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Trump linked into case with Kraft, human trafficking (1 Viewer)

This will end up being another congressional investigation.  Why wasn't this woman involved in politics until Trump ran for president?  Why is she in pictures with so many GOP leaders?  Why did she donate $35,000 to the Trump campaign? Why was she invited to Trump's box seats for the Super Bowl?   None of these answers will be good for The Donald.  But as I stated earlier, what would have been the biggest scandal of the entire 8-year Obama administration is just another day at the office for Trump. 

 
How does the Mother Jones article not mention she sold this place in 2013? 

Yang sold her massage parlor in 2013, years before Kraft was arrested for soliciting prostitution.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/florida-massage-parlor-owner-may-have-sold-chinese-executives-access-to-trump
I agree with this. 

However while Trump critics want to focus on the sex trafficking piece, like Stealthycat alluded to above the bigger problem is access to the president.

 
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Stealthycat said:
sounds like Clinton Foundation and nobody cared about that so ..... 
People cared a lot. In fact Congress conditioned Hillary Clinton's confirmation as Secretary of State on the Clinton Foundation providing and posting all members and contributors (though as we know there were some glitches to that).

Are Trump supporters on board with Trump doing the same with Mar-A-Lago?

 
...Yang sold her massage parlor in 2013, years before Kraft was arrested for soliciting prostitution. (He denies the charge.) In 2017, she founded a firm called GY US Investments LLC. An exposé from Mother Jones published Saturday reports that Yang’s company advertises itself as an “international business consulting firm that provides public relations services to assist businesses in America to establish and expand their brand image in the modern Chinese marketplace,” and also promises “the opportunity to interact with the president, the [American] Minister of Commerce and other political figures.”

The firm’s website evidently stopped functioning sometime after Yang spoke with the Miami Herald, but reportedly featured photos of Yang and alleged clients at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s club in Palm Beach. As previously reported, Yang’s now-defunct Facebook page also featured shots of her with Donald Trump Jr., Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, Sarah Palin, and other influential conservative figures. Yang is said to have donated $42,000 to a Trump political action committee, as well as upwards of $16,000 to Trump’s campaign.

The GY US Investments website also allegedly featured a number of upcoming Mar-a-Lago events, presumably advertising access to various members of the Trump circle. According to Mother Jones, one section showed photos of Chinese executives and a Chinese movie star with Donald Trump Jr. Even stranger: while GY is said to have offices in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Wuhan, China, the Washington address apparently matches that of a UPS store.

No one involved—Yang, her business partners listed on the website, or press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders—has responded with any comment on the matter.
- I actually don't think you think it's funny that a woman of this ilk can set up a front shop and sell direct access for Chinese executives - and maybe intelligence assets - to the Trump family at his private business and home for a mere $48,000.

Imagine what someone could get for buying into Maralago for the $300,000 membership fee.

 
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It was mentioned in the first paragraph.

Also, she hired and trained many of the employees at this place, she and her family still own several similar "day spas", and she founded the "school" where many of the employees at these various "spas" were "trained".

So, do you really want to hang your hat on "Trump hangs out with sex trafficker who sold one of her parlors"?

 
It was mentioned in the first paragraph.

Also, she hired and trained many of the employees at this place, she and her family still own several similar "day spas", and she founded the "school" where many of the employees at these various "spas" were "trained".

So, do you really want to hang your hat on "Trump hangs out with sex trafficker who sold one of her parlors"?
Yes, yes they do...

 
Do you think there were no happy endings at this Asian massage parlor prior to 2013?
The place still has many of the same employees who worked for Yang, many of when went to her specialized training school.

But hey, as long as Yang doesn't own the place anymore, it's totally A-OK if she sells access to potential foreign spies. That's where the bar is right now.

 
Did you guys even read the article before you went to the emojis?
Did you?  Glancing through the first couple paragraphs, it seems a previous owner attended the same party as Trump.  Is that really the bar for establishing a link between Trump and human trafficking.  Seems like a very sensationalized headline which is more worthy of the Enquirer than a legitimate news organization.  

 
Did you?  Glancing through the first couple paragraphs, it seems a previous owner attended the same party as Trump.  Is that really the bar for establishing a link between Trump and human trafficking.  Seems like a very sensationalized headline which is more worthy of the Enquirer than a legitimate news organization.  
Yes I did

 
At this point it seems like there is a lot we don't know but why would anyone jump up to defend Trump here? His track record isn't great when it comes to sex and money, we should probably all want to learn more about this before we make a final call.

