NEWSWEEK story in the AM, Conflict Zone, pic of the Con by Eichenwald

[KewlKat]

Last edited Mon Dec 12, 2016, 11:36 PM - Edit history (2)

Rachel showed the cover. They will publish new allegations of a foreign country (Turkey) blackmailing our government because of a set of trump towers.

Kurt Eichenwald ‏@kurteichenwald 4h4 hours ago

My latest @Newsweek investigative cover story about Trump will be dropping tomorrow at 7:00 AM Eastern time at http://newsweek.com .

“The day after our presidential election in this country, one of the world leaders who called up Trump tower and spoke with the president-elect was the president of Turkey,” Maddow explained. “And one of the perk up your ears strange things reported about that call is that while Donald Trump was on the phone taking that congratulatory phone call from the president of Turkey, in that same call, Mr. Trump brought up to the president of Turkey by name that executive from the Doğan company, the guy who was the key guy on Trump’s big twin towers in Istanbul.”

“Now Newsweek reports that Turkey has figured out how to turn that to their advantage and how to put the president of the United States over a barrel in the process,” Maddow explained. “On December 1st, the top representative of the Doğan company, in Turkey’s capital city, got arrested by the Turkish police. Again, Trump as president-elect had taken an official call from the Turkish president and used that occasion to tell the Turkish president how much this one particular company meant to him, going so far as to name specific executives.”

“Turkey desperately wants the U.S. government to extradite an imam (Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen),” Maddow explained. “They (the U.S.) have said that they are not extraditing him. But if that’s what you wanted, what if you could squeeze the personal financial interests of the American president as a way to get what you want from the American government?”

and so it begins

[wishstar]

1. This article from DailyBeast was printed last week about Trump's Turkey entanglements:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/08/donald-trump-s-huge-conflict-of-interest-in-turkey.html

“I have a little conflict of interest ’cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul,” Trump said last year. “It’s a tremendously successful job. It’s called Trump Towers—two towers, instead of one, not the usual one, it’s two.”
Watchdogs that focus on ethics in government say that these business deals are especially sensitive due to the importance of Turkey to American interests—the county is a NATO member and a part of the coalition to fight ISIS.

“In terms of potential conflicts, Trump’s business in Turkey is certainly one of the biggest,” said Jordan Libowitz, spokesman for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Government. “With all the focus on ISIS and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that gets a lot of attention in the war on terror. And that’s not something you want to hear at the same time as ‘conflict of interest.’”
Even before the president-elect has entered office, his projects in Turkey have been the subject of serious controversy, and illustrated how his business ties abroad could be affected by foreign actors.

During the presidential campaign, Trump’s proposal for a Muslim ban led Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call in June for the businessman’s name to be removed from the towers—in essence, threatening the revenue source Trump gets from licensing his name there."

[KewlKat]

3. that's the one....

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."

Robert Goodloe Harper

Edited to remove link to right wing website

[stillcool]

4. I think I read...

some of this stuff before, but it seems more ominous now. I guess post-election it's getting real.

[spanone]

5. ...

[progressoid]

7. UGH. That picture!

It's not just that he's an awful person. That photo is NOT flattering at all.

[kimbutgar]

6. They are going to say the picture was photoshopped