Trump’s Conflicts of Interest

This series, accessible via an easily navigable map of the world, spells out Donald Trump’s and his family’s conflicts of interest in 25 countries around the globe.

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Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Brazil Article
Personnel work at the Trump Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 14, 2016. (AP/Silvia Izquierdo)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Brazil

The number of Trump’s international business partners being investigated for corruption is breathtaking and makes clear that the president may be more concerned with his business liabilities in Brazil and other nations than with pressing foreign policy concerns.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the United Kingdom Article
Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump drives his golf buggy on the Turnberry golf course in Scotland, July 31, 2015. (AP/Scott Heppell)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the United Kingdom

A Scottish golf course expansion demonstrates how flimsy Trump’s attempts to remove conflicts of interest have been at a time when the United States has major foreign policy concerns with the United Kingdom, including fighting terrorism and the U.K.’s exit from the European Union.

John Norris, Carolyn Kenney

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Georgia Article
Tourists swim and sunbathe in the Black Sea resort town of Batumi, Georgia, August 1, 2012. (AP/Maria Danilova)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Georgia

Georgia may be trying to give Trump properties special favors as the country deals with a lingering Russian-supported separatist movement.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in China Article
A man reads a newspaper in Beijing, November 10, 2016. (AP/Andy Wong)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in China

China has been busy buying Trump properties since the election and has granted Trump a long-sought series of trademarks in the country—just days after Trump reversed his position on Taiwan.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Canada Article
The sun sets over the Toronto skyline, July 2015. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Canada

A troubled Trump project in Toronto links to a large and unexplained infusion of funds from a Russian bank suspected of espionage and efforts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.

John Norris, Carolyn Kenney

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the Philippines Article
Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte salutes during an arrival honor at Manila's international airport in the Philippines, May 24, 2017. (AP/Aaron Favila)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the Philippines

President Trump’s support for a president who is a self-proclaimed murderer may stem in part from concern for his projects in Manila.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Mexico Article
A Trump Ocean Resort Baja highway billboard remains on the project lot on the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico, February 2009. (AP/Guillermo Arias)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Mexico

Trump’s anger toward Mexico has been a defining theme of his campaign and presidency, and it may have more to do with a series of business deals gone bad than anything else.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Cuba Article
People sit on the Havana seawall in Cuba, November 9, 2016. (AP/Ramon Espinosa)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Cuba

Trump talked tough on Cuba, but evidence points to the Trump Organization breaking the Cuba embargo as it explored the possibility of opening a casino and resort on the island.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Turkey Article
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 16, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Turkey

Trump’s national security adviser may have pushed to delay a key military offensive against the Islamic State because it would upset Turkey, without revealing that he was on Turkey’s payroll throughout the campaign.

John Norris, Carolyn Kenney

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Israel Article
President Donald Trump arrives to deliver a speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Israel

In the tricky strategic hotbed of the Middle East, Trump’s son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner is linked to multiple Israeli investors currently under criminal investigation.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Russia Article
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting with a supervisory board of Russian state-owned investment bank Vnesheconombank in Moscow, July 11, 2012. (AP/RIA-Novosti, Yekaterina Shtukina)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Russia

Trump’s Russia conflicts are at the heart of a cancer that may well consume his presidency and continue to place the United States at enormous risk.

John Norris, Carolyn Kenney

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Qatar Article
An airplane purchased by Qatar Airways is shown during a delivery ceremony in Everett, Washington, November 4, 2015. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Qatar

President Trump’s views of countries with Muslim majorities are very clearly split by where he has business interests and where he doesn’t. Because of his friendship with a senior Qatari business leader and interest in pursuing deals in that country, Trump may be taking a soft line on Qatar.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

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