01-07-2024, 02:03 AM
[quote='samhain' pid='1446786' dateline='1704581961']
7.8 mil doesn't seem like a hell of a lot of money to buy off a US president. I mean, it's definitely a lot of money to me personally, but I'd venture a guess that Trump would require significantly more to do the bidding of a foreign entity. You can barely get a decent MLB reliever for 7.8 mil a year.
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That is the assumed minimum. It is likely much higher.. There is also the belief that they minimized the amount of “profit” they made per foreign revenue at their properties. It is easy to hide the actual customer by hiring travel and event companies. For example Qatar wants to book 200 room nights a Trump Hotel and a 300 person banquet but don’t want the world to find it out. So they hire the Jones Event Company to put together the event. The hotel’s client is The Jones Co and the checks come from them not Qatar. Thus the Trumps don’t have to report the sale and get to keep the profits.
I also wonder if part of that ego stroking was a promise of post presidency business for the organization. He coveted the idea of placing hotels and golf courses at these places
7.8 mil doesn't seem like a hell of a lot of money to buy off a US president. I mean, it's definitely a lot of money to me personally, but I'd venture a guess that Trump would require significantly more to do the bidding of a foreign entity. You can barely get a decent MLB reliever for 7.8 mil a year.
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That is the assumed minimum. It is likely much higher.. There is also the belief that they minimized the amount of “profit” they made per foreign revenue at their properties. It is easy to hide the actual customer by hiring travel and event companies. For example Qatar wants to book 200 room nights a Trump Hotel and a 300 person banquet but don’t want the world to find it out. So they hire the Jones Event Company to put together the event. The hotel’s client is The Jones Co and the checks come from them not Qatar. Thus the Trumps don’t have to report the sale and get to keep the profits.
I also wonder if part of that ego stroking was a promise of post presidency business for the organization. He coveted the idea of placing hotels and golf courses at these places
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