Pres. Donald Trump turned his hotels and resorts into the 'Beltway's new back rooms,' according to a New York Times report based on Trump's tax returns, the fourth in its series.
's federal tax returns, illustrating how the paper says the president turned"his own hotels and resorts into the Beltway's new back rooms, where public and private business mix and special interests reign."
President Donald Trump walks to the White House residence after exiting Marine One on the South Lawn on June 25, 2020, in Washington. Despite Trump putting his assets in a trust controlled by his sons, as a result of winning the presidency, and wanting to avoid appearances of conflicts of interest, Trump was frequently updated on how his properties were doing and would ask workers when visiting the clubs how things were going, the Times reported.President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House Dec. 21, 2017, in Washington.
Over Trump's presidency, Mar-a-Lago's in-house magazine announced nearly 100 new members, a number of whom had significant business interests in Washington, the Times said. The week of Trump's inauguration, Romanian politician Liviu Dragnea encountered Trump in his Washington hotel and secured a meeting with the president-elect, the Times reported. Dragnea posted pictures of the meeting on Facebook, implying there was a promise of closer ties between their two countries, the Times reported.
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