensure that wouldn’t happen again.
Vice President Mike Pence’s visits to Trump properties have also cost taxpayers and benefited Trump. When the VP visited Las Vegas in 2017 for a Republican Jewish Coalition meeting, the Secret Service spent more than $20,000 at the Trump hotel. On a 2019 trip to Ireland, Pence stayed at Trump’s Doonbeg resort even though he had to fly to meetings on the other side of the country — at a cost to taxpayers of nearly $600,000.
The Secret Service isn’t the only agency spending taxpayer funds at Trump Organization properties. The Department of Homeland Security spent more than $1,600 on a dinner with “foreign government representatives” at the Trump Hotel. According to Politico, as of last September the Department of Defense had spent almost $200,000 at Turnberry since Trump’s inauguration in 2017, plus almost $700 at Doral in 2018, and almost $1,500 for hotel rooms at Mar-a-Lago during one weekend in February of 2017.
In April 2017, when the State Department tried to get the Trump Organization to waive the costs of a meeting room it needed for press and official meetings during one of Trump’s visits to Mar-a-Lago, the Trump Organization refused, and State only narrowly avoided a violation of contracting rules limiting government expenditures to under $3,500. The next year, President Trump signed a law that lifted that government cap on “micro-purchases” from $3,500 to $10,000, and the State Department created a special credit card just for Mar-a-Lago visits.
All of this spending puts taxpayer money into Trump’s pocket. According to his personal financial disclosure, Trump’s businesses took in at least $446 million last year, more than 1,000 times more than the presidential salary that he’s made a show of donating. And Trump isn’t the only one who profits off of taxpayer dollars. Ivanka Trump’s personal financial disclosure revealed that her stake in the Trump Hotel in D.C. generated $4 million in revenue.
Trump’s properties are more than just extensions of the White House. Since his election in 2016, business has been boosted by administration officials and allies using Trump’s properties for weddings, parties, and other celebrations. For New Year’s Eve, Dan Scavino, Mike Pompeo, Lindsey Graham, and several others including Trump and Ivanka stayed at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate. Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller married another White House official at the Washington, D.C. Trump Hotel, with at least 20 administration officials and members of Congress in attendance including Trump, Pence, Mulvaney, and others. When Sarah Huckabee Sanders left the White House last summer she had a massive going away party at the Trump Hotel with almost 40 government guests.
While the coronavirus pandemic slowed down the hospitality industry, some officials continued to visit Trump properties even during the outbreak’s surge in April and May. When the virus first struck and cities all over the country ordered residents to “shelter at home,” Jared and Ivanka traveled to Bedminster, New Jersey to spend the Passover holiday at Trump’s golf club. This was after Ivanka posted a video online urging Americans to follow federal guidelines and stay at home. Even President Trump took a break from his properties — the coronavirus stopped him from visiting them for almost three months.
In fact, the only thing that has temporarily stopped President Trump from routinely visiting his properties as president are two government shutdowns and a global pandemic. While there are still tens of thousands of new cases of the virus each day all over the country, Trump has picked back up and has visited one of his golf courses almost every weekend since late May.
There have even been large group gatherings at the Trump International Hotel in D.C. amidst Mayor Muriel Bowser’s guidelines banning large events and requiring everyone to wear a mask. On July 20 the RNC and Trump Victory held a joint fundraiser where guests included Mark Meadows, Lindsey Graham, and Trump. Photos from the event show very few people wearing masks. On July 27 and 28, over 20 members of Congress, executive branch officials, and even one state senator spoke at or attended The Falkirk Center’s “Freedom Summit” at the Trump Hotel. In photos from the event on social media, there is not a single mask in sight. Ignoring the Mayor’s safety guidelines likely put the safety of attendees and hospitality workers at risk.
Lavish events held at Trump properties
President Trump’s decision to retain his businesses interests while in office gave special interests, foreign governments, and political groups something they have never had before: a way to ingratiate themselves with the president and his administration by pumping cash into his bank account. These groups haven’t wasted the opportunity. They’ve injected millions of dollars into his businesses in five- and six-figure increments by hosting and sponsoring extravagant events at his hotels and resorts while seeking influence with his administration.
Senior administration members have frequently attended events at Trump properties to address groups hosting events there, rewarding these special interest groups’ payments to their boss through patronage of his businesses.
