“[I]n his first two years in the White House, his revenue from abroad totaled $73 million…some came from licensing deals in countries with authoritarian-leaning leaders or thorny geopolitics…$3 million from the Philippines, $2.3 million from India and $1 million from Turkey.”
“[T]he most profitable Miss Universe during Mr. Trump’s time as co-owner…generated…$2.3 million — made possible, at least in part, by the Agalarov family, who would later help set up the infamous 2016 meeting between Trump campaign officials seeking “dirt” on Mrs. Clinton…”
“Between 2010 and 2018, Mr. Trump wrote off some $26 million in unexplained “consulting fees”…In Azerbaijan, Mr. Trump collected $5 million on a hotel deal and reported $1.1 million in consulting fees, while in Dubai it was $3 million with a $630,000 fee…”
“The president’s conflicts have been most evident with Turkey, where the business community and the authoritarian government of…Erdogan have not hesitated to leverage various Trump enterprises to their advantage.”

Our country and its national security can’t afford Trump’s greed
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