Since becoming a Waldorf Astoria in 2022, GOP spending at the largely unchanged luxury hotel in the Old Post Office building has all but disappeared.
[…] in tens of millions from international business interests during his time in office. Trump and his allies in Congress frequently visited and held events at his clubs, hotels and golf courses, advertising to those looking to influence the government that Trump properties were open for business. Foreign governments and officials in particular took advantage […]
[…] Crow and his company spent more than $5 million on a failed ballot initiative in Dallas trying to block the city from building a city-owned convention center hotel which would have competed with Crow’s hotel. Immediately after Citizens United, Crow took part in one of the first key events leading to the creation of […]
[…] not. Trump pulled in the most money from the United Kingdom, where his Aberdeen and Turnberry golf courses in Scotland helped him gross $58 million. Trump’s now-defunct hotel and tower in Vancouver helped him pull in $36.5 million from Canada. Trump brought in more than $24.4 million from Ireland, home to his often-visited Doonbeg […]
Waldorf Astoria is in the same building with its indoor spaces kept remarkably the same, but political spending at the new hotel all but disappeared compared to when it was owned by Trump.
[…] but it appears to show a large group marching towards the Capitol building on the afternoon of January 6th. Though the Maddocks claim they were in their hotel room when the Capitol was overrun, Maddock’s wife, Meshawn, also shared a video on Twitter of Trump supporters arriving at the Capitol on January 6th while […]
[…] pretenses, raising concerns over the legality of transport and the motivations behind this use of public funds. Migrants reported being approached by a woman named “Perla” offering hotel accommodations and food if they boarded flights. Additionally, migrants were given a misleading brochure describing refugee relocation benefits, benefits they ultimately would not qualify for as […]
[…] estate development firm, donated $100,000. The company’s chairman and chief executive officer, Matthew Brimhall, previously served as the corporate officer for The Residences at The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. A marketing company focused on credit and travel called Tradebloc also donated $35,000. Tradebloc, which is based in Dallas, Texas, also donated $8,000 […]
During the first year of Trump’s presidency, the Secret Service received permission to stay at the Trump Hotel in DC at least eight times to protect Eric and Lara Trump, even though the cost exceeded government-approved room rates, according to new documents obtained by CREW. The documents include multiple requests for the Secret Service […]
Three days after the October 1, 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, then-President Trump visited Las Vegas and met with victims of the shooting. But the visit was not without an apparent financial benefit to Trump with taxpayers absorbing a $31k charge to Trump’s hotel.
[…] FL by that name–meaning that the full extent of the payments to his private club may be obscured. Likewise, the documents tend to list all of his hotels as just Trump International Hotel, including the recently departed Trump International Hotel in DC, which served as the nexus of his corruption. The documents show more […]
Donald Trump selling his hotel now that he’s out of office and the grift dried up is, to say the least, too little, too late.
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