Tag: Trump organization

Trump’s divisive presidency reshapes a key part of his private business

The following article by David A. Fahrenthold, Amy Brittain and Matea Gold was posted on the Washington Post website September 17, 2017:

As President Trump’s actions and rhetoric grow more polarizing, his business empire is losing lucrative event business. The Post’s David A. Fahrenthold looked at the trend of charities leaving Trump properties. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

For two years, a shelter for victims of domestic violence called Safe+Sound Somerset held its fundraiser golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

They loved it.

Then they quit it. Continue reading “Trump’s divisive presidency reshapes a key part of his private business”

Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal

The following article by Rosalind S. Helderman, Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger was posted on the Washington Post website August 28, 2017:

The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig and Tom Hamburger explain the Trump Organization’s efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. (Jenny Starrs, Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

A top executive from Donald Trump’s real estate company emailed Russian President Vladi­mir Putin’s personal spokesman during the U.S. presidential campaign last year to ask for help advancing a stalled Trump Tower development project in Moscow, according to documents submitted to Congress on Monday. Continue reading “Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal”

Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal

The following article by Rosalind S. Helderman, Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger was posted on the Washington Post website August 28, 2017:

The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig and Tom Hamburger explain the Trump Organization’s efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. (Jenny Starrs, Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

A top executive from Donald Trump’s real estate company emailed Russian President Vladi­mir Putin’s personal spokesman during the U.S. presidential campaign last year to ask for help advancing a stalled Trump Tower development project in Moscow, according to documents submitted to Congress on Monday. Continue reading “Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal”

Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’

The following article by Matt Apuzzo and Maggie Hagerman was posted on the New York Times website August 28, 2017:

Donald J. Trump with Felix H. Sater, right, and Tevfik Arif at the official unveiling of Trump SoHo in September 2007. Credit Mark Von Holden/WireImage

WASHINGTON — A business associate of President Trump promised in 2015 to engineer a real estate deal with the aid of the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, that he said would help Mr. Trump win the presidency.

The associate, Felix Sater, wrote a series of emails to Mr. Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, in which he boasted about his ties to Mr. Putin. He predicted that building a Trump Tower in Moscow would highlight Mr. Trump’s savvy negotiating skills and be a political boon to his candidacy.

“Our boy can become president of the USA and we can engineer it,” Mr. Sater wrote in an email. “I will get all of Putins team to buy in on this, I will manage this process.”

A portion of an email Felix Sater sent to Michael Cohen on Nov. 3, 2015. Continue reading “Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’”

Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president

The following article by Carol D. Leonnig, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman was posted on the Washington Post website August 27, 2017:

While Donald Trump was running for president in late 2015 and early 2016, his company was pursuing a plan to develop a massive Trump Tower in Moscow, according to several people familiar with the proposal and new records reviewed by Trump Organization lawyers.

As part of the discussions, a Russian-born real estate developer urged Trump to come to Moscow to tout the proposal and suggested that he could get President Vladimir Putin to say “great things” about Trump, according to several people who have been briefed on his correspondence. Continue reading “Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president”