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Offline don-o

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One of Government’s Largest Landlords Pays Millions Each Year to Trump Company

Trump Organization owns stakes in two Vornado Realty skyscrapers

https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-of-governments-largest-landlords-pays-millions-each-year-to-trump-company-1487241001

President Donald Trump’s company receives tens of millions of dollars a year from Vornado Realty Trust, which relies on the federal government for a significant portion of its revenue and is vying for new work from Mr. Trump’s administration.

Mr. Trump and Vornado’s founder and chairman, Steven Roth, have forged a yearslong relationship, with Mr. Trump’s family company a minority owner of two skyscrapers controlled by Vornado. Messrs. Trump and Roth are friends, and Mr. Trump said in January that he had appointed Mr. Roth as co-chairman of a council charged with overseeing the president’s potential $1 trillion infrastructure-spending plan.

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Will this overtake the Russia story in today's news cycle?

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Sounds like a major conflict of interest

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Will this overtake the Russia story in today's news cycle?

Doubt it. Too esoteric for most people. It's not as if the president actively awards contracts.
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