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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Has 2 Events This Weekend And Both Benefit His Businesses
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-business-conflicts-mar-a-lago_us_58952d42e4b0c1284f26213dPresident Donald Trump will attend two events this weekend: a charity ball at Mar-A-Lago, his mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, and a Super Bowl gathering at his Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach.
Trump will spend Saturday and Sunday nights attending private events where his presence, and the attendant press coverage of the president, stand to directly benefit the properties bottom lines. Given that Trump earns income from both of these properties, his decision ― as president ― to attend events there creates the appearance that he may be using the presidency to increase the visibility, prestige and financial value of his clubs.
This is the first weekend the president has spent in Florida since his inauguration last month. According to the White House, Trump also plans at least three weekend phone calls with foreign leaders from New Zealand, Italy and Ukraine.
Trump is scheduled to spend Saturday night at the International Red Cross Ball, held this year at Mar-A-Lago. The annual event has been hosted at Mar-A-Lago in the past. According to news reports and a review of Red Cross tax forms, the organization pays fees for such facilities, and catering that can run to more than $300,000.
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Trump Has 2 Events This Weekend And Both Benefit His Businesses (Original Post)
jpak
Feb 2017
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The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)1. "CROOKED" Donald.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)2. Of course he said he was NEVER going to take vacations...
Like Obama and golf. But...he's now designated Mar-a-lago as the "winter WH" so it's all just fine.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)3. This un-president is allowed to getaway with murder and he said so.
republiCONs let him get away with it.
enough
(13,259 posts)4. He's just going to keep doing this, with nothing to stop him.
One of the effects of the blitz of executive orders, nominations, rule changes, etc, is that nobody has the time to focus on this issue, which is so central to the whole situation.
Thanks for this post.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)5. It's called patriotic devotion
HipChick
(25,485 posts)6. With Taxpayers footing the $3M dollars it takes for him to get there..