Golf writer: Eric Trump said father's golf courses were funded by Russians

[EC]

President Trump’s son Eric once said that his father got funding for his golf courses from the Russians, according to a report.

Golf writer James Dodson said he hit the links with Eric and Donald at the Trump National Golf Club in Charlotte, N.C., in 2014 when he raised the question of how they found the money to keep developing golf courses when financing was tight during the Recession.

Trump “sort of tossed off that he had access to $100 million,” Dodson told WBUR-FM, a Boston public radio station, in an interview that aired Friday.

Later, Dodson, who wrote a biography of Ben Hogan, among other golf books, said he asked Eric the same question as they rode in a golf cart.

Dodson said Eric Trump replied: “ ‘Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.’”

Eric continued: “’Oh, yeah. We’ve got some guys that really, really love golf, and they’re really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.’”

Reached Sunday, Eric told The Post that Dodson’s account is “complete garbage.”

“It’s a recollection from some guy three years ago through a third person,” Eric Trump said, adding it’s “categorically untrue.”

“We own our courses free and clear. We have zero ties to Russian investors,” he insisted.

More: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/08/golf-writer-eric-trump-said-fathers-golf-courses-were-funded-by-russians.html

[Cripplecreek]

‘Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.’

Seems pretty clear cut.

[driftdiver]

If if they did, so what.  At least it's an investment and not a gift.

[mountaineer]

Would Russian investors necessarily be the same thing as the Russian government? I think not.

[corbe]

   Maybe American Banks are a little reluctant to loan money to people that file Bankruptcy, JS.

[Wingnut]

   Maybe American Banks are a little reluctant to loan money to people that file Bankruptcy, JS.

That and those pesky requirement to prove actual income and other silly such regulations for loan approvals here in the US

[ABX]

One of those items that have come up before to counter the blatant lie that they 'have zero business interests with Russia'.  Just a few years ago, Eric was bragging how much money they had coming in from Russia. There was no need to lie about it. Telling the truth and saying it had no impact on potential governance issues is far better than lying about it knowing it will come back to bit you (and then there are the 'why did you lie' stories prone to come out).

[ABX]

Would Russian investors necessarily be the same thing as the Russian government? I think not.

It may or may not be. The way Russia operates, anyone who has tens or hundreds of millions to invest is somehow an arm of the government. Oligarchy 101.