According to CREW’s tracking, during the Trump presidency, special interests have hosted or sponsored 130 events at Trump properties, political groups have hosted an additional 88 events, and foreign governments or foreign government-linked groups have hosted 13 events at the president’s hotels and resorts. The number of known events are just a proxy for what are certainly much bigger numbers. And while there is no way to track how much these groups have spent overall, the spending has almost certainly resulted in millions of dollars in income for President Trump’s businesses.
Special Interest Groups
Since President Trump took office, special interests have hosted or sponsored 130 events at Trump properties while seeking to influence the government. The hosts include some of the largest interest groups in the country. Top trade associations representing payday lenders, energy companies, orthodontists, paper product manufacturers, candy makers, and funeral directors all hosted events, and so has the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Companies from many of the biggest, and in some cases, most abusive industries in the country have also hosted or sponsored events, including private prisons, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and tax preparation software.
Prior to Trump’s election, private prison contractor GEO Group had typically held its annual conference nearby its Boca Raton headquarters. During Trump’s first year in office, however, the group’s executives decided to try out a venue near Miami, the Trump Doral resort.
The booking was the least they could do. The Trump Justice Department threw private prison companies a lifeline early in 2017, reversing the Obama administration’s plan to phase them out. Instead, private prison spending has increased during the Trump administration, and since then GEO Group has sponsored another event at the president’s Doral resort.
Other special interests have appeared to reap rewards from the Trump administration after patronizing the president’s businesses. Bankers, title insurers, vaping advocates, railroad builders, and others have also benefited from a favorable policy or rule change from the Trump administration after hosting an event at a Trump property. Just two weeks after the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute held a conference at Trump’s Doral resort, the Trump administration came out in favor of an environmental policy they’d lobbied in favor of for years. The group’s tax return for that year showed it paid the president’s business more than $700,000 for the event.
By far the most popular event venue for special interests is the Trump hotel in Washington. 61 of these events took place there. This is driven in-part by “fly-in” visits by special interests on lobbying trips to Washington. It’s common for both DC-based groups and out-of-towners to meet with officials while staying at or hosting an event at the hotel.
Other groups have gotten an Oval Office meeting. Five groups including the American Legislative Exchange Council and the American Petroleum Institute have had meetings at the White House concurrent with a Trump hotel event. API went to the White House on the second day of a two-day event at the Trump hotel to discuss NAFTA and tariff issues.
It’s also common for Trump administration officials and Republican members of Congress to attend special-interest events at Trump properties, granting these interests valuable access, often behind closed doors, which also result in a large payment to President Trump. Forty-eight administration officials, including 13 Cabinet members, have attended a special interest event at a Trump property, and 41 members of Congress have gone to one. On two occasions, Cabinet members have included kind words for the choice of event venue in their remarks, all while their boss reaps a financial benefit from the event.
Political Groups
Trump’s presidency has turned his properties into fundraising hotspots for the Republican Party. Whereas prior to his run for president, Trump businesses were never paid more than $100,000 by political groups in a single year, they have taken in millions of dollars in political spending each year since he ran.
Political groups, like special interest groups, are often rewarded for their patronage with access to the president and senior Trump officials at their events. Advertising these appearances helps garner interest, which makes for better attended — and more expensive — events, which in turn means more money for Trump. Unlike any other modern president, when wealthy donors come to fundraisers at Trump properties, they aren’t just benefiting the political campaigns of the president and his allies, they are enriching the president personally.
Political groups have held 88 events at Trump properties since the President took office. Forty-five of these have taken place at the Trump hotel in Washington, 6 have taken place at Trump National Doral, and 17 have taken place at Mar-a-Lago. Unsurprisingly, the president’s political operation is his own best customer. The Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, and a third committee, Trump Victory, which raises money for those two groups, have held a combined 23 events at Trump properties. A Trump campaign-approved super PAC, America First Action, has hosted eight more, and a political group led by Vice President Mike Pence has held three.
At these events, President Trump often gives wealthy donors an invaluable resource: Intimate face-time with him to discuss pet issues. We know this because in the run-up to President Trump’s impeachment, recordings were released by Lev Parnas’ lawyer, showing exactly what was discussed at an America First Action event at the Trump hotel. In the recording, Trump has long conversations with individual donors about their business and other interests.
