A scramble to assess the dangers of president elect Donald Trump's global business empire

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Turkey is scarred by government crackdowns following a failed coup attempt and on a potential collision course with the West. It is also home to a valuable revenue stream for the president-elects business empire: Trump Towers Istanbul.

Donald Trumps company has been paid up to $10 million by the towers developers since 2014 to affix the Trump name atop the luxury complex, whose owner, one of Turkeys biggest oil and media conglomerates, has become an influential megaphone for the countrys increasingly repressive regime.

That, ethics advisers said, forces the Trump complex into an unprecedented nexus: as both a potential channel for dealmakers seeking to curry favor with the Trump White House and a potential target for attacks or security risks overseas.

The president-elects Turkey deal marks a harrowing vulnerability that even Trump has deemed a little conflict of interest: a private moneymaker that could open him to foreign influence and tilt his decision-making as Americas executive in chief.

But the ethics experts eyeing Trumps empire are now warning of many others, found among a vast assortment of foreign business interests never before seen in past presidencies. At least 111 Trump companies have done business in 18 countries and territories across South America, Asia and the Middle East, a Washington Post analysis of Trump financial filings shows.

Edited November 21, 2016 by Jacque67

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So are people willing to risk national interests because there's a Trump casino around?

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"Give us Barabbas!" shouted the masses.

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So are people willing to risk national interests because there's a Trump casino around?

Like the tax returns, we are told that these things are quite interesting and boring and we should nit worry our heads about them

There is nothing to see here

[Jacque67 7,328]

Like the tax returns, we are told that these things are quite interesting and boring and we should nit worry our heads about them

There is nothing to see here

Of course. How could I be so blind!!

It's of no interest that Trump's business partner Joe E B Antonio, is the Philippines new trade envoy to the US.

[Rob L 3,811]

Like the tax returns, we are told that these things are quite interesting and boring and we should nit worry our heads about them

There is nothing to see here

that should read quite uninteresting

[Rob L 3,811]

Of course. How could I be so blind!!

It's of no interest that Trump's business partner Joe E B Antonio, is the Philippines new trade envoy to the US.

It is all part of the swamp draining program