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2016 Postmortem

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12. Yep, in violation of his lease as soon as he is sworn in.

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 06:05 PM

Nov 2016

Since his lease is with the GSA, and he appoints the administrator os the GSA, he is essentially landlord AND tenant, and involved in a massive conflict of interest.

The article from 'Government Executive' goes into pretty good detail on it all:

http://m.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2016/11/gsas-trump-hotel-lease-debacle/133424/

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Well it appears that Trump just got Trumped. [View all] politicaljunkie41910 Nov 2016 OP

boy is he asking for it MFM008 Nov 2016 #1

I'd love to be there when they take his name off the place. TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #2

They've already done that! elleng Nov 2016 #5

They did? I know there was concern over the huge Trump sign... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #7

Removed his name, couple weeks ago. elleng Nov 2016 #8

So that's why he's so upset! :) TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #10

ONE of the reasons. elleng Nov 2016 #11

Der Fuhrer HockeyMom Nov 2016 #3

This looks like it might be perfect for rzemanfl Nov 2016 #4

You just caught a problem with the OP FBaggins Nov 2016 #13

Perhaps citizenry in Washington DC has standing to sue. Aimee in OKC Nov 2016 #14

I'm no lawyer, and maybe--hopefully--there's something that will block such moves. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2016 #15

Is the contract transferable? C_U_L8R Nov 2016 #9

Yep, in violation of his lease as soon as he is sworn in. SeattleVet Nov 2016 #12

He'll just sue the government Retrograde Nov 2016 #16