Trump pressed ambassador to get British Open held at his golf course

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The US Amb. to the UK told multiple colleagues at the US Embassy in London that Pres. Trump asked him to see if the British government could help get the British Open to play at his Turnberry golf course in Scotland, a former State Dept. official says.

Trump repeatedly promoted his two golf properties in Scotland and one in Ireland for tournaments before he was elected to the presidency.

The State Department backed the ambassador without directly addressing the allegation."Ambassador Johnson is a valued member of the team who has led Mission UK honorably and professionally. We stand by Ambassador Johnson and look forward to him continuing to ensure our special relationship with the UK is strong."

"I wanted to share with you what an honor it is for me to serve as U.S. Ambassador and, every bit as importantly, to lead the talented, diverse team at the U.S. Mission to the UK," Johnson wrote Tuesday in the letter obtained by NBC News."Please know that I am absolutely committed to a workplace free of discrimination and in which each team member can thrive."

 

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Oh please... WHO CARES?

The golf course would be bankrupt already if Trump would not put taxpayers money in it. The name Trump is poison in Europe.The Scottish hate him and now they will hate him even more. The little corrupt American...how embarrassing.The rest of Europe will laugh because he got outed

Trump isn’t occours because he is an Entrepreneur of the 1980’s okay well said ...Perksism is not a bad approach okay it is not classified as FRAUD it is indeed a mannerism of we’ll connect ENTERPRENEUR voila!!

Disgusting!

He's never held accountable, so why should he care? GOPCorruptionOverCountry

God said there is never enough money for greedy people! Trump's fits the bill!

This sure is a whole lot of hearsay that you are quoting as truth

REAL NEWS: Tim Murtaugh: “Biden brags he borrowed economic plans from Bernie Sanders - he’ll raise taxes on all Americans, including the middle class, and impose crippling Green New Deal regulations on job-creators. His support of NAFTA & China killed millions more jobs.”

Abuse of office

These are the types of 'scandals' in the Trump administration compared to things like Obama using the IRS to target conservatives, going around congress to give Iran billions, stopping investigations into Hezbollah.....

This is impeachable, TheDemocrats should act on this and impeach realDonaldTrump again.

Sounds likes an Ethics Violation to me. TrumpIsANationalDisgrace I am living to see him in an Orange Jumpsuit.

Sound familiar? Like Ukraine!

Grifting grifter is gonna grift. A turd by any other name is still a turd!

Trump’s a greedy ass.

Priorities

Look a Cripple is walking I think everyone must see this

Now do Biden under criminal in the Ukraine...

So what's wrong with that?

Profiting on his personal businesses through other governments... nothing crooked about that

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