Interesting article on Trump and the Saudis.

[michaz]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/exclusive-donald-trump-made-millions-from-saudi-government/ar-AAitJpF?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

[spanone]

1. K&R...

[malaise]

2. Oh My!! Off to the greatest page

Records obtained by The News indicate Trump’s connection to influential Saudis predate the Trump World Tower deal.

In 1985, Osama Bin Laden’s half-brother Shafiq Bin Laden paid an $8,500 security deposit for an apartment in Trump Tower. Records indicate Shafiq — often described as the Westernized, polar opposite of Osama Bin Laden — lived there for four months in 1986.

[CentralMass]

3. No tRump fan but how us this an issue?

A rich Saudi securing an apartment in New York city at a high end apartment .

[michaz]

4. Well for one thing it would be nice to see his taxes to see if this was listed as income.

He took money from the Saudis and claimed he would not take money from them which he used to line his pockets. It was not like what the Clinton Foundation got to actually do some good in the world.

[CentralMass]

5. A deposit for an apartment that tRump owned from decades ago ?

There is nothing there.

[michaz]

6. Really? How about that 40-50 million in apartments he was selling them? n/t