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David Fahrenthold
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This year, I think of the Trump Org. beat in terms of three I's: influence, income, immigration. We've got two of the three on the @washingtonpost homepage right now...
"Influence" means: are people who want to influence @realDonaldTrump's public policy also paying money to Trump's private business?
The answer is yes.
Here's a new example. 2/
washingtonpost.com/politics/a-wea…
"Income" means: How are @realDonaldTrump's businesses doing? What is POTUS doing that helps them?
We've also got that happening today: Trump & his entourage went 100s of miles out of the way to visit his Irish golf club during a European trip this week. 3/
washingtonpost.com/world/europe/t…
What we're missing today is "immigration:" has @realDonaldTrump's company lived up to his own rhetoric about immigration? Did he rely on the illegal workers he denounces?
If you're interested in THAT, read this to see what we've found so far: END/ washingtonpost.com/politics/7-que…
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NEW: @realdonaldtrump's company has now embraced E-Verify at all its golf courses. The result: even more of Trump's longtime workers have been fired for being undocumented.
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One thing to note: @realDonaldTrump lists *revenue* for his properties. Not profit. That tells you what $ came in the door, but not how much went out again to pay expenses, taxes, interest, etc. Doral, for instance, had $75M in revenue on the form in 2017, but $4.2M in profit.
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David Fahrenthold
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This yr, I think of our Trump Org. coverage as 3 I’s:
1. Income. How’s the biz doing financially?
2. Influence. Who might try to influence @realdonaldtrump thru his biz?
3. Immigration. Is the biz using undocumented labor, despite Trump’s rhetoric against it? 1/
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In all, @TMobile execs spent $195K at @realdonaldtrump’s hotel in 10 months.
They say they weren’t trying to buy Trump’s favor. They just liked the hotel. 3/ washingtonpost.com/politics/t-mob…
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