7 key questions about what President Trump's company faces in 2019

Source: Washington Post

7 key questions about what President Trump’s company faces in 2019

By David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell January 8 at 8:00 AM

In 2018, President Trump’s company lost control of a hotel in Panama and saw its name stripped from a condo building in New York. At its remaining properties, there was a steady drip of bad news: Trump golf courses lost money in Scotland and Ireland, Trump Tower lost rent revenue in Manhattan, and high-paying charity customers stayed away from Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

The new year might be better. Trump’s company is preparing to launch a pair of long-delayed hotel chains in the United States, hoping to turn Trump voters into Trump customers. The Trump hotel in Washington continues to attract GOP fundraisers, interest groups and foreign embassy events.

But 2019 will also bring new problems.

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As the year begins, here are answers to seven key questions about the state — and the troubles — of the Trump Organization.

QUESTION 1: Didn’t Trump give up his businesses when he took office?

ANSWER: No, he didn’t.

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