Scumbag Trump profiting off foreign business deals at taxpayer expense...

[Nomad]

Drain the swamp my ass. You moron Trump voters put the fucking swamp in the WH.

This on it's own ought to be an impeachable offense.

Trump Orders Help For Chinese Phone-Maker After China Approves Money For Trump Project

Trump will profit from Indonesian resort project that will get $500 million in Chinese loans in a deal sealed days before before his tweet ordering help for ZTE.

WASHINGTON – A mere 72 hours after the Chinese government agreed to put a half-billion dollars into an Indonesian project that will personally enrich Donald Trump, the president ordered a bailout for a Chinese-government-owned cellphone maker.

“President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast,” Trump announced on Twitter Sunday morning. “Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!”

Trump did not mention in that tweet or its follow-ups that on Thursday, the developer of a theme park resort outside of Jakarta had signed a deal to receive as much as $500 million in Chinese government loans, as well as another $500 million from Chinese banks. Trump’s family business, the Trump Organization, has a deal to license the Trump name to the resort, which includes a golf course and hotels.

Trump, despite his promises to do so during the campaign, has not divested himself of his businesses, and continues to profit from them.

“You do a good deal for him, he does a good deal for you. Quid pro quo,” said Richard Painter, the White House ethics lawyer for former President George W. Bush and now a Democratic candidate for Senate in Minnesota.

“This appears to be yet another violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution,” Painter said, referring to the prohibition against the president receiving payments from foreign governments.

The White House did not respond to HuffPost queries asking if there was a connection between the “MNC Lido City” project and Trump’s directive regarding ZTE.

At Monday’s daily briefing, Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah referred questions about the Indonesian project to the Trump Organization. “That’s not something that I can speak to,” he said.

The Trump Organization on Monday acknowledged its involvement in the resort, but did not respond to questions about how much the company would make from its licensing or management fees.

ZTE phones have already been described as a security risk by the U.S. military and intelligence community. Two weeks ago, the military banned their use on bases for fear they could be used to track the locations of service members.

The company, which is owned 33 percent by Chinese-government-owned enterprises, had been fined $1.2 billion last year after it was found to be violating U.S. sanctions against Iran and North Korea. After it was determined that ZTE officials had lied about their actions, the U.S. government last month banned it from purchasing U.S. components for seven years — a decision that essentially forced the company to shut down.

Trump followed up late Monday afternoon with a new tweet on the issue: “ZTE, the large Chinese phone company, buys a big percentage of individual parts from U.S. companies. This is also reflective of the larger trade deal we are negotiating with China and my personal relationship with President Xi.”

The new statement, however, still did not address the question of the Indonesian resort and the Trump Organization’s coming profit thanks to Chinese investment.

“This is stunning. They perpetually find new things to surprise me,” said Robert Weissman, president of the open government advocacy group Public Citizen. “The idea of the president intervening in a law enforcement matter to satisfy a foreign government is extraordinary. And it’s extraordinary because it doesn’t happen. Opening that door threatens the integrity of all corporate law enforcement.”

Shah, on other ZTE questions at the daily briefing, appeared to downplay the import of Trump’s directive to “get it done.” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will examine the matter “consistent with applicable laws and regulations,” Shah said.

He acknowledged, however, that the issue is of great concern to the Chinese and its president, Xi Jinping.

“In our bilateral relationship, there is a give and take,” Shah said.

During his campaign, Trump attacked China almost daily for “stealing” U.S. jobs by manipulating its currency and using unfair trade practices. “No one has ever stolen jobs like other countries have taken from us,” Trump told a Nevada rally on Nov. 5, 2016. “We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the WTO,” Trump told a Pittsburgh-area audience the following day.

In recent months, Trump has been trying to craft a trade agreement with China at the same time he is asking for Xi’s help in cracking down on North Korea because of its nuclear weapons program.

