According to Trump's son, his father is "very similar to Macri."

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Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, compared his father to Argentine President Mauricio Macri.

"I think (Trump) will win; he's winning in all the polls by more than three points," Eric Trump claimed in an interview for right-wing Uruguayan newspaper El País, adding that his father "is very similar to Mauricio Macri, in the sense that he is also a successful entrepreneur."

"Six months into his political career and he's having great success everywhere he goes. Besides being a great person, he would be an excellent president and administrator," said the son of the conservative U.S. candidate, quoted by the German news agency DPA.

Eric Trump, visiting Punta del Este (Uruguay), where the Trump Group is building a luxury condominium building, also asserted that should his father win "it would certainly benefit many countries, including Uruguay," and attributed the support for his father to the fact that "he is not a politically correct candidate."

At: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.urgente24.com/248151-segun-el-hijo-de-trump-su-padre-es-muy-similar-a-macri&prev=search
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Besides both being xenophobic crony capitalists, Macri and Trump go way back:

Mauricio Macri himself isn't a "successful entrepreneur," as Eric Trump mistakenly states. That would be his father, Francesco Macri, who made his initial fortune in padded contracts during the Argentine construction boom in the '60s and '70s.

The Macris' relationship with Trump dates to the failed Lincoln West development in the Upper West Side of Manhattan (today known as Riverside South). The elder Macri reportedly made $100 million in improvements over the former Penn Central rail yard between 1979 and 1984 in order to obtain approval for Lincoln West.

Instead, in 1985 he sold the land and development rights to Trump at cost - leading to speculation that Trump used his connections to deny Macri the needed credits and permits to go forward, only to take over the project once the necessary prep work (including a new subway station, which Macri also paid for) had been completed. Trump himself later declared bankruptcy and was unable to build his "Trump City;" Riverside South is now owned by a consortium led by the Carlyle Group.

Nevertheless, Trump and the Macris have remained friends ever since. Thick as thieves, if you will.

[Judi Lynn]

1. Disgusting family connections. The project, in the end, was taken over by Carlyle,

connected directly to George H. W. Bush, among many.

Short article on Carlyle:

ON the day Osama bin Laden's men attacked America, Shafiq bin Laden, described as an estranged brother of the terrorist, was at an investment conference in Washington, DC, along with two people who are close to President George Bush: his father, the first President Bush, and James Baker, the former secretary of state who masterminded the legal campaign that secured Dubya's move to the White House. The conference was hosted by the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm that manages billions of dollars, including, at the time, some bin Laden family wealth. It also employs Messrs Bush and Baker.

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While some former presidents are happy to play golf, others may feel they can still earn a decent living. What rules should govern the commercial activities of former President Bush; or, for that matter, former British prime minister, John Major; or former South Korean prime minister, Park Tae-joon—all of whom have taken the Carlyle nickel? Mr Bush senior receives private intelligence briefings that are not available to ordinary investors. Does his inside knowledge of, and possible influence over, the administration's political strategy towards, say, North Korea and Saudi Arabia directly benefit Carlyle? If so, does that constitute an unacceptable conflict of interest?

Perhaps there would be less reason to worry about Carlyle if there were rival clubs of ex-political heavyweights competing within the iron triangle. Alas, this firm seems to be an aspiring monopolist, hoovering up former public officials from across the political divide and, increasingly, from across the world. It is becoming more ambitious in Europe, and keenly eyeing China. Perhaps there would be less reason to worry if Carlyle's activities were more open—but as a private equity firm, it has largely escaped America's recent efforts to improve the governance and transparency of companies, which is unfortunate. At a time when America is aggressively promoting democracy and capitalism abroad, including by military means, it would be helpful if its politicians and businesses were regarded as cleaner than clean. Shrouded in secrecy, Carlyle calls capitalism into question.

http://www.economist.com/node/1875084

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Sounds as if Eric Trump is every bit as preposterous, uninformed, and out of touch with reality as his father.

Thank you for pointing out the connection between these two predatory families. Very, very interesting to read, and remember.