this building is the center of presidential power in the capital, three blocks east, another one. it s sort of the republican power center in washington. the president s washington, d.c. hotel. from the beginning the trumps made clear it was open for business. on his way from taking the oath of office to the white house they stopped the motorcade, the family gets out, they take a tour on the pavement. where? right in front of that property. back when he was still a candidate trump admitted the presidency could be a boon for his d.c. total which just listen to trump himself. we ve beaten a lot of people and i think people like that. so i think it s had a i think it will be great for the building in question. he was right. it s a wild scene at the trump hotel in washington. really especially when congress is in session you have to walk
also developing the super luxurious trump international hotel and tower, fort lauderdale. so you would disagree certainly with that sentence being in there. the word developing, it doesn t mean that we re the developer. there were multiple lawsuits in fort lauderdale. most were settled. the terms are secret. in the two suits that went to trial, jurors were shown the prospectus which identified the developer as someone other than trump. trump won. the trumps didn t require these developments to be successful to earn money. it s because trump got a fixed fee from the developer, who licensed his name. plus, millions more as the condo sales were completed, even if the building went bankrupt. when they failed, which they frequently did, the trumps would make money and they would say oh, we weren t we weren t the developers. we were never the developer of this project and that was made clear. we were just the licensers. we are not responsible for your
he can take money from it at any time. any time. and this document proves that. first uncovered by pro publica, the page says the trustee shall distribute net income or principal to donald j. trump at his request. and the trump organization attorney confirmed to propublica the president has been able to withdraw money since the beginning of his presidency. it means that people who want to influence the president have places to try. if you want to influence trump you could go to the trump international hotel here in new york city. you could go to the trump international hotel in d.c. then he has golf clubs and hotels all over the world. places condos in india. as for those condos in india, people are putting deposits down on them right now. maybe these are people that want to buy really nice condos. or maybe they re people that want to influence the president. that s up next. it s tough to quit smoking
in on any night and i would almost guarantee you d see somebody that is a republican politics or a member of congress. how much money is the president making there? his financial disclosures claim $40 million in 2018. but we only have limited information about who was choosing to stay and pay there. we have no accounting whatsoever for keeping track of who s spending money at the properties of a sitting president. among those spending money at the d.c. hotel are foreign governments. the kuwaitis moved frit foom four seasons to the trump international hotel. and jonathan o connell and his colleagues at the washington post learned a lobbying group working for the saudi arabia government paid the hotel close to $300,000. in total we tallied around 500 room nights that they stayed there. the post also discovered
he s selling and building a lot. the trump international hotel and tower. is the site of my latest development. reporter: that s downtown new york city. there was also northern mexico. just ten miles from the u.s. border. trump is offering five star luxury to people who couldn t think they could ever afford. big windows. beautiful kitchen. that s amazing. let s do it. reporter: she was immediately interested in the trump ocean resort in mexico. a big reason, it didn t have a southern california price tag. we don t make that kind of money. we re pretty regular, normal people. so, you know, trump ocean baja resort. we met the lady who showed up