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2024-01-05 06:46:36 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 65C0A21333C0BB1CD2417EA0C53EE4353DB1C7CE409F2AA2C2550EA95724869B
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The payments were to various Trump businesses in exchange for services rendered such as stays at hotels. The Trump organization donated the PROFITS on that to the US Treasury. It was not obligated to give the rooms and services away completely for free. https://thehill.com/policy/finance/375645-trump-org-says-it-donated-hotel-profits-from-foreign-governments-to-treasury/ https://twitter.com/EricTrump/status/1742967062610301161?t=MUpAHMd3Icrw8ifRlyOxPA&s=19 https://apnews.com/article/a4349ac80a7048bdb61f017fffd9623f https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/25/trumps-company-says-it-donated-nearly-200000-to-us-treasury.html
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