When he was running for president last May, Donald Trump released 104 pages of details about his finances, including a claim that he earned nearly $21 million through contracts with New York City to run two skating rinks in Central Park and a Bronx golf course. Much of what Trump asserts remains unverified since he has… Continue reading “Trump said he made $21 million in income from his New York contracts. He actually made a lot less.”
Speaking of coincidence — look who else was in Russia on Dec. 10, 2015 — the same day as Jill Stein and Michael Flynn!
Looks like Sheriff Clarke was in Russia on the day of the RT dinner that Flynn also attended. This picture was taken the same day.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) February 23, 2017
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) February 23, 2017
Great question… https://t.co/MPdxuxcG91
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) February 23, 2017
After appearing on four Sunday news shows, Stephen Miller, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, was ruthlessly mocked on Twitter. Broadcasting from the White House briefing room, Miller repeated the same talking points in interviews with CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. The Trump adviser likely refused to appear on CNN due to the White House’s… Continue reading “Internet explodes after white nationalist lackey repeats ‘voter fraud’ claims”
Wait. Are the Trump people already grifting, when they’re not even in the White House yet? We’re turning into Uzbekistan!
The Embassy of Kuwait allegedly cancelled a contract with a Washington, D.C. hotel days after the presidential election, citing political pressure to hold its National Day celebration at the Trump International Hotel instead.
A source tells ThinkProgress that the Kuwaiti embassy, which has regularly held the event at the Four Seasons in Georgetown, abruptly canceled its reservation after members of the Trump Organization pressured the ambassador to hold the event at the hotel owned by the president-elect. The source, who has direct knowledge of the arrangements between the hotels and the embassy, spoke to ThinkProgress on the condition of anonymity because the individual was not authorized to speak publicly. ThinkProgress was also able to review documentary evidence confirming the source’s account.
In the early fall, the Kuwaiti Embassy signed a contract with the Four Seasons. But after the election, members of the Trump Organization contacted the Ambassador of Kuwait, Salem Al-Sabah, and encouraged him to move his event to Trump’s D.C. hotel, the source said.
Kuwait has now signed a contract with the Trump International Hotel, the source said, adding that a representative with the embassy described the decision as political. Invitations to the event are typically sent out in January.
