international hotel. and jonathan o connell and his colleagues at the washington post learned a lobbying group working for the saudi government paid the hotel close to $300,000. i think in total we tallied around 500 nights they stayed there. saudi spending turned it black and after trump became president saudi customers increased at his hotel in chicago. in d.c., the foreign guests landed the trump hotel at the center of a federal lawsuit filed against the president by the attorney generals of maryland and washington d.c. you ask them exactly why they re staying at the trump hotel? they re very clear. they tell you that they re here to show the president honor and of course we know they re here also to act in their country s best interests. honor. that s the word they use? yes. they re here to curry favor.
it s just reality tv. trump is a television star with the apprentice to promote him. you re fired. you re fired. and whatever he is selling. turned the name trump into the highest quality brand. trump seems to be selling and building a lot. the trump international hotel and tower in soho is the sight of my latest developer. that s downtown new york city. there was also northern mexico. escape to a place that s close to home, yet a world away. just ten miles from the u.s. border, trump is offering five star luxury to people that didn t think they could ever afford it. big windows, great fixtures, beautiful kitchens. i said oh my god that s am e amazing, let s do it. she was immediately interested in the trump ocean resort in baha mexico.
simple, easy, awesome. three blocks east another one. it s the republican power center in washington. the president s washington d.c. hotel. from the beginning trumps made clear it was open for business. on his way from taking the oath of office at the white house they stopped the motorcade, the family gets out and they take a tour on the pavement, where? right in front of that property. he admitted the presidency
reporter: the fall of 2006, after a series of corporate bankruptcies, donald trump is back. bigly. my name is donald trump i m the largest real estate developer in new york. that s not reality. it s just reality tv. a tv star. with the apprentice to promote him. you re fired. and whatever he is selling. i turned the name into the highest quality brand. 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.
so on paper here, trump can point to his 2017 disclosure and say i am no longer listed as an owner and he would be right on paper. but not in reality. it s made to benefit him. he can make money from at any time. any time. and this document proves that. first uncovered the page says the trustees shall distribute net income or principle to donald j. trump at his request. the trump organization attorney confirmed the president has been able to with draw money since the beginning of his presidency. it means people that want to influence the president have places to try. so you could go to the trump international hotel in new york city and go to the trump international hotel in d.c.