producer. right. he has a long history of not been anti-semitic. he played the racial card with the birther thing. he has been playing the cards on the right. american campaign slogan which people point out history of that here is the critical ings, it s not just this fridge group going mainstream, it s there s been several incidents of that. richard did the hail trump at ball room. it wasn t until new york times pushed him to denounce that. he plays the he played some cards to help get him to the white house.
gathering after the kingdom of bahrain. that event has now happened. bahrain national day celebration took place in the presidential ball room or some such thing of the trump hotel. only down side apparently of that great and very successful event is that the investigative reporting team from abc news showed up. just down the street from the white house the president-elect s new luxury hotel seems to be the new in spot, the place for foreign governments and special interests to show loyalty to donald trump. today the kingdom of bahrain rented out the presidential ballroom at an estimated cost around $100,000 to celebrate its national holiday. so we showed up to ask why here. because donald trump is the president-elect? i have no comments. president-elect has promised
holding their annual holiday party at donald trump s hotel. he remains the majority owner of the hotel so, you know, profits made by the hotel end up going to him. so you book an expensive room at his hotel, you re putting moab in his pocket. we re seeing a lot of this. the conservative group the heritage foundation just spent a gazillion dollars to hold a big gala at the trump hotel this week. the vice president-elect just spoke at that event. that s more money that goes to the president-elect as the majority owner of this business. it s not just american organizations. foreign governments are doing this too. the government of azerbaijan is host a party at the trump hotel gathering after the kingdom of bahrain. that event has now happened. bahrain national day celebration took place in the presidential ball room or some such thing of the trump hotel. only down side apparently of that great and very successful
to accept donald trump in a sense see what is going to happen. how much of those words could we have been talking about how much words matter, how much did those two speeches from those two people help move the democratic party along? we ve seen the best of the american democracy in politics in the last 48 hours which is ironic, because it came after a year of perhaps the worst in american politics and democracy. but something happens when an election is over and you move into a transition period. and you see a candidate evolve, very quickly from someone who will say anything to win. to someone who knows they have to govern. and the only way that they can do that, is by reaching across the aisle, even if they do control congress, they still need to reach out to democrats and more importantly putting the country back together. i was in the ball room the night that trump won. and i saw his victory speech. and that transformation of his character was immediate. it was a well crafted, cl
just to his supporters in the ball room, but to the citizens of the country that were tuned into this historic election and also to people around the world. and given the intensity of scrutiny of his remarks, it s notable that he chose that kind of tone. i think we saw a similar tone just in the oval office 30 minutes ago, where he was, you know, indicating his commitment to working closely with the outgoing administration to ensure a smooth, effective transition. it doesn t mean they agree on all the issues. they obviously have deep disagreements. but what they do agree on is a commitment to a smooth and effective transition. that s a good thing for the country. reporter: president-elect trump talked about looking forward to president obama s counsel in the future. did they agree to meet again?