visionary Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Hmmm. Any info on the investment firm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skinny21 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Man, Maddow just covered the new New Yorker story of Trump Tower in Azerbaijan (and had the author on - been working on it for 3+ months).... I don't really know what to say. Certainly looks crooked as hell, and the penalties are pretty darn steep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Here's the article..... http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal Another longish read but seemingly straightforward, nowhere near as convoluted as some of these we've seen. My problem is not this so much as how many others this bad are lurking out there? And with control of the govt LE and investigative depts in their hands, who is ever going to look into these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 When do we get to see how much money Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower are banking off of the entourages that must accompany Donald & his family? Surely that's public record, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-mystery-of-donald-trump-and-the-new-jersey-cemetery/ar-AAo6RTM?li=BBnb7Kz ^^^ the story from vis's tweet above is a longish but fun read---not a fleecing taxpayers thing but more about how the trump org is (of course) just such a long time shady/con operation run by shady con artists more than anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 55 minutes ago, visionary said: Looking for where Hillary buried the bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jumbo Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 While this played well in the Nats Spring Training thread, imma put it here now: My prediction is that by the end of his first year, don will have absolutely dwarfed the total pay-for-play $$$ that hillpill stockpiled in four,. PLUS the bonus feature that more of that will come out of u.s. citizens pockets. AND there will be zero honest charity work done in the process. I'm already tired of winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 I don't care why he wants a cemetery, I just hope it gets filled soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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visionary Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 WTF? Mexico too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 2 hours ago, visionary said: And Mexico will pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jumbo Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 more on this...(long piece) http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kushners-trump-in-laws-near-dollar400-million-deal-with-chinese-firm/ar-AAolWTh?li=BBnb7Kz Quote A New York real estate company owned by the family of President Trump’s son-in-law has been negotiating to sell a $400 million stake in its Fifth Avenue flagship skyscraper to a Chinese insurance company with ties to leading families of the Communist Party. The Chinese company, Anbang Insurance Group, would pay to get a high-profile piece of Manhattan real estate and would commit to spending billions more to completely transform the 60-year-old tower into a chic condominium and retail citadel. If signed, the potential agreement would create a financial marriage of two politically powerful families in the world’s two biggest economies, but it would also present the possibility of glaring conflicts of interest. The Kushner family, owners of the tower, would reap a financial windfall courtesy of a Chinese company, even as Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to Mr. Trump as well as his son-in-law, helps oversee American foreign policy. News of the negotiations surfaced as President Trump and the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, were preparing for their first meeting, to be held next month. Jared Kushner has emerged as a moderating voice in China policy among Mr. Trump’s inner circle, and he has been heavily involved in planning for the visit. Asked about a deal at a news conference on Tuesday, the White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, referred questions back to the Kushner Companies. “Jared went through extraordinary lengths” to comply with conflict-of-interest rules, he said. A spokesman for Anbang said in a statement that there was no agreement and that “there is no investment from Anbang for this deal.” In his presentation to prospective investors, Charles Kushner, the leader of the family company and Jared’s father, has said that once renovated, the property would be worth more than $7 billion, according to a real estate broker and two investors who have heard the pitch and spoke on the condition of anonymity because they want to do further business with the companies. That would make it the most valuable property in Manhattan. The chairman of Anbang, Wu Xiaohui, who wined and dined Jared Kushner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in November, serving $2,100-a-bottle Château Lafite Rothschild, married the granddaughter of Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader who transformed China’s economy. Mr. Wu also counts the son of a top army marshal as a longtime business partner. The Waldorf Astoria is one of a string of trophy properties that Anbang has bought in the United States in recent years, spending billions of dollars for it and a collection of luxury properties that the company acquired last year from the Blackstone Group. But the company’s murky shareholding structure has caused federal regulators to put the brakes on other planned acquisitions. Anbang, a huge Chinese conglomerate with almost $300 billion in assets, is owned by 39 companies, many of them shell companies that, when traced, lead to empty offices or government registration bureaus, according to Chinese government records. At least 35 of the companies, which collectively control more than 92 percent of Anbang, trace all or part of their ownership to relatives of Mr. Wu, to Deng’s granddaughter or to Chen Xiaolu, the marshal’s son, though the three no longer show up as owners in company records, The New York Times reported in September. Should an agreement be reached, going into business with the family of the son-in-law of the American president would buy Mr. Wu an immense amount of credibility within China because he is seen as having influence at the apex of power in the United States, said Minxin Pei, a professor of political science at Claremont McKenna College in California, who focuses on Chinese politics and corruption. “He is purchasing political prestige, and that is a priceless asset for somebody like him,” Mr. Pei said by telephone. A deal, however, could face scrutiny by the American and Chinese governments before it is completed. The Chinese government has been eager to stanch the flow of overseas investments as the economy slows. A White House press officer said that “these private-sector negotiations will not affect the Trump administration’s policies or approach with China in any way.” Details of the negotiations with Anbang were first reported by Bloomberg on Monday. Talks were underway between Anbang and the Kushners, including Jared, as early as last year, and were first reported by The Times in January. The deal would value the 41-story aluminum-clad office tower at $2.8 billion, a high value for a building that has never been considered a New York trophy. Anbang would eventually take a controlling stake in the property and obtain a $4 billion construction loan, Bloomberg said, for a makeover of the tower, which would have luxury apartments at the top, a multifloor retail mall at the base, and a hotel in the middle. The proposed development comes at an odd time in New York. For years, foreign investors have poured billions of dollars into New York apartments, hotels, office buildings and developments based on a perception that this is one of the most stable markets in a tumultuous world. But luxury hotel rates in New York have started to fall, and developers who rushed to build supertowers with $100 million penthouses have seen a drastic slowdown in sales. The Kushner family declined to discuss details of the deal. “Kushner Companies is in active discussions around 666 Fifth,” a spokesman said in a brief statement Monday, “and nothing has been finalized.” more at link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 No doubt some local fisherman, out for a pleasure cruise, at night, in eel-infested waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Jared Kushner is the antiChrist. 666 Fifth Street address of this building. Young, charismatic, handsome, married to Trump's daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 21 minutes ago, LadySkinsFan said: Jared Kushner is the antiChrist. 666 Fifth Street address of this building. Young, charismatic, handsome, married to Trump's daughter. Nah, he's just a minion. One of the demon heard. He ain't the head honcho himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LadySkinsFan Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Which means we taxpayers will have to pay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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