Political Pressure on Kuwait Ambassador to move event to Trump’s new Hotel
by Darinee Durai
@ 23 Dec 2016
Shortly after Donald Trump won the election for the U.S. presidency last month, Trump Organization officials reportedly contacted the ambassador of Kuwait and encouraged him to move an upcoming event to Trump’s new Washington D.C. hotel.
ThinkProgress reported late on Monday that employees of the president-elect’s private business interests were ultimately successful in their campaign to pressure’s Kuwait to move its National Day celebration to the Trump International Hotel from the Four Seasons, where the event has been held for years. According to an anonymous source with knowledge of the arrangements and documentary evidence reviewed by the news site, the decision to move the event to Trump’s hotel was a result of “political pressure” from the Trump Organization:
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http://www.salon.com/2016/12/20/trump-organization-applies-political-pressure-on-foreign-diplomats-to-stay-at-donald-trumps-d-c-hotel-report/
