Full List of Countries That Made Payments to Donald Trump During Presidency
Jan 05, 2024 at 5:29 AM EST
By Giulia Carbonaro
US News Reporter
Donald Trump's companies received more than $7.8 million from at least 20 foreign governments during his presidency, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee revealed in a new report on Thursday.
The 156-page report, called "White House For Sale," brings forward evidence of thousands of Trump's business records obtained from his longtime accounting firm Mazars USA after the Supreme Court ruled against the former president's claim to absolute immunity.
The list of foreign governments and state-controlled businesses that paid millions to Trump-owned companies during his years at the White House includes China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
China's government and state-owned businesses spent over $5.5 million at Trump-owned properties including Trump World Tower in New York, Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. and Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, making Beijing by far the biggest spender in the House Democrats' list. During his time in office, Trump often portrayed China as one of the biggest U.S. adversaries.
Saudi Arabia was the second heaviest spender with more than $615,000 spent at Trump World Tower in New York and Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Federal officeholders, including the U.S. president, are forbidden from accepting money, payments, titles, offices or gifts of any kind "from any king, prince or foreign state" under the Constitution without the consent of Congress. The House Democrats' report says that the former president never sought this approval from lawmakers.
This is the full list of countries that paid Trump's businesses during his time in office, according to the House Democrats' report:
China ($5,572,548)
Saudi Arabia ($615,422)
Qatar ($465,744)
Kuwait ($303,371)
India ($282,764)
Malaysia ($248,962)
Afghanistan ($74,810)
Philippines ($465,744)
United Arab Emirates ($65,225)
Democratic Republic of the Congo ($25,171)
Kazakhstan ($23,772)
Thailand ($11,340)
Self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ($8,800)
Mongolia ($8,486)
Lebanon ($7,720)
Albania ($6,002)
Kosovo ($4,950)
Latvia ($2,739)
Turkey ($1,894)
Hungary ($1,011)
Cyprus ($590)
This list includes payments made to Trump's businesses by governments' officials by the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan; a representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations; Kazakhstan's officials; the Embassy of Lebanon; Thailand officials; a governor of the Bank of Mongolia; a Hungarian official; a governor of the Bank of Latvia, as well as the embassies of Azerbaijan, Georgia. Namibia. Romania, Costa Rica.
"Given the absence of relevant records, this report cannot determine the purposes and amounts of these countries' expenditures at Trump-owned properties during President Trump's term," the House Democrats' document reads.
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Upon taking office in January 2017, Trump refused to give up his businesses and instead announced that they would be run by his two eldest sons, saying that no new foreign deals would be made during his time at the White House.
Newsweek contacted the Trump Organization for comment by email on Friday.
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Eric Trump said on Thursday that the report's "narrative is insane." He said that the Trump Organization did "not have the ability or viability to stop someone from booking through third parties" at its properties.
Eric Trump has insisted any profit earned by his father's companies during his presidency was returned to the federal government through a voluntary annual payment to the Treasury Department.
"What a joke! All foreign government profits, for stays at our hotels and other properties while my father was in office, were voluntarily donated to the United States Treasury," he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Jan 05, 2024 at 5:29 AM EST
By Giulia Carbonaro
US News Reporter
Donald Trump's companies received more than $7.8 million from at least 20 foreign governments during his presidency, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee revealed in a new report on Thursday.
The 156-page report, called "White House For Sale," brings forward evidence of thousands of Trump's business records obtained from his longtime accounting firm Mazars USA after the Supreme Court ruled against the former president's claim to absolute immunity.
The list of foreign governments and state-controlled businesses that paid millions to Trump-owned companies during his years at the White House includes China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
China's government and state-owned businesses spent over $5.5 million at Trump-owned properties including Trump World Tower in New York, Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. and Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, making Beijing by far the biggest spender in the House Democrats' list. During his time in office, Trump often portrayed China as one of the biggest U.S. adversaries.
Saudi Arabia was the second heaviest spender with more than $615,000 spent at Trump World Tower in New York and Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Federal officeholders, including the U.S. president, are forbidden from accepting money, payments, titles, offices or gifts of any kind "from any king, prince or foreign state" under the Constitution without the consent of Congress. The House Democrats' report says that the former president never sought this approval from lawmakers.
This is the full list of countries that paid Trump's businesses during his time in office, according to the House Democrats' report:
China ($5,572,548)
Saudi Arabia ($615,422)
Qatar ($465,744)
Kuwait ($303,371)
India ($282,764)
Malaysia ($248,962)
Afghanistan ($74,810)
Philippines ($465,744)
United Arab Emirates ($65,225)
Democratic Republic of the Congo ($25,171)
Kazakhstan ($23,772)
Thailand ($11,340)
Self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ($8,800)
Mongolia ($8,486)
Lebanon ($7,720)
Albania ($6,002)
Kosovo ($4,950)
Latvia ($2,739)
Turkey ($1,894)
Hungary ($1,011)
Cyprus ($590)
This list includes payments made to Trump's businesses by governments' officials by the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan; a representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations; Kazakhstan's officials; the Embassy of Lebanon; Thailand officials; a governor of the Bank of Mongolia; a Hungarian official; a governor of the Bank of Latvia, as well as the embassies of Azerbaijan, Georgia. Namibia. Romania, Costa Rica.
"Given the absence of relevant records, this report cannot determine the purposes and amounts of these countries' expenditures at Trump-owned properties during President Trump's term," the House Democrats' document reads.
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Upon taking office in January 2017, Trump refused to give up his businesses and instead announced that they would be run by his two eldest sons, saying that no new foreign deals would be made during his time at the White House.
Newsweek contacted the Trump Organization for comment by email on Friday.
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Eric Trump said on Thursday that the report's "narrative is insane." He said that the Trump Organization did "not have the ability or viability to stop someone from booking through third parties" at its properties.
Eric Trump has insisted any profit earned by his father's companies during his presidency was returned to the federal government through a voluntary annual payment to the Treasury Department.
"What a joke! All foreign government profits, for stays at our hotels and other properties while my father was in office, were voluntarily donated to the United States Treasury," he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
