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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's something cheerful to think about....
The Trump name is a commodity which he sells for millions of dollars, world wide. Mostly hotels/condos and golf courses.
Just last year, Dubai paid the Trump Organizations subsidiaries between $1 million to $5 million.
When he is forced out of the WH, that name will not be very shiny anymore.
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Here's something cheerful to think about.... (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
May 2017
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dalton99a
(81,380 posts)1. Which is why they're opening new hotels under a different name: Scion.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. ahh....yes. thank you for the reminder.
Scion also means "sons", usually.
mopinko
(69,981 posts)3. i still think the least he can do to avoid conflict of interest is
to suspend these branding deals. that is not complicated.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. Those deals are his income.
He is paid for his brand ( and for letting the money from the European millionaires get laundered via the construction of the buildings)
mopinko
(69,981 posts)5. oh i know. if he gave them up, it would show that he is not really that rich.
still....