At a National Press Club speech Monday, Ross said that the ZTE sanctions were an enforcement action, unrelated to the trade negotiations, but that he would be reviewing the situation “very, very promptly” as a result of Trump’s request.

For ethics advocates, the timing of the ZTE tweet on the heels of the Indonesian development announcement is yet another example of the consequences of Trump’s unwillingness to abide by the emoluments clause.

“The Chinese government seems to have figured out a way to manipulate President Trump,” Weissman said. “It’s exactly why this anti-bribery clause of the Constitution is common sense.”

America needs to hurry up and sweep this trash out of our White House!!!!

[Nomad]

Whatsa matter Trumptards?

Nothing to say in defense of your charlatan?

No flimsy excuses to make?

No twisted, bass-ackwards logic to apply?

[Bourbon]

So much for The Swamp Draining ...

[evince]

this current republican party hates democracy

[Nomad]

If Obama or Clinton tried to pull something like this the screams of faux poutrage would be audible in outer space.

[Rune]

Pigs at the trough.

[Bourbon]

Top intelligence official says Chinese ZTE cellphones pose security risk to U.S.

Source: NBC News


President Trump wants to help the Chinese firm, but a top intel official told the Senate that ZTE cellphones may be used


WASHINGTON — The nation's top counterintelligence official told the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday that penetration of the U.S. market by the Chinese telecom firm ZTE could pose a national security risk to the United States.

His comments come two days after President Donald Trump tweeted that he was working with the president of China to help ZTE, which has been sanctioned by the Treasury and Commerce departments for doing business with Iran and North Korea.

Bill Evanina, who is facing a confirmation vote to head the newly created National Counterintelligence and Security Center Office, said he was not up to speed on the sanctions against ZTE, and he declined to say whether lifting them would be a good idea.

But under questioning by Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon, Evanina said U.S. intelligence agencies are on record as assessing that Chinese telecommunication firms are used as a vehicle by the Chinese government to conduct espionage......................................... ....

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...y-risk-n874276

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I have heard over and over that these phones are a security risk.

Yet, to the White House, this is not an issue ... so long as The Trump Family Business gets their MONEY.

Amazing how PAY-2-PLAY is AlWhite Now.

[Bourbon]

Trump's decision to rescue Chinese company stuns U.S. officials ahead of key trade talks

Trump’s ZTE tweet sows confusion before trade talks with China



Senior U.S. officials struggled Monday to explain and act on President Trump’s abrupt decision to rescue Chinese telecom giant ZTE — a move that caught many of them by surprise.

ZTE said last week that it would shutter major operations after the United States announced punitive measures in response to the company’s failure to comply with a settlement of charges for violating sanctions on Iran and North Korea.

But Sunday, in a stunning reversal that officials said came without a formal policy process at the White House, Trump tweeted that he had ordered Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to save ZTE from collapse, saying the company’s failure would cost too many jobs in China.

The rapidly changing U.S. position highlights the stakes — and the confusion — ahead of crucial negotiations Tuesday between Trump’s senior economic team and a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Liu He.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...9ab_story.html

[Rune]

Where is annata to noise plain why Trump is right?

[PostmodernProphet]

crap.......every one who has posted is on ignore.......nobody has quoted the alleged taxpayer expense.....

[Nomad]

Trump will do anything for money.

No matter how antiAmerican it may be.

He is this nation's number one enemy.

[anatta]

Where is annata to noise plain why Trump is right?

because this is the 3rd time this topic was covered in different threads.

Keep an eye on your shit-don't worry about my shit

[Oracle Of JPP 714]

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[Oracle Of JPP 714]

Whatsa matter Trumptards?

Nothing to say in defense of your charlatan?

No flimsy excuses to make?

No twisted, bass-ackwards logic to apply?

[Oracle Of JPP 714]

crap.......every one who has posted is on ignore.......nobody has quoted the alleged taxpayer expense.....

Well, you aint got an anchor tied to your ass, do ya?