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Trump’s Business Interests In Turkey Control His Decisions In Syria, Not U.S. National Security
“I have a little conflict of interest because I have a major, major building in Istanbul and it’s a tremendously successful job,” Trump told Bannon.
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“It’s called Trump Towers — two towers instead of one, not the usual one, it’s two."
Trump Towers Istanbul is still part of the Trump Organization and still generates revenue for Trump himself.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
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“Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was working for the Turkish government during the 2016 campaign, even writing a column defending Turkey for the Hill that ran on the day Trump was elected..”
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“When Erdogan pushed for a referendum advocating changes to Turkey’s Constitution which helped him consolidate power after a 2016 coup attempt,the State Dept criticized both the effort and the suspect vote totals. Trump offered his congratulations.
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“This friendship has no better manifestation than Trump’s decision late Sunday to give Turkey free rein in northern Syria at the likely expense of the United States’ Kurdish allies in the region.”
Trump Corruption /6

Reminder: Trump Has a Massive Conflict of Interest in Turkey

Why a Trump real estate deal is relevant to his decision to abandon the Kurds.

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
“In June 2016, after Trump said he supported a ban on immigration by people from countries he said were associated with Islamic terrorism—he called them “terror countries”—Erdogan objected, and so did Dogan, and both threatened to remove Trump’s name from the buildings.”
Trump Corruption Turkey /8

Trump, since he launched his bid for the presidency,has earned somewhere between $3.2 million& $17 million in royalties from the deal..Trump said he would handle conflicts of interest like this by turning over his businesses to his children. He didn’t.
Trump Corruption Turkey /9
Trump's businesses have major investments in both Turkey and in Azerbaijan'
azeri.today/articles/1387/
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