Other Republican Party political committees have followed suit. The National Republican Congressional Committee and National Republican Senatorial Committee, two of the party’s main fundraising vehicles, have hosted a combined six events at Trump properties. The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC with a similar mission, which is close to Senate leadership, has hosted an additional two events. The Republican Governors Association and Republican Attorneys General Association, which seek to win state races for Republicans nationwide, have held two events apiece.
Driven by the five- and six-figure costs of these events, the president’s businesses have raked in $23.2 million from political groups since Trump announced his run for office in 2015 and $9.7 million since he took office. Political groups have paid $3.2 million to the Trump hotel in Washington, $2 million to the Trump National Doral, and $1.2 million to Mar-a-Lago. The top spenders are Trump’s own campaign, the RNC, and a joint entity that raises money to those two groups, which, together, have spent more than $20 million. The pro-Trump super PAC America First Action has spent another $600,000 at Trump businesses, and Vice President Pence’s political committee has spent $237,000 there.
Though many of the top spenders are Trump’s own political groups and those in his immediate orbit, political spending at Trump properties is widespread. More than two hundred political groups have made a payment to at least one Trump property, and more than three dozen of those have paid more than $10,000. None of these totals include untold sums spent by dark money groups that generally don’t have to report such spending.
These giant payments to the president’s businesses have afforded groups that sponsor events at Trump properties access to Trump and other high ranking government officials. President Trump himself has attended 31 of them, and Vice President Pence has gone to another 15. Eight cabinet officials have attended 22 political events at the president’s properties, and 67 members of Congress have attended one or more.
While the coronavirus pandemic caused many Trump properties to close temporarily, they have since reopened and resumed hosting — and billing — political and special interest groups, convening officials, donors, and lobbyists for eight events since March. During the Republican National Convention, Trump Victory hosted a three-day event at the Trump hotel, drawing attendance from 10 administration officials, including at least five cabinet officials and President Trump himself.
Foreign Governments
Foreign governments and foreign government-linked groups have held 13 events at Trump properties during his presidency. Payments for these events violate the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, which says the president isn’t allowed to accept presents, profits, gains, or advantages from foreign countries.
The Philippine and Kuwaiti embassies have held Independence Day celebrations at the Trump hotel in Washington, and the Romanian consulate in Chicago celebrated Romania’s National Day at the Trump hotel in Chicago. Between Trump’s election and inauguration, the embassies of Bahrain and Azerbaijan both held events at the president’s DC hotel.
During the Phillippine embassy’s event, the country’s ambassador to the U.S. linked his country’s Trump hotel patronage to the presidency. He said the choice of venue was “a statement, it’s a statement that we have a good relationship with this president.”
Both the Kuwaiti embassy and the Romanian consulate had previously held the same annual event somewhere else in previous years before Trump was president. Kuwait became a repeat customer, booking the Trump hotel for its National Day celebrating in 2017, 2018, and 2019. They were rewarded for their loyalty with access to top Trump officials. Three Trump Cabinet members attended their 2019 event, and so did Kellyanne Conway. There, they mingled with representatives from seven different governments.
Foreign government events often bring foreign officials from both the host country and other countries to the president’s properties in droves. Sixty-seven foreign officials attended a foreign government’s event at a Trump property, boosting the foreign money flowing to the president through his businesses.
An annual conference on Turkish relations took place at the Trump hotel in Washington in 2017 and 2019. The events have brought at least 15 Turkish government officials to the hotel as both guests and speakers. The Turkish ambassador and several Turkish ministers addressed attendees at the 2019 event, which was sponsored in part by a Turkish government office. Another sponsor was Turkish Airlines, which the Turkish government owns a large part of. Turkish Airlines hosted two other events at Trump properties during the Trump administration, raising additional emoluments concerns.
Official promotion of Trump’s private businesses
Trump’s resorts, hotels, and golf courses are his pride and joy, which may be why he spends so much time publicly touting his eponymous properties. In the presidency, Trump has found a chance to advertise his businesses from the world’s biggest platform. He’s seized the opportunity, lavishing his businesses with praise, even in the course of making official remarks. The president has mentioned or referred to his businesses 334 times while in office.
Trump has relentlessly praised his properties during speeches, press conferences, and any other opportunity he can get. Trump hasn’t talked about any other property as much as he’s spoken about the “fabled & beautiful” Trump Tower. Trump similarly loves to brag about Mar-a-Lago and his other properties. Recently he called his 40 Wall Street tower a “great building” and exclaimed “I wonder who built this beautiful place” while speaking at the D.C. hotel. Even when he’s denying that he uses his office to promote his businesses, he showers his “tremendous,” “magnificent,” and “incredible” resorts with praise.
