Donald Trump received millions in overseas payments while serving as president, a new congressional report has revealed.
“Businesses tied to Donald Trump received at least $7.8m in foreign payments from 20 countries during his four years in the White House, Democratic congressional investigators said on Thursday.
House oversight committee Democrats said those payments detailed in the 156-page report are likely a fraction of the foreign payments made to the former Republican president and his family during his 2017-2021, single term administration.
These countries spent – “often lavishly” – on apartments and hotel stays at properties owned by Trump’s family business empire, “personally enriching President Trump while he made foreign policy decisions connected to their policy agendas with far-reaching ramifications for the United States”, the report said.” [READ MORE]
