Trump's turned his properties into the "Beltway's new back rooms,
More than 200 companies, lobbying groups and foreign governments have given business to President Donald Trump’s resorts and hotels, while gaining benefits from him and his administration, an investigation by the New York Times found.
During Trump’s first two years in office, the Times reported, 60 customers paid Trump’s family owned business about $12 million, and almost all had their interests advanced by the president or the government.
While Trump promised as a presidential candidate in 2016 to “drain the swamp” of Washington influence peddling, the paper said, he has in fact turned his properties into the “Beltway’s new back rooms, where public and private business mix.”
The findings, published on Saturday, are the latest from the New York Times based in part on Trump’s tax data. The Times reported Sept. 27 that Trump has aggressively used tax deductions to offset income and paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.
Those patronizing the president’s properties like the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida or the Trump International Hotel in Washington included corporate executives, billionaires, foreign government officials, and high-powered lawyers and lobbyists, according to the paper. In turn, they won federal contracts, changes in law and appointments to ambassadorships or federal task forces, the Times said.
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