Other White House officials have also used their platform to dote on their boss’s properties. White House officials other than Trump have promoted his properties on 92 occasions. The officials who’ve boosted them the most are former Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvanley, former Press Secretary Sean Spicer, and Deputy Principal Press Secretary Hogan Gidley.
In an interview on CNN late last year, Kellyanne Conway dodged questions about the possible selling of the DC hotel by showering the property with compliments: “It’s a great hotel. Have you been there? The food is delicious, the hotel is great, it has proximity to many places,” Conway exclaimed. Andrew Giuliani, a Public Liaison Assistant at the White house and the son of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani recently took to Twitter to call Trump’s Ferry Point Golf Course “one of the greatest courses in the USA.” When the White House announced Trump National Doral as the location for the 2020 G7 summit, then-Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney spent an entire press conference defending the property’s qualifications, calling it “the best physical facility for [the G7],” and a “perfect” location, and described Doral’s many amenities. White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley has promoted several properties and has referred to aspects of Trump Tower and Turnberry as “iconic.”
Trump even advocates for his properties behind closed doors. Various anonymous White House officials have said that Trump pushes for official events to be held at his properties. One official told the Washington Post that “His knee-jerk, every single time, was to do things at his own properties.” Another even said that Trump thinks that Americans expect him to visit his properties. Despite swearing to stay away from his business interests during his presidency, “The president argued repeatedly that the people knew who they elected when they picked him and that his businesses were central to his image.”
Trump made this desire public last summer at the G7 summit in France where he publicly advocated for next year’s summit to be held at Trump National Doral. While Trump claimed that the Secret Service preferred Doral to the other contenders, records obtained by CREW later revealed that the Secret Service said no such thing and that Doral was added as a last minute option, meaning that Trump lied in order to manipulate the international event for his own benefit. Trump similarly stated that the Secret Service influenced him to stay at his Las Vegas hotel during a campaign to the West Coast. This claim was later called into question by a records request from CREW.
Conflicts (of interest) abroad
Trump Organization Executive Vice President Eric Trump has said that after Trump’s time in office, his company will “launch a major expansion” that will focus in part on business “abroad.” It seems like this “major expansion” has started early. Instead of waiting, Trump’s sons have been actively pursuing foreign business and are using their family’s newfound political power to do so, despite a pledge from Trump that his company wouldn’t pursue foreign deals during his presidency.
At times, their denials that they’re pursuing foreign business has almost been comical. In mid-October of 2019, Eric Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham, “When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business.” Barely two weeks later, an official Trump Organization account tweeted, “Thrilled to announce that we have granted [sic] planning permission to expand the incredible @TrumpDoonbeg!” golf resort in Ireland. The tweet explained that the updates — which had to be approved by local Irish officials — would include “a new ballroom, pool, spa, leisure facilities, 235 additional resort rooms, gate house and much more.”
One way that the Trump Organization has been expanding is through foreign trademarks. These trademarks give the company access to foreign markets and ultimately a head start in pursuing the international expansion that will inevitably follow the Trump presidency. These deals are not only beneficial for Trump. By granting immensely valuable trademarks to Trump’s companies, foreign governments can buy their way into the good graces of the President of the United States in the way he likes best: by boosting his business interests.
In Trump’s first term as President, the Trump Organization received 66 foreign trademarks. While the vast majority of these trademarks are from China, Trump companies have also received approval for trademarks in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Peru, the Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, the UAE, and the European Union.
The most recent of these trademarks is from Argentina. The Trump family company has received three trademarks from the country in the past year that cover areas like club services, recreation facilities, real estate, and construction, hinting that the Trump Organization may be pursuing a development in Argentina. Trump may also have altered U.S. foreign policy to receive them: The first two trademarks happened to coincide with administration actions on trade policy in Argentina.
Ivanka Trump has similarly benefitted from her father’s government position to expand her brand abroad. In 2018 Ivanka shut down her clothing company amid ethics concerns to focus on her government work. In January 2019, however, the company received approval for a trademark in Canada for handbags, footwear, and other clothing items, despite the business being shut down. This is not the first trademark that she has received since the shutdown of her brand — in October 2018 she received approval for 16 trademarks from the Chinese government.
