Trumptin Presser today - 2Billion Dubai deal and no moles in my administration

[HipChick]

Cheeto mentioned that he turned down a 2B deal today, now his lips were moving so he might has just been lying..but why even bring that up

He also mentioned that, he mentioned no meeting to anyone on his team.., but yet the story got leaked to the press, isn't a pool press supposed to be with at all times?

[Tanuki]

1. The offer was real, and extremely problematic

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/01/11/trump_s_boast_about_rejecting_2_billion_dubai_deal_proves_he_s_conflicted.html

"...Sajwani, an associate of Trump’s since 2005 when they nearly went into business together on twin Trump towers in Dubai, according to CNN, had previously partnered with Trump on a pair of golf courses. The first of those was set to open in the first quarter of this year.

Sajwani has said why he likes to deal with Trump—and why dealing with him now that he’s president is even more appealing. "He had a strong brand—and no question in the last 12 months, his brand became stronger and more global. I think it will have a positive impact on sales," Sajwani told CNN in November after Trump's election.

As recently as Tuesday, NBC News reported that Sajwani was planning to use his close relationship with the Trump children—sons Eric and Donald Jr. are taking over the president-elect's business—to further collaborate with the Trump organization.
"All his three children are very much involved, and I think under their leadership we will have no issue in expanding and growing and maintaining our business relation," he said.
"My wife and Ivanka are very good friends," he added. "They send emails. She's been here to my house. We've been in New York having lunch and dinners with them regularly. And, you know, you enjoy working with somebody—it's not only cold business relation."

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Sajwani was back in the United States after the election and met with Ivanka, who is moving to Washington to be closer to the White House. He and his family attended Trump's New Year's Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago, where the president-elect gave them a shout-out, calling them "the most beautiful people."

(much more at link)