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demmiblue

(39,287 posts)
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:20 AM Mar 2019

Trump cheered Kraft's team to Super Bowl victory with founder of spa where he was busted

Source: Miami Herald



Seated at a round table littered with party favors and the paper-cutout footballs that have become tradition at his annual Super Bowl Watch Party, President Donald Trump cheered the New England Patriots and his longtime friend, team owner Robert Kraft, to victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 3.

Sometime during the party at Trump's West Palm Beach country club, the president turned in his chair to look over his right shoulder, smiling for a photo with two women at a table behind him.

The woman who snapped the blurry Super Bowl selfie with the president was Li Yang, 45, a self-made entrepreneur from China who started a chain of Asian day spas in South Florida. Over the years, these establishments -- many of which operate under the name Tokyo Day Spas -- have gained a reputation for offering sexual services.

Nineteen days after Trump and Yang posed together while rooting for the Patriots, authorities would charge Kraft with soliciting prostitution at a spa in Jupiter that Yang had founded more than a decade earlier.

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article227186429.html







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Trump cheered Kraft's team to Super Bowl victory with founder of spa where he was busted (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 2019 OP
Interesting coincidence! K&R Docreed2003 Mar 2019 #1
You can't make this stuff up! madaboutharry Mar 2019 #2
That made me throw up in my mouth UpInArms Mar 2019 #3
I will bet my 401k that she's probably sent some of her "girls" over to bullwinkle428 Mar 2019 #4
Talk about a job "no American would do" n/t maxrandb Mar 2019 #10
Oh snap!!! PatSeg Mar 2019 #13
+1 2naSalit Mar 2019 #33
Why is she allowed Scarsdale Mar 2019 #5
She sold that spa several years ago and hasn't been charged with any crimes onenote Mar 2019 #40
I guess she must be a member of Chump's country club FakeNoose Mar 2019 #6
of course he did! They_Live Mar 2019 #7
Guess it doesn't matter to the Secret Service who's around...nt SayItLoud Mar 2019 #8
Actually, that would be good to hear! Totally Tunsie Mar 2019 #38
One would think a Madame would have too much self pride to be photographed with ... marble falls Mar 2019 #9
Clients... 2naSalit Mar 2019 #34
Have I lived a sheltered life? I Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #11
sheltered? just not looking..... getagrip_already Mar 2019 #17
Well, the playboy model was happy to tell me who she was Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #21
That playboy model may very well... getagrip_already Mar 2019 #22
Best advice I ever got in the Navy maxrandb Mar 2019 #24
+1 Chin music Mar 2019 #28
It was all the things you listed! skamaria Mar 2019 #32
Additional pics MelissaB Mar 2019 #12
But NOBODY is allowed to say... 2naSalit Mar 2019 #35
Oh, I'm sure he doesn't really know her PatSeg Mar 2019 #14
He has TRADEMARKS on chinese massage parlors and escort agencies!!!! getagrip_already Mar 2019 #15
++++++++++++++++++++++!!! 2naSalit Mar 2019 #36
Putting the palm in Palm Beach huh? GusBob Mar 2019 #16
LOL geardaddy Mar 2019 #20
What would be really damning cannabis_flower Mar 2019 #18
Here you go Arazi Mar 2019 #29
Hmmm. Where's Ivanka? I'd sure take my wife with me to the Super Bowl. Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #19
He wasn't at the Super Bowl. He was at a Trump owned golf club in Florida onenote Mar 2019 #41
Republican family values include human trafficking IronLionZion Mar 2019 #23
100% sleaze. volstork Mar 2019 #25
Yang with Matty Gaetz (you just knew that was out there) deminks Mar 2019 #26
Of course they did. gibraltar72 Mar 2019 #27
Could she be an agent for the Chinese govt? Yavin4 Mar 2019 #30
+1 2naSalit Mar 2019 #37
Somebody's pulling Trump's chain. C_U_L8R Mar 2019 #31
Kick dalton99a Mar 2019 #39
K&R octoberlib Mar 2019 #42
Just getting some good pics ut oh Mar 2019 #43
Getting some traction - CNN has picked this up EricMaundry Mar 2019 #44

madaboutharry

(42,028 posts)
2. You can't make this stuff up!
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:25 AM
Mar 2019

Where is the advance team? Doesn't the Secret Service check out the people who have access to the president?

bullwinkle428

(20,660 posts)
4. I will bet my 401k that she's probably sent some of her "girls" over to
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:47 AM
Mar 2019

Merde-A-Lago to render services upon that disgusting meat goblin. Clearly, the ones that drew the short straw!

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
5. Why is she allowed
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:49 AM
Mar 2019

to remain here? Deportation should be in her future. Are the tRump family regular customers, I wonder?

onenote

(45,993 posts)
40. She sold that spa several years ago and hasn't been charged with any crimes
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 01:03 PM
Mar 2019

The current owners are the ones that are facing prosecution.

While it is likely that the spa provided sexual services before she sold it, it was never the subject of any criminal charges.

So, I'm guess that is why she is allowed to stay here.

FakeNoose

(40,307 posts)
6. I guess she must be a member of Chump's country club
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:51 AM
Mar 2019

... otherwise how would she have gotten into the Super Bowl Party?

Totally Tunsie

(11,602 posts)
38. Actually, that would be good to hear!
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 12:27 PM
Mar 2019

Doesn't look like it matters to the tRump deviates either.

marble falls

(71,169 posts)
9. One would think a Madame would have too much self pride to be photographed with ...
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:07 AM
Mar 2019

a couple of disgusting pimps.

Farmer-Rick

(12,494 posts)
11. Have I lived a sheltered life? I
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:26 AM
Mar 2019

I have never met a prostitute, madame, pimp or other sex worker, even in the Navy. The closest I got to a sex worker was a playboy center fold model I met on an elevator. Nice woman.

So, why is Trump always in the company of sex workers? Everywhere he goes another sex worker, aside from his wife, pops up. Is it an uber rich man thing, a US male oligarch thing, a mobster thing, a misogynist thing or just a stupid man thing?

Or have I just lived a sheltered life?

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
17. sheltered? just not looking.....
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:50 AM
Mar 2019

Nothing to do with trump. He is a pimp.

But do you think all sex workers live their lives in go-go outfits and live under bridges?

HINT: Many are otherwise normal looking people. Many have day jobs. Many have children in school. They live in regular apartments. They shop in supermarkets.

You probably see a lot of drug addicts and alcoholics every day also, and you wouldn't know it.

You probably see them every day. Not all sex workers are being trafficked. Some just need money and sex work is a fast, but risky path to it.

But the high profile pimps and escorts trump associates with blend in very well when not otherwise called out.

Farmer-Rick

(12,494 posts)
21. Well, the playboy model was happy to tell me who she was
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:13 AM
Mar 2019

And my wife told me she met several at parties and clubs.

I just assumed if you are in the business of sex for money, you wouldn't keep it quiet from a single man, especially if you are at a club or a party.

Sure, a lot of people out there keep their identities secret. Russian mobsters and other criminals don't want to be known either. Some celebrities and actors also keep their identities hidden. I'm not saying I should meet them in the supermarket but I've been places where their appearance wouldn't be unusual.

My guess is I just wasn't looking. And Trump really likes sex with sex workers. It's a business that mobsters frequent and he is use to it.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
22. That playboy model may very well...
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:18 AM
Mar 2019

have been a part time escort. Many were.

But remember, sex work is illegal. Modeling is not.

maxrandb

(17,175 posts)
24. Best advice I ever got in the Navy
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:27 AM
Mar 2019

was from my 1ST LPO.

He said; "don't be in a great big hurry to go on liberty when we pull into a foreign port. Watch the other Sailors. If they all go down the pier and turn right...you go down the pier and turn left"

It's amazing the number of Sailors that spent their entire liberty in the "Gut".

MelissaB

(16,595 posts)
12. Additional pics
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:31 AM
Mar 2019



Cindy Yang poses with President Donald Trump at a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago on March 2, 2018. She received a signed photograph. A flyer for the event advertised a “reception, photo and two seats for a dinner with President Trump” for a donation of $50,000.



Future Florida governor Ron DeSantis (center) attended a pro-Israel gala at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 25, 2018. The event was also attended by Cindy Yang (far left). Tickets cost $1,000 per person, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

2naSalit

(100,202 posts)
35. But NOBODY is allowed to say...
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 11:29 AM
Mar 2019

"it's all about the Benjamins, baby!"

I think I'm going to get a T shirt with that phrase on it.

PatSeg

(52,271 posts)
14. Oh, I'm sure he doesn't really know her
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:38 AM
Mar 2019

and wouldn't recognize her if she were in the same room! I wonder how many times he can use that lame explanation.

Every day, this looks more and more like a really bad movie.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
15. He has TRADEMARKS on chinese massage parlors and escort agencies!!!!
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:40 AM
Mar 2019

This was just announced/leaked in the media. You can still find the headlines.

Trump (family et al) was awarded hundreds of trademarks including sex industry businesses. He had a "modelling" agency in NYC that was largely said to be an elite escort agency.

It doesn't get much clearer folks. Trump is a pimp, pedophile, and sex trafficker.

Firestorm49

(4,503 posts)
19. Hmmm. Where's Ivanka? I'd sure take my wife with me to the Super Bowl.
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:58 AM
Mar 2019

Family photos with a hooker. How touching.

Everything about this toilet of a family is repulsive.

onenote

(45,993 posts)
41. He wasn't at the Super Bowl. He was at a Trump owned golf club in Florida
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 01:09 PM
Mar 2019

Press reports indicated that Melania and Baron also attended.

IronLionZion

(50,848 posts)
23. Republican family values include human trafficking
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:27 AM
Mar 2019

The more that asshole talked about rape and immigrants and abuse of immigrant women, the more I suspected he was projecting his own sins.

I bet the GOP is loaded with dirty money from such people and have been blackmailed by criminal organizations.

 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
30. Could she be an agent for the Chinese govt?
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:58 AM
Mar 2019

Start these "spas" and ensare rich, powerful men in compromising situations.

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