Donald Trump Has a Conflict of Interest in Turkey. Just Ask Donald Trump. Why the president's congratulatory call to Recep Tayyip Erdogan raises serious questions.

[wolfbat359]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-conflict-interest

Several media outlets have slammed President Donald Trump for congratulating Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning a referendum that will bolster his autocratic power and weaken that nation's democracy. International observers say the referendum took place on an "unlevel playing field" and voting irregularities raise questions about the outcome. A brief White House summary of Trump's call to Erdogan did not reference any such concerns. Ultimately, if the referendum stands, Turkey will shift from a parliamentary government to one largely controlled by the president—though many of the changes strengthening the president's powers won't take place until after the next election in 2019. (It's worth noting that before Erdogan became president, the role of this office was primarily ceremonial.)

And there's also another troubling layer to this story: Trump's business ties to Turkey create a conflict of interest. That's according to Trump himself. As Mother Jones reported in November, Trump mentioned his Turkey-related conflicts in 2015 during a conversation with Steve Bannon, who was then the executive chairman of Breitbart News. (Bannon would go on to become Trump's chief strategist.)

On Bannon's radio show, Breitbart News Daily, Trump said on December 1, 2015, "I have a little conflict of interest 'cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul. It's a tremendously successful job. It's called Trump Towers—two towers, instead of one, not the usual one, it's two."

Trump was speaking truthfully. He had a vested interest in smooth relations with Ankara. And he owed Erdogan a solid. In 2012, Erdogan presided over the opening ceremony for the Trump Towers. (At the time, Erdogan was prime minister—a role the recently passed referendum would eliminate).

Just left Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday where #TrumpTowers was just opened--magnificent!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2012

Thank you Prime Minister Erdogan for joining us yesterday to celebrate the launch of #TrumpTowers Istanbul!
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) April 20, 2012

Trump has not publicly spoken in detail about his relationship with Erdogan. But in December, Newsweek contended that the Turkish president has leverage over Trump and noted that Erdogan wants the US government to extradite to Turkey the man he believes is responsible for an attempted military coup against him in July. "Erdogan of Turkey has told associates," Newsweek reported, "he believes he must keep pressure on Trump’s business partner there to essentially blackmail the president into extraditing a political enemy."

It appears that Turkey's Trump Towers pose more than "a little conflict of interest."

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Post by wolfbat359
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-conflict-interest
Several media outlets have slammed President Donald Trump for congratulating Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning a referendum that will bolster his autocratic power and weaken that nation's democracy. International observers say the referendum took place on an "unlevel playing field" and voting irregularities raise questions about the outcome. A brief White House summary of Trump's call to Erdogan did not reference any such concerns. Ultimately, if the referendum stands, Turkey will shift from a parliamentary government to one largely controlled by the president—though many of the changes strengthening the president's powers won't take place until after the next election in 2019. (It's worth noting that before Erdogan became president, the role of this office was primarily ceremonial.)
And there's also another troubling layer to this story: Trump's business ties to Turkey create a conflict of interest. That's according to Trump himself. As Mother Jones reported in November, Trump mentioned his Turkey-related conflicts in 2015 during a conversation with Steve Bannon, who was then the executive chairman of Breitbart News. (Bannon would go on to become Trump's chief strategist.)
On Bannon's radio show, Breitbart News Daily, Trump said on December 1, 2015, "I have a little conflict of interest 'cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul. It's a tremendously successful job. It's called Trump Towers—two towers, instead of one, not the usual one, it's two."
Trump was speaking truthfully. He had a vested interest in smooth relations with Ankara. And he owed Erdogan a solid. In 2012, Erdogan presided over the opening ceremony for the Trump Towers. (At the time, Erdogan was prime minister—a role the recently passed referendum would eliminate).
Just left Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday where #TrumpTowers was just opened--magnificent!
Thank you Prime Minister Erdogan for joining us yesterday to celebrate the launch of #TrumpTowers Istanbul!
Trump has not publicly spoken in detail about his relationship with Erdogan. But in December, Newsweek contended that the Turkish president has leverage over Trump and noted that Erdogan wants the US government to extradite to Turkey the man he believes is responsible for an attempted military coup against him in July. "Erdogan of Turkey has told associates," Newsweek reported, "he believes he must keep pressure on Trump’s business partner there to essentially blackmail the president into extraditing a political enemy."
It appears that Turkey's Trump Towers pose more than "a little conflict of interest."

