Judd LegumNov 17, 2022

1. Trump's candidacy for president raises the prospect of a major party nominee that is effectively on the payroll of a foreign government.

Since leaving the White House, Trump and his family have received BILLIONS from Saudi officials

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2. The LIV golf tour, which is run by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, held two of its eight tournaments on Trump courses, including the season-ending championship at Trump Doral in Florida.

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3. How much did the Saudis pay to use Trump's courses. That hasn't been disclosed by Trump was very happy.

"It’s big time and it’s big-time money," Trump said in October. "It’s unlimited money."

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4. The Saudi Public Investment Fund also "invested" $2 billion with Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Kushner has no experience with private equity

Kushner's most significant business experience was nearly bankrupting his family real estate company

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5. The committee at the Saudi Public Investment Fund responsible for vetting investments recommended rejecting Kushner.

The committee was overruled by the Crown Prince

Under the deal, Kushner will receive a $25 million annual management fee, plus a percentage of any profits.

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6. Earlier this week, Trump "struck a deal with a Saudi-based real estate company to license its name to a housing and golf complex that will be built in Oman."

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7. Under the arrangement, Trump will receive "a cut of condo sales or golf course revenue in exchange for allowing its name to be used."

It's a $1.6 billion project.

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8. Trump has simply ignored these kinds of conflicts before, but the situation is even worse than before. Trump is much more dependent on his business relationship with one country, Saudi Arabia.

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Show threadZachAuthorNov 17, 2022
@juddlegum Jared has no problem doing business with the butcher
Show threadCatherine StineNov 17, 2022
@juddlegum ugh
Show threadIdo AmirNov 17, 2022
@juddlegum Nothing fishy... Nothing at all...
Show threadLaura KarsonNov 18, 2022
@juddlegum let's not forget he supposedly is doing a licensing deal with a Saudi company for their golf courses. Awful.
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@juddlegum
I just joined Mastodon, and you are my first choice to commuicate with. Via email, maybe in an up and coming article you could give info on how this works! e.g., what does the star represent? is that how to "like"?
Hopefully, this venue can replace all that's wrong with Twitter, especially if Twitter quits!
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@juddlegum It's good to have frenz. 👓
Show threadMoaiNov 18, 2022
@juddlegum when you lie down with murderers, you wake up covered in blood money
Show threadMr.ConcernedNov 18, 2022
@juddlegum The prince of death is paying for the nuclear secrets trump gave him. Cannot be more clear.
Show threadWrathofJan 🌞🌻🌎🖖Nov 19, 2022

@MrConcerned @juddlegum

Hush money too, maybe.