All of Donald Trumps known conflicts of interest in one place.

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The MSM blind spot is yuuuge!

http://www.vox.com/2016/12/9/13799904/trump-corruption-conflict-of-interest

Trump’s business empire touches at least 18 countries, presenting leaders around the globe with a tempting avenue to win favor with the next president and Trump with a way to use the power of the presidency to help his businesses.

What these investments are, though, isn’t always clear. Since brand licensing is such a big part of Trump’s business, it’s obvious when he’s lent the Trump name to real estate developments in other countries. Trump himself hasn’t been transparent about what all of his international holdings entail. A week after the election, for example, Trump dissolved four of his companies named after the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, but the Trump Organization’s general counsel didn’t elaborate on why those corporations were created in the first place.

There’s no guarantee of a quid-pro-quo between foreign governments and the new Trump administration. Smoothing the path for a Trump-branded property abroad or booking a room at a Trump hotel might not mean Trump will do anything in return. But the mere possibility has ensured that governments will try — as they already are. And as long as they do, Trump will profit off that hope.

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1. Lemme upsell this thread by showing more of the important stuff shown at the link...

Brazil: A Trump hotel in Rio de Janeiro is part of a broad investigation into whether two pension funds that invested in the project were bribed to do so.

China: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China’s state-owned bank, is the single largest leaseholder in Trump Tower, and the lease is scheduled to expire while Trump is in office. One of Trump’s biggest campaign promises was to get tough on China, including labeling it a “currency manipulator” and putting a 45 percent tariff on Chinese goods. But if Trump is in a business relationship with China’s state-owned bank, that gives the country some leverage over him in return.

Georgia: A Trump Tower in Batumi, Georgia, long stalled, suddenly began moving forward again after the election, the Washington Post reported. Like many Trump projects abroad, Trump was partnering with local developers, and the developer in this case said that the roadblocks did not require government help. But when the project was first announced, it had the enthusiastic backing of Georgia’s former president, a friend of Trump’s, the New York Times reported in 2011 — showing how foreign leaders can influence real estate development in their countries.