There's been a flurry of spots on PBS lately about the Armenian
genocide, in which one to two million Armenians were murdered,
and which Turkey denies to this day. I've heard that Hitler visited
Turkey during that time to study how it was done. Of course the
USA keeps mostly quiet about it because Turkey is a "valued ally"
in the continuing antagonistic relationship with Russia and in
hostilities with Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Syria.

[GLOBALIST]

Post by wolfbat359
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-conflict-interest
Several media outlets have slammed President Donald Trump for congratulating Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning a referendum that will bolster his autocratic power and weaken that nation's democracy. International observers say the referendum took place on an "unlevel playing field" and voting irregularities raise questions about the outcome. A brief White House summary of Trump's call to Erdogan did not reference any such concerns. Ultimately, if the referendum stands, Turkey will shift from a parliamentary government to one largely controlled by the president—though many of the changes strengthening the president's powers won't take place until after the next election in 2019. (It's worth noting that before Erdogan became president, the role of this office was primarily ceremonial.)
And there's also another troubling layer to this story: Trump's business ties to Turkey create a conflict of interest. That's according to Trump himself. As Mother Jones reported in November, Trump mentioned his Turkey-related conflicts in 2015 during a conversation with Steve Bannon, who was then the executive chairman of Breitbart News. (Bannon would go on to become Trump's chief strategist.)
On Bannon's radio show, Breitbart News Daily, Trump said on December 1, 2015, "I have a little conflict of interest 'cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul. It's a tremendously successful job. It's called Trump Towers—two towers, instead of one, not the usual one, it's two."
Trump was speaking truthfully. He had a vested interest in smooth relations with Ankara. And he owed Erdogan a solid. In 2012, Erdogan presided over the opening ceremony for the Trump Towers. (At the time, Erdogan was prime minister—a role the recently passed referendum would eliminate).
Just left Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday where #TrumpTowers was just opened--magnificent!
Thank you Prime Minister Erdogan for joining us yesterday to celebrate the launch of #TrumpTowers Istanbul!
Trump has not publicly spoken in detail about his relationship with Erdogan. But in December, Newsweek contended that the Turkish president has leverage over Trump and noted that Erdogan wants the US government to extradite to Turkey the man he believes is responsible for an attempted military coup against him in July. "Erdogan of Turkey has told associates," Newsweek reported, "he believes he must keep pressure on Trump’s business partner there to essentially blackmail the president into extraditing a political enemy."
It appears that Turkey's Trump Towers pose more than "a little conflict of interest."

Trump has hotels all over the universe. They merely bear his name. It is called a trademark.
I would bet every major hotel chain has hotels in Turkey

[GLOBALIST]

Pick one of the many chain hotels in Istanbul
and tell me who owns them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotels_in_Istanbul#Notable_hotels

[wolfbat359]

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Pick one of the many chain hotels in Istanbul
and tell me who owns them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotels_in_Istanbul#Notable_hotels

They are not in Charge of the government!

[Lawrence Akutagawa]

"GLOBALIST" wrote in message news:3f7ae24d-151a-490f-b13f-***@googlegroups.com...

