Finished, the already relating to the first mandate: Donald Trump is now openly promoting private economic interests expanding, managed by his sons or led by himself directly.
AFP
In a mixture of fully assumed genres, the American president inaugurated on Tuesday in Scotland a second journey on the golf complex “Trump International” in Balmedie (East Côte).
The inauguration was broadcast live on the official Youtube channel of the White House. British head of government Keir Starmer was a turn on the owner on Monday.
And Tuesday, Donald Trump praised the presence of the “formidable” Scottish Prime Minister John Swinney. The latter has just decided a subsidy, which makes political eddies at the local level, for a competition organized on the golf in question.
“All this gives the impression that foreign governments pay money or boast the private affairs of Donald Trump, apparently in the hope of attracting his favors,” comments for AFP Noah Bookbinder, president of the NGO Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). He judges “very worrying” that American diplomacy can be guided by the financial interests of the Trump clan.
“Nice shot”
Under polished applause, the 79 -year -old billionaire struck the first ball on his new course on Tuesday, in a spectacular landscape of Dunes. Eric Trump, present alongside his father, praised “the most incredible 36 holes on the planet”.
Then questioned by a journalist on accusations of conflicts of interest that this promotion operation could arouse, Donald Trump replied: “I heard nothing like it.”
And to change the subject immediately: “Did you see my blow on the first hole?” (…) It went far enough. (…) It was a nice blow. ” Eric and Don Jr, who was also present for the inauguration, are two executive vice-presidents of the Trump Organization, a holding company in which the American president stored a number of properties and active.
Cryptocurrencies
In Scotland, Donald Trump received the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in another opulent golf complex owned by his family, in Turnberry (West).
The Trump family has around fifteen golf clubs in the world for wealthy clientele, who can also accommodate receptions or competitions – the American president dreams of organizing the British Male Golf Open in Turnberry.
The children of Donald Trump are engaged in a host of other economic activities, sometimes encouraged very openly from the White House by their father, when he does not participate himself.
The American president has in particular associated several projects in cryptocurrencies, which allowed him to inflate his personal fortune, while his government actively encourages this sector.
Donald Trump was strongly criticized for promising a reception in a small committee at the first 25 buyers of his $ Trump cryptocurrency. He promoted it on his Truth Social platform – belonging to his company Trump Media. The president also uses this network as an official communication channel, for announcements on Russia or customs duties.
“Emeritus co-founder”
His wife Melania Trump is leading various remunerative projects, including a documentary series produced by Amazon.
In addition, Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff, his special emissary in Russia or the Middle East, are associated via their families in a cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial.
This company – which presents the president as “emeritus co -founder” on his website – was very criticized for a recent lucrative transaction with a company from Abu Dhabi.
Donald Trump, when he went to Abu Dhabi in the spring as part of a large gulf tour, had accessed a request from the Emiratic authorities: being able to buy advanced American electronic components.
During the same trip he had accepted a Boeing offered by Qatar, without being beyond measure of the protests of the Democratic opposition. During its first mandate, the Trump Organization had a moratorium on investments with foreign private partners. Nothing like this time.