How the trump organization's foreign business ties could upend u.s. National security

How the Trump Organization's Foreign Business Ties Could Upend U.S. National Security

If Donald Trump is elected president, will he and his family permanently sever all connections to the Trump Organization, a sprawling business empire that has spread a secretive financial web across the world? Or will Trump instead choose to be the most conflicted president in American history, one whose business interests will constantly jeopardize the security of the United States?

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A close examination by Newsweek of the Trump Organization, including confidential interviews with business executives and some of its international partners, reveals an enterprise with deep ties to global financiers, foreign politicians and even criminals, although there is no evidence the Trump Organization has engaged in any illegal activities.

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A Strongman’s Best Friend
Some of the most disturbing international dealings by the Trump Organization involved Trump’s attempts to woo Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi. The United States had labeled Qaddafi as a sponsor of terrorism for decades; President Ronald Reagan even launched a military attack on him in 1986 after the National Security Agency intercepted a communications that showed Qaddafi was behind the bombing of a German discotheque that killed two Americans. He was also linked to the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 people, in 1988.

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And the Trump campaign and republicans in general try to smear the Clinton Foundation. A man like Trump could never be trusted to work against his own financial interests in general but to be the President of the U.S. with these kinds of shady characters would set a new low for decency and honesty in politics in this country. The sheer magnitude of their hypocrisy and mendacity is almost too great to comprehend. Trump needs to promise to dissolve all business dealings with any foreign government or private enterprise as well as his own personal involvement in any of his businesses now or resign his candidacy immediately.

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You posted this over ten hours ago and there has not been a single response until now. Not one.

It's as if we as a nation all of a sudden have decided that national security is a nonissue.

Wrong. Without national security, we risk not even having a nation.