Eric Trump has responded to new reports that his father, Donald Trump, received millions of dollars from China while president.
House Democrats on Thursday released a report outlining how President Trump’s businesses, including a now-closed hotel in Washington, D.C., made millions of dollars in profits during Trump’s presidency from 2017 to 2021. announced. The report is titled “The White House for Sale.” ” A report released by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee alleges that President Trump received at least $7.8 million from at least 20 countries.
The benefit of the doubt is in “direct violation” of the Constitution’s Foreign Bounties Clause, which prohibits elected officials from accepting money from foreign governments without Congressional authorization, the report said.
The report stems from a years-long investigation that began in 2016, when Trump was first elected, to examine whether Trump’s dealings with foreign governments violated that constitutional provision.
“Becoming president was the realization of his get-rich-quick campaign.”
It has been described as “the greatest infomercial in political history,” the report states.
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The report said China, whose relations with the United States have been strained in recent years, paid about $5.5 million to Mr. Trump’s companies, including payments from the Chinese Embassy in the United States, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Hainan Airlines Holdings. Payment is also included.
“As a candidate, Donald Trump accused China of stealing American jobs, orchestrating the ‘greatest theft in the history of the world,’ and ‘raping’ the United States with its trade policy,” the report said. There is.
“However, after taking office, President Trump’s public statements and engagement with China initially softened. Although President Trump’s policy toward China at the time was often inconsistent, he continued to criticize China in 2016. “The United States has repeatedly deviated from the militant approach it announced when it made it a pillar of its policy in the campaign,” the report said.
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Eric Trump, who continues to work for his father’s hotel business within the Trump Organization, denied the report in a post on X (formerly Twitter). All overseas profits were donated to the U.S. Treasury, he wrote.
“What a joke! All foreign government profits from stays in hotels and other facilities during my father’s tenure were voluntarily donated to the U.S. Treasury,” he said.
he said new york times The report called the statements “insane” and said “no president in U.S. history has been as tough on China as Donald Trump.”
However, some criticized Donald Trump for the report.
“Breaking news: Trump received $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments during his presidency. The biggest spender was China. Saudi Arabia was second. The money went to his various hotels. Abominable. Corruption and gross violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause,” attorney Tristan Snell tweeted. .
Condé Nast legal editor Luke Zaleski tweeted, “Trump is a political mob boss with questionable ties to Russia (Manafort), China (Bannon) and Saudi Arabia (Kushner), whose finances are mysterious. He is now ruling the Republican Party in exile after inciting the Republican Party to continue deadly violence. And the Republicans are shielding him from that outcome. ”
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