He has financial ties there too. Ivanka got her trademarks fastracked there as well.
The Chinese government granted a total of 41 trademarks to companies linked to Ivanka Trump by April of 2019—and the trademarks she applied for after her father became president got approved about 40% faster than those she requested before Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 election, according to a new book by Forbes ’ senior editor Dan Alexander.
On March 29, 2017, Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of President Trump, became an official government employee, joining her husband, Jared Kushner, as an adviser to her father.
In early May of 2018, ZTE, a Chinese electronics maker, said that it had halted “major operating activities” after being penalized by the United States Department of Commerce for breaking sanctions and selling electronics to Iran and North Korea.
Yet, in mid-May, President Trump surprisingly reversed course when he indicated a willingness to rethink the punishment and vowed to work with Chinese President Xi Jinping to prevent the collapse of the ZTE, which employs 75,000 people, with Trump tweeting, “Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!”
Over a span of two months in late 2018, the Chinese government granted 18 trademarks to companies linked to President Trump and his daughter. In October alone, according to the Associated Press , China’s Trademark Office granted provisional approval for 16 trademarks to Ivanka Trump Marks LLC. The new approvals covered Ivanka-branded fashion gear, including sunglasses, handbags, shoes and jewelry, as well as beauty services and voting machines. In January of 2019, China granted Ivanka’s company preliminary approval for another five trademarks covering child care centers, wedding dresses, and art valuation services. The applications were filed in 2016 and 2017.
focus is on the least important aspects of a time pre-covid.
It’s like talking about Bush’s taxes after the attacks.
No difference here: China attacked the US and world with a bioweapon, killing more than 1.1 million people, and you’re here talking about Trumps bank account and Ivanka’s licenses.
Trump runs his campaign like he “runs” the country
“They spent their money on unnecessary overhead, lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous activity by the campaign staff and vanity ads way too early,” said Mike Murphy, a veteran Republican consultant who advised John McCain and Jeb Bush and is an outspoken Trump critic. “You could literally have 10 monkeys with flamethrowers go after the money, and they wouldn’t have burned through it as stupidly.”
what, trump’s bank account in China is real. This is actual breaking news. You’re still pretending a fake story about some emails is more important?
this doesn’t concern you?
The newspaper’s previous reports show he paid $750 (£580) in US federal taxes in 2016 and 2017, when he became president.
The Chinese bank account has paid out $188,561 in local taxes.
Mr Trump has been critical of presidential candidate rival Joe Biden and his policies towards China in the lead-up to the US election, taking place on 3 November.
and this
The Trump administration has singled out Mr Biden’s son Hunter and made unsubstantiated claims about his dealings with China. Joe Biden’s income tax returns and public financial disclosures show no business dealings connected to China.
I’ve always said the emoluments clause with Trumps vast wealth and his extended families wealth are a concern and should be. A bank account or even a small office doesn’t surprise me or if Ivanka Trump had the same since she is applying for trademarks there and producing a line of clothes.
Regarding the Hunter Biden laptop, hold onto that thought for another 48 hours, I have a feeling rough waters ahead.
They confirmed it was not Russian disinformation. I realize you lean towards it being fake.
Rudy claims there are 1000’s of photos, I’m from the tech background and know how difficult it is to fake even one. We have tools for seeing if a photo is fake, lots of them. It is really hard to fake this stuff digitally and fairly easy to verify authenticity.
Same with emails, there are ways to verify authenticity. Digital certificates and the like means that are not going to be possible to fake.
I’d lean heavily towards this is real stuff, the FBI is in a spot too, because if this stuff is real there are questions why they didn’t act on it.
Can’t release child porn it would be an offense. Rightly so. In this case, protecting a minor is more important than getting the information out there.