A Conflict of Interest in Turkey
ASHLEY DEJEAN
APR. 18, 2017 4:11 PM
... Trump's business ties to Turkey create a conflict of interest .. according to Trump himself ... Trump mentioned his Turkey-related conflicts in 2015 during a conversation with Steve Bannon .. then .. executive chairman of Breitbart ...
On Bannon's radio show, Breitbart News Daily, Trump said on December 1, 2015, "I have a little conflict of interest 'cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul. It's a tremendously successful job. It's called Trump Towers—two towers, instead of one, not the usual one, it's two."
Trump was speaking truthfully. He had a vested interest in smooth relations with Ankara. And he owed Erdogan ... In 2012, Erdogan presided over the opening ceremony for the Trump Towers ...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-conflict-interest