All of this foreign business can’t be done without traveling. Trump’s adult children have taken international trips for Trump Organization business. In the past few years, Don Jr. has paid special attention to Indonesia, where the company MNC Group is building two Trump-branded projects. This project is rife with international conflicts of interest. First of all, MNC Group is led by Hary Tanoesoedibjo, a long time business partner and friend of President Trump. Tanoesoedibjo has introduced Trump to several high profile Indonesian officials and even attended festivities for Trump’s inauguration in 2017.
Tanoesoedibjo’s daughter also happens to be an Indonesian government official, tying Trump directly to a foreign government. Last October, Angela Tanoesoedibjo was appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy in Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s cabinet. Since Tanoesoedibjo’s position gives her power over tourism in the country, she could potentially make decisions that affect her father’s business, including the two Trump projects.
Last summer Don Jr. traveled to Jakarta to attend a pre-launch event for the two Indonesian developments where several government officials were in attendance, including Angela. The presence of so many officials at an event meant to celebrate a Trump-branded resort raises suspicions. Many may have attended to secure some face time with the son of the President of the United States and to show their support for the President’s business endeavors.
To add to the corruption, in September 2018 MNC Group partnered with a construction company that is partially owned by both the Saudi Arabian and South Korean governments to build the Trump branded aspects of one of the resorts. This happened right before American journalist Jamal Kashoggi disappeared at the hands of Saudi officials in Turkey, raising questions about whether Trump’s reluctance to hold the Saudi government accountable could have something to do with his business relationship with the country.
These international business trips incur massive Secret Service costs that are ultimately paid by taxpayers. The Secret Service has always been authorized to protect the President’s family but it creates an ethical quandary when the purpose of the trips is to boost Trump’s bottom line. As of this April the Trump family had taken an average of 12 times more trips per year requiring Secret Service protection than the Obamas.
In early 2018 for example, Don Jr. visited India for a week-long business trip to sell Trump-branded condominiums that cost taxpayers almost $100,000 in Secret Service fees. During the trip he stayed in a “variety of luxury hotels,” hosted “champagne dinners” and even met directly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Don Jr. and other Trump Organization executives even promised early buyers of the condos an exclusive incentive — access to Trump’s son at a private luxury reception in New York.
The spending doesn’t stop there. Shortly after their father’s inauguration, Don Jr. and Eric Trump traveled to Dubai to open a Trump-branded golf course, costing $200,000 in Secret Service fees. That same month the brothers traveled to the Dominican Republic to relaunch a failed Trump-branded resort project, costing $20,000 in government funds. Eric Trump has visited Uruguay twice during his father’s first term, trips that cost taxpayers $97,830 in 2017 and $80,786 in 2019.
Not all of this travel includes Trump Organization business. In August 2019, Don Jr. visited Mongolia to hunt endangered sheep with an RNC donor, costing taxpayers $76,859.36, more than $60,000 in excess of what the Secret Service originally reported. After the hunting excursion Trump met with the Mongolian President and was retroactively granted a permit to hunt the sheep he had already killed.
Blurred lines between White House and Trump Organization
Days before President-elect Trump took office, he committed the original sin of his presidency, announcing that he would retain his business interests while in office. At the same time, he announced a series of woefully inadequate practices related to his business that would supposedly guard against conflicts of interest. Among them was an assurance that there would be maintained a wall of separation between the Trump Organization and the Trump presidency.
That was a lie. Trump has not fully separated himself from the day-to-day operation of his business, nor has he, or the Trump Organization, enforced a separation between his businesses and the White House.


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Health Editor’s Note: A leadership vacuum from Trump, a president who downplayed the threat of coronavirus by refusing to wear a mask, denigrating science and medicine, along with governors who were never on the same ‘prevent pandemic’ page and caved in to ‘pressure’ to remove or roll-back containment measures, and lack of monies provided to test and contact trace has led to an ominous outlook for the upcoming months.
Time has been wasted and still coronavirus cases increase daily with mounting deaths. Those who survive a COVID-19 infection may very well have lasting medical issues for months after being COVID-19 free. Wear your mask, physically distance, no groups, do not go out if you are sick, wash your hands like your life depends on it because well… your life does depend on not contracting coronavirus….Carol
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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.