 
At this point it seems like there is a lot we don't know but why would anyone jump up to defend Trump here? His track record isn't great when it comes to sex and money, we should probably all want to learn more about this before we make a final call.
The more interesting point is why would anyone condemn Trump for this at this point.  This is just guilt by some distant/remote connection.  There is no substance to the story.  

 
Did you?  Glancing through the first couple paragraphs, it seems a previous owner attended the same party as Trump.  Is that really the bar for establishing a link between Trump and human trafficking.  Seems like a very sensationalized headline which is more worthy of the Enquirer than a legitimate news organization.  
By the Enquirer, you mean David Pecker would buy the rights to the story and never publish it? 

 
People cared a lot. In fact Congress conditioned Hillary Clinton's confirmation as Secretary of State on the Clinton Foundation providing and posting all members and contributors (though as we know there were some glitches to that).

Are Trump supporters on board with Trump doing the same with Mar-A-Lago?
Also plenty of people bashed Hillary and gave such things as reasons they wouldn’t vote for her

 
The more interesting point is why would anyone condemn Trump for this at this point.  This is just guilt by some distant/remote connection.  There is no substance to the story.  
That is easy to explain. It is because Trump has  been proven to be involved in scandals involving money and/or sex in the past. 

 
People cared a lot. In fact Congress conditioned Hillary Clinton's confirmation as Secretary of State on the Clinton Foundation providing and posting all members and contributors (though as we know there were some glitches to that).

Are Trump supporters on board with Trump doing the same with Mar-A-Lago?
there is nothing here to see - its a bunch of what if's and trying to tie stuff together that isn't there in the name of anti-Trump hatred

sure -look into it a bit ..... but to suggest Trump is involved in sex trafficking? good gawd 

 
And so what did you find which implicates Trump in any wrong doing?   Having someone contribute to your campaign does not link them to criminal activity.  
?  I wasn't the one laughing and making fun trying to prove some gotcha point and  being wrong, when that point was clearly in the article.

 
That is easy to explain. It is because Trump has  been proven to be involved in scandals involving money and/or sex in the past. 
Then they should stick to using the 'proven' cases than to use this one which seems a very huge stretch and diminishes the credibility of other claims.  

 
there is nothing here to see - its a bunch of what if's and trying to tie stuff together that isn't there in the name of anti-Trump hatred

sure -look into it a bit ..... but to suggest Trump is involved in sex trafficking? good gawd 
I'm just asking you if you're in favor of calling for Trump to reveal the names of Maralago members and contributors who go through there. Are you?

 
?  I wasn't the one laughing and making fun trying to prove some gotcha point and  being wrong, when that point was clearly in the article.
That Trump is friendly to Chinese immigrants?  Seems like the left should be cheering such an act by Trump.

 
Then they should stick to using the 'proven' cases than to use this one which seems a very huge stretch and diminishes the credibility of other claims.  
People shouldn't discuss anything unless it is totally proven first? How does something get proven without talking about it?

Also, is it a lie that this woman is selling access to Trump to Chinese business people/

 
Headline: Trump shoots bystander on 5th Avenue!

Righty Response: is Trump responsible for where people stand on 5th Avenue?  Why are people tying the bullet which left his gun to the one which entered her chest?  Crazy librurals will do anything to go after Trump!

 
A Florida Massage Parlor Owner Has Been Selling Chinese Execs Access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago

What exactly is inaccurate about that headline? She owned massage parlors as recently as 2013. Her family continues to own them. She had a website selling access to the President?
A link suggests a direct connection and even implies perhaps even an ownership or a customer relationship.  The headline is misleading.  

 
At this point it seems like there is a lot we don't know but why would anyone jump up to defend Trump here? His track record isn't great when it comes to sex and money, we should probably all want to learn more about this before we make a final call.
while that's very true, you have to realize that the ones defending Trump year have still never admitted he's had any issues with sex or money.  He's our awesome Bible signing president.

 
while that's very true, you have to realize that the ones defending Trump year have still never admitted he's had any issues with sex or money.  He's our awesome Bible signing president.
Sometimes a man digs a hole so deep that the only way he can see to get himself out is to keep digging till he reaches the bottom. 

 
People shouldn't discuss anything unless it is totally proven first? How does something get proven without talking about it?

Also, is it a lie that this woman is selling access to Trump to Chinese business people/
No problem with discussion of facts.  But rightfully pointing out a sensationalized headline should also be permitted, correct?

Foreign people love to buy access to Presidents.  Rightfully or not, it seems to be perfectly legal. 

 
Jon, you can't genuinely believe any of this. I get it is fun to argue and stir the pