Trump moves forward with a foreign deal less than a week after vowing not to

[HipChick]

A multi-million dollar expansion of President-elect Donald Trump’s golf resort in Scotland is reportedly underway — less than a week after Trump’s attorney told reporters that the president-elect had, in an effort to distance himself from conflicts of interests with regards to his businesses, “ordered that all pending deals be terminated.”

According to the Guardian, which first reported the story on Sunday, the Trump Organization is moving forward with a plan to greatly expand the president-elect’s Trump International Golf Course Scotland, located in Aberdeenshire. The plans include construction of another 18-hole golf course, a new 450-room five-star hotel, a timeshare complex, and a private housing estate. The expansion would greatly increase the value of the property to the Trump Organization, according to the Guardian’s report.

A spokesperson for the Trump Organization told the Guardian that “implementing future phasing of existing properties does not constitute a new transaction” and therefore the Trump Organization plans to proceed with the deal, despite Trump’s assertion that he would no longer pursue foreign investments relating to his company.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-scottish-golf-resort-deal-conflict-of-interest-161ec1c6389f#.9w64hmynz

[vlyons]

1. black is white

"War is peace. Hate is love. Freedom is slavery."

-- George Orwell, 1984

[2naSalit]

5. +100000000000000000000000000000000!

[lark]

15. Up is down and in is out!

Lying is certainly and always in for Drumpf.

[Bettie]

19. Who knew we'd be living TWO Orwell books at the same time

I'd add "Some animals are more equal than others".

[Wounded Bear]

2. "Oh, we weren't talking about that deal"

[dalton99a]

3. Trump cares not one whit about rules or ethics

let alone truth

[Stinky The Clown]

4. "Things are what he says they are. Fuck you for asking about it."

I can imagine Rinsed Penis or Baghdad Kellyanne telling us that.

[2naSalit]

6. Indeed by using their

extra special magical speaking words, as my friend puts it.

[eleny]

11. Hey, he never said he'd stop making deals. We didn't hear him say that!

We're mistaken.

Smell the gas? Gaslight. Take gas!

[Jacob Boehme]

7. No lie is too big or to small for this douche-bag.

No act of collusion or subterfuge is beyond him. Every dirty trick, every mis-direction and every obnoxious behavior surpasses the previous one.

It's obvious now that being "elected" president has emboldened this sociopath to the point that he sees himself as invincible and not answerable or accountable to anyone or any law. This loose cannon will sink the ship if allowed to.

We may all be Lilliputians in his eyes, but just like they did, it is our legal and moral right to tie him up in legal knots where his powers are neutralized.

[louis-t]

8. I can't believe anyone would still do work for him.

He won't pay most of them.

[cbdo2007]

17. I can't believe people are still visiting his properties.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Jason Chaffetz has given Trump cover.

[In_The_Wind]

10. Another lie churned out by the Trump Nonsense Factory.

[vlyons]

12. Rest assured, I SHALL deal with it

along with millions of other Americans. I shall teach, preach, and practice the Golden rule. I shall resist and oppose unbridled capitalism that values the acquisition of money at any cost over being of benefit to ALL people. I shall oppose Republican criminals, traitors to the best of my ability. I shall endeavor to herald a revival of American values. We are a nation of immigrants, where all men and women are equal before the law. We are a nation of religious tolerance, where we are free to practice, or not practice, a spiritual path as we choose.

That's how I plan to deal with it. How about you?

[In_The_Wind]

14. Your plan sounds like a good plan for all of us.

I shall continue to treat others with respect.

[bdamomma]

21. yuk

again turn those magazines around when you see his mug.

[KittyWampus]

13. "I can stop (insert your compulsion here) any time I want to!"

[spanone]

16. liar in chief

[Angry Dragon]

18. Just a Huge Conflict of Interest

Fits right in with the Huge plans Trump has for the country
too bad Trump thinks everything is Trump country

[cheyanne]

20. Does Trump actually own the golf course? I read that most of his projects use his name and he is

hired to be what I think is called a project manager, but he doesn't own the building or whatever.

[bdamomma]

22. Show us your tax returns!!!!

he will learn no one is above the law.