Pick one of the many chain hotels in Istanbul
and tell me who owns them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotels_in_Istanbul#Notable_hotels

***** This line separates my response from the foregoing ******

Ha Ha Ha
The ever slow witted yet again makes good my words that all you need do is
to just wait and be patient because sooner or later he the ever slow witted
Village Idiot will show us all - as he the ever slow witted Village Idiot
here does again - that he the ever slow witted Village Idiot cannot at all
get his Village Idiot act (such as it is) together! This distinct inability
on the part of the ever slow witted Village Idiot, when all is said and
done, is the very reason of course that he the ever slow witted Village
idiot just must respond to his original Village Idiot post as he the ever
slow witted Village Idiot does right here.
[giggle]

And just look here - this time it took the ever slow witted Village Idiot
only *** short minutes to figure out that he the ever slow witted Village
Idiot didn't at all have his Village Idiot act together!
[giggle giggle]

I just love having the ever slow witted Village Idiot - much like the Old
Fool - make my words come true over and over and over and over again!
Good work, ever slow witted Village Idiot...marvelously good work!
Yet again, ever slow witted Village Idiot...make my words come true yet
again!
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And now - for even more fun and laughs - here is the Village Idiot
performing for us his Intellectual coward ploy again to run once more away
from the issue of his responding to his very own original Village Idiot
post, of course with his tail rigid between his legs, back into that deep
dark decoy hole of his under his rock!

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Post by wolfbat359
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-conflict-interest
Several media outlets have slammed President Donald Trump for congratulating Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning a referendum that will bolster his autocratic power and weaken that nation's democracy. International observers say the referendum took place on an "unlevel playing field" and voting irregularities raise questions about the outcome. A brief White House summary of Trump's call to Erdogan did not reference any such concerns. Ultimately, if the referendum stands, Turkey will shift from a parliamentary government to one largely controlled by the president—though many of the changes strengthening the president's powers won't take place until after the next election in 2019. (It's worth noting that before Erdogan became president, the role of this office was primarily ceremonial.)
And there's also another troubling layer to this story: Trump's business ties to Turkey create a conflict of interest. That's according to Trump himself. As Mother Jones reported in November, Trump mentioned his Turkey-related conflicts in 2015 during a conversation with Steve Bannon, who was then the executive chairman of Breitbart News. (Bannon would go on to become Trump's chief strategist.)
On Bannon's radio show, Breitbart News Daily, Trump said on December 1, 2015, "I have a little conflict of interest 'cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul. It's a tremendously successful job. It's called Trump Towers—two towers, instead of one, not the usual one, it's two."
Trump was speaking truthfully. He had a vested interest in smooth relations with Ankara. And he owed Erdogan a solid. In 2012, Erdogan presided over the opening ceremony for the Trump Towers. (At the time, Erdogan was prime minister—a role the recently passed referendum would eliminate).
Just left Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday where #TrumpTowers was just opened--magnificent!
Thank you Prime Minister Erdogan for joining us yesterday to celebrate the launch of #TrumpTowers Istanbul!
Trump has not publicly spoken in detail about his relationship with Erdogan. But in December, Newsweek contended that the Turkish president has leverage over Trump and noted that Erdogan wants the US government to extradite to Turkey the man he believes is responsible for an attempted military coup against him in July. "Erdogan of Turkey has told associates," Newsweek reported, "he believes he must keep pressure on Trump’s business partner there to essentially blackmail the president into extraditing a political enemy."
It appears that Turkey's Trump Towers pose more than "a little conflict of interest."

Trump has hotels all over the universe. They merely bear his name. It is called a trademark.
I would bet every major hotel chain has hotels in Turkey

I understand that his modes of travel use oil-based fuels, so he must have a "conflict of interest" with companies connected with the oil industry.....so goes the logic.

[wolfbat359]

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Post by wolfbat359
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-conflict-interest
Several media outlets have slammed President Donald Trump for congratulating Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning a referendum that will bolster his autocratic power and weaken that nation's democracy. International observers say the referendum took place on an "unlevel playing field" and voting irregularities raise questions about the outcome. A brief White House summary of Trump's call to Erdogan did not reference any such concerns. Ultimately, if the referendum stands, Turkey will shift from a parliamentary government to one largely controlled by the president—though many of the changes strengthening the president's powers won't take place until after the next election in 2019. (It's worth noting that before Erdogan became president, the role of this office was primarily ceremonial.)
And there's also another troubling layer to this story: Trump's business ties to Turkey create a conflict of interest. That's according to Trump himself. As Mother Jones reported in November, Trump mentioned his Turkey-related conflicts in 2015 during a conversation with Steve Bannon, who was then the executive chairman of Breitbart News. (Bannon would go on to become Trump's chief strategist.)
On Bannon's radio show, Breitbart News Daily, Trump said on December 1, 2015, "I have a little conflict of interest 'cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul. It's a tremendously successful job. It's called Trump Towers—two towers, instead of one, not the usual one, it's two."
Trump was speaking truthfully. He had a vested interest in smooth relations with Ankara. And he owed Erdogan a solid. In 2012, Erdogan presided over the opening ceremony for the Trump Towers. (At the time, Erdogan was prime minister—a role the recently passed referendum would eliminate).
Just left Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday where #TrumpTowers was just opened--magnificent!
Thank you Prime Minister Erdogan for joining us yesterday to celebrate the launch of #TrumpTowers Istanbul!
Trump has not publicly spoken in detail about his relationship with Erdogan. But in December, Newsweek contended that the Turkish president has leverage over Trump and noted that Erdogan wants the US government to extradite to Turkey the man he believes is responsible for an attempted military coup against him in July. "Erdogan of Turkey has told associates," Newsweek reported, "he believes he must keep pressure on Trump’s business partner there to essentially blackmail the president into extraditing a political enemy."
It appears that Turkey's Trump Towers pose more than "a little conflict of interest."

Trump has hotels all over the universe. They merely bear his name. It is called a trademark.
I would bet every major hotel chain has hotels in Turkey

I understand that his modes of travel use oil-based fuels, so he must have a "conflict of interest" with companies connected with the oil industry.....so goes the logic.

You have no understanding!

[w***@msn.com]

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Post by w***@msn.com

Post by GLOBALIST

Post by wolfbat359
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-conflict-interest
Several media outlets have slammed President Donald Trump for congratulating Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning a referendum that will bolster his autocratic power and weaken that nation's democracy. International observers say the referendum took place on an "unlevel playing field" and voting irregularities raise questions about the outcome. A brief White House summary of Trump's call to Erdogan did not reference any such concerns. Ultimately, if the referendum stands, Turkey will shift from a parliamentary government to one largely controlled by the president—though many of the changes strengthening the president's powers won't take place until after the next election in 2019. (It's worth noting that before Erdogan became president, the role of this office was primarily ceremonial.)
And there's also another troubling layer to this story: Trump's business ties to Turkey create a conflict of interest. That's according to Trump himself. As Mother Jones reported in November, Trump mentioned his Turkey-related conflicts in 2015 during a conversation with Steve Bannon, who was then the executive chairman of Breitbart News. (Bannon would go on to become Trump's chief strategist.)
On Bannon's radio show, Breitbart News Daily, Trump said on December 1, 2015, "I have a little conflict of interest 'cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul. It's a tremendously successful job. It's called Trump Towers—two towers, instead of one, not the usual one, it's two."
Trump was speaking truthfully. He had a vested interest in smooth relations with Ankara. And he owed Erdogan a solid. In 2012, Erdogan presided over the opening ceremony for the Trump Towers. (At the time, Erdogan was prime minister—a role the recently passed referendum would eliminate).
Just left Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday where #TrumpTowers was just opened--magnificent!
Thank you Prime Minister Erdogan for joining us yesterday to celebrate the launch of #TrumpTowers Istanbul!
Trump has not publicly spoken in detail about his relationship with Erdogan. But in December, Newsweek contended that the Turkish president has leverage over Trump and noted that Erdogan wants the US government to extradite to Turkey the man he believes is responsible for an attempted military coup against him in July. "Erdogan of Turkey has told associates," Newsweek reported, "he believes he must keep pressure on Trump’s business partner there to essentially blackmail the president into extraditing a political enemy."
It appears that Turkey's Trump Towers pose more than "a little conflict of interest."

Trump has hotels all over the universe. They merely bear his name. It is called a trademark.
I would bet every major hotel chain has hotels in Turkey

I understand that his modes of travel use oil-based fuels, so he must have a "conflict of interest" with companies connected with the oil industry.....so goes the logic.

You have no understanding!

You have no logic.