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brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:47 AM Sep 2020

Trump Registered His Trademark In Cuba In 2008

Source: Political Wire

“Despite earlier promises in Miami that he would not do business in Cuba until the island was ‘free,’ Donald Trump applied in 2008 to register his Trump trademark in the Caribbean nation for a variety of commercial activities, including investing in real estate, hotels, casinos and golf courses,” the Miami Herald reports.

“As is common in Cuba, where red tape is rampant, the trademark was not approved until much later, until March 2010. It expired in 2018, well into Trump’s presidency.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/22/trump-registered-his-trademark-in-cuba-in-2008/

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Trump Registered His Trademark In Cuba In 2008 (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2020 OP
Of course BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #1
Right bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #2

BumRushDaShow

(128,858 posts)
1. Of course
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:08 AM
Sep 2020

There were/are probably thousands like him who did the same thing hoping they could wait it out (since Raul appeared to be more "moderate" ), so they could be ready when it opened up, allowing them to try to go back to the "old days".

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