REVEALED: Trump Organization eyes Taiwan for newest luxury resort location

[DonViejo]

ELIZABETH PREZA
02 DEC 2016 AT 19:34 ET

Donald Trump may have ulterior motives for his jaw-dropping call to Taiwan Friday, considering his company is looking to build luxury hotels and resorts on the rogue Chinese providence, Shanghaiist reports.

Trump shocked political observers Friday, initiating the first US-Taiwanese presidential contact in over three decades. The move risked a major dispute with China, which considers Taiwan to be one of its providences. In 1979, the U.S. adopted a One China position, freezing diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Despite the historically frosty relations between the United States and Taiwan, Trump picked up the phone to peak with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, incensing Beijing according to geopolitical experts.

As it turns out, the head-scratching move by Trump may not be so surprising afterall. The Gothamist LLC publication Shanghaiist—which covers news and events in China—Trump is eyeing Taiwan as his next location for a series of luxury hotels and resorts.

In November, the mayor of Taoyuan, Taiwan confirmed to China Times that a representative from the Trump Organization visited the municipality in September. Reports indicate Trump’s son Eric Trump will visit Taiwan later this year to discuss “a large-scale urban development project aimed at capitalizing on Taoyuan’s status as a transport hub for East Asia.”

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[MineralMan]

1. Demonstrating that Trump's conflicts of interest

will continue during his time as President. I don't think there is any question about it. This should be disqualifying for him.

[RKP5637]

4. There is absolutely no question of conflicts of interest, even if his kids run everything. IMO

Trump sees the presidency as a business opportunity to also expand Trump business enterprises.

[spanone]

2. he gets a hotel, we get world war 3

sounds fair

[NightWatcher]

3. Wouldn't that be one hell of a way for the world to end?

First Strike: China bombs a trump hotel. We retaliate and it all goes to shit from there. And Hillary punches another hole in the drywall...

[kimbutgar]

6. I wondered about that

If a orange hitler building was bombed in a foreign country would he use the US miltary to retaliate for the destruction of his personal investment?

[NightWatcher]

7. Me, you, and ISIS had that thought.

Will/should trump use US assets to protect trump properties throughout the world?

Imagine when/if terrorists hit a bldg, who/how does trump retaliate?

[madokie]

11. I'm just hoping that the powers to be

are installing a firewall between tRump and the Button

he difinitely can't be trusted with our nuclear arsenal. He showed us that when at an early meeting all he could say was 'why since we have all these nuclear weapons can't we use them,' paraphrasing there.

[workinclasszero]

10. Great deal for him...what a smart business man huh?

Kinda sucks for everybody else though.

Who could've seen this coming??

[Calista241]

5. I don't understand why.

I've been to Taiwan, and it's not some tourist Mecca like NYC, Atlantic City and Washington DC can be. Unless he's interested in putting up hotels for the sake of putting up hotels.

[2naSalit]

8. Could be baiting...

Taiwan has strong earthquakes too so there's an insurance scam in all the mire too. I think the idea that one of his properties being attacked would be all it would take for cheetomania to have to retaliate with our assets. It's always been the way anyhow, our military has been used to be the bully in order to make way for US business interests, period. It's what we did to the all those millions of humans already here prior to our (Europeans) arrival.

He's so immature in his overall rationale that the simplest disagreement could be the first strike-worthy event which ushers in our planetary destruction.

[workinclasszero]

9. Most corrupt President-elect EVER!

Congrats Dumpf voters!