State Dept. booked 19 rooms at Trump's Vancouver hotel during grand opening
Source: Axios
The State Department booked 19 rooms at the Trump International Hotel Tower in Vancouver at a cost of more than $15,000 during the grand opening of the complex in February that was attended by the Trump children, per a FOIA request by The Washington Post.
The reason: The documents obtained showing the expenditure were highly redacted, but State told WaPo that generally "[e]mbassy and consulate personnel work with the Secret Service to provide assistance on security matters as necessary for conditions in the particular host country."
Worth noting: The Trump hotel in Vancouver isn't actually owned by The Trump Organization it simply got its name and branding via a management and licensing deal, and Trump earns royalties from the arrangement.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/state-department-booked-19-rooms-at-trumps-canadian-hotel-2458064202.html
bucolic_frolic
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(70,204 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)now that he is Pres, anything with his name becomes more of a terrorist target.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)(signifying avarice) attracts them and repels me. That generates the kind of separation that I like.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)People will stay in a Hilton or Sheraton hotel without looking at reviews because you know from the start it's going to be a nice hotel. The Trump name on a hotel is the same thing.