What the hell is going on at Trump’s Panama property? thinkprogress.org/trump-panama-h… 
We already knew that the Trump Panama hotel - which @POTUS had described as @IvankaTrump's "baby" - was tied to all sorts of cartel money laundering, thanks to reporting from @Global_Witness. thinkprogress.org/trump-panama-h…
Now, a new majority owner is trying find new hotel management - but Trump Hotels staff has refused to leave. Scuffles ensued. Phone and internet were cut. All while the Trump security staff barred entry into the room with the property's servers and surveillance records.
Today, a day after a security guard was arrested, Panamanian police in riot gear showed up at the Trump hotel. And earlier this week, the Panamanian government announced it would be opening an investigation into the matter.
All of this, while the new majority owner tries to save the hotel—by becoming the latest building to ditch Trump's name. ("It’s a financial bloodbath. Nobody wants to go there. If you’ve got a Marriott and a Hyatt and a Trump, you’re not going to Trump.”)
God bless the @TrumpPanama Twitter account, which - as riot police show up at the Trump Panama property to try to help figure out this escalating management dispute - is tweeting about #BurgerWeek.
Panama (and Azerbaijan!) cameo here:
ICYMI
'Eight [international Trump-branded] projects involved a principal from a development company, a brand broker or an investor who was convicted of a crime. Seven other projects involved participants investigated by foreign governments.' univision.com/univision-news…
'Trump’s only apparent defense is to deflect focus from the actual issues ... and to create a circus by threatening Plaintiffs (and others) with baseless fraud and conspiracy claims .... In other words, Trump is being Trump.' cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2018/image…
