The Trump brothers' claims that they no longer profit from foreign deals

Claims supported by this source

1. analysisdocumented

   The government bore protection costs connected to private business travel, but the cited record does not establish a new deal, a project profit or a payment of protection funds to the Trump business.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   Secret Service Costs for Eric Trump's Dominican Republic Business Trip: Audit finding · Cited analysis

2. analysisdocumented

   The financing announcement created a documented foreign-state/conflict exposure around an existing Trump-branded project, but the cited sources do not establish that funds were paid to Trump, that Trump arranged the financing or that it caused U.S. policy.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   Chinese Financing Around the Trump-Branded Indonesia Project: Audit finding · Cited analysis

3. analysisdocumented

   The expansion continued a preexisting foreign property and therefore fell within the company's stated interpretation of its pledge; whether that interpretation matched the public meaning of no new foreign deals remained disputed.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   The No-New-Foreign-Deals Pledge and the Scotland Expansion: Audit finding · Cited analysis

4. factdocumented

   Local authorities approved a major housing and resort expansion at the Trump Organization's Aberdeen property during Trump's presidency.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   The No-New-Foreign-Deals Pledge and the Scotland Expansion: The record · The record

5. factdocumented

   The expanded resort was owned by the Trump family business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   The No-New-Foreign-Deals Pledge and the Scotland Expansion: The record · The record

6. factreported

   The candidate does not equate financing for the broader development with Trump Organization revenue or a policy exchange.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   Chinese Financing Around the Trump-Branded Indonesia Project: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit

7. factreported

   Reporting treated the Indonesia work as continuation of a preexisting deal and did not establish a direct state payment to Trump.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   Chinese Financing Around the Trump-Branded Indonesia Project: Outcome · Outcome

8. factreported

   The Trump Organization treated later work as continuation of an existing project; the cited evidence does not resolve whether every later transaction was a new foreign deal.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   Secret Service Costs for Eric Trump's Dominican Republic Business Trip: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit

9. factreported

   The sources do not establish that the expansion was a newly signed foreign deal under the company's internal definition.

   Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

   The No-New-Foreign-Deals Pledge and the Scotland Expansion: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit

10. factreported

    The company said the expansion complied with its pledge because the underlying project already existed.

    Scotland, Dominican Republic and Indonesia project analysis; existing-deal response

    The No-New-Foreign-Deals Pledge and the Scotland Expansion: Outcome · Outcome