Trump to Rescue Chinese Telecom as Beijing Funds Major Trump Project

"This affair is a screaming violation of the U.S. Constitution's emoluments clause."

That was how Robert Weissman of Public Citizen described President Donald Trump's efforts this week to negotiate a "sweetheart deal" for the failing Chinese telecom giant ZTE just after news broke that a Chinese government-run entity dumped a $500 million loan into a major development project in Indonesia, which will reportedly include a Trump-branded hotel and golf course.  Read more.

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