Kuwait's 2017 National Day Payment at the Trump Hotel
What happened
promisedocumented At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
- Time: Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of Interest2017-01-11 · Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Oversight Committee Requests Documents on Trump Organization's Treatment of Foreign Government Payments2017-04-21 · Bipartisan committee letter describing the January pledge and requesting implementation records
actiondocumented Mazars records include a Kuwait embassy check for the 2017 National Day banquet after the embassy changed venues following the election.
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democratic Staff: White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump2024-01-04 · Mazars-derived payment ledgers; country and property sections; report pages 1-156
outcomedocumented The House report concluded that its Mazars-derived records captured only two years of the presidency and four Trump businesses, so the full amount and final profit reconciliation remained unavailable.
- Roll Call: House Democratic report highlights Trump foreign payments2024-01-04 · Summary of the Mazars-based House report and its two-year/four-business scope
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democratic Staff: White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump2024-01-04 · Mazars-derived payment ledgers; country and property sections; report pages 1-156
limitationreported The record does not show that this payment caused any official act, and gross property receipts cannot be treated as Donald Trump's personal net income.
- Roll Call: House Democratic report highlights Trump foreign payments2024-01-04 · Summary of the Mazars-based House report and its two-year/four-business scope
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Trump likely benefited from $13.6 million in payments from foreign governments during his presidency2024-01-10 · Comparison of House records with CREW tracking; limitations and country examples
Amounts and affected parties
otherPayment or bounded estimate recorded in the House report$77,456 - Observed source
- Embassy of Kuwait
- Observed recipient
- Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.
People and organizations
- United States publicaffected party
- Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.beneficiary
- Embassy of Kuwaitpayer
- Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.recipient
Assessment
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.