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

The Washington Post

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  1. documented

    The government paid protection costs tied to private business travel. The cited record does not establish a new deal, a project profit, or protection funds reaching 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. documented

    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. documented

    The expansion continued a preexisting foreign property, so it fell inside the company's own reading of its pledge. Whether that reading matched the public meaning of no new foreign deals stayed 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. documented

    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. documented

    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. reported

    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. reported

    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. reported

    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. reported

    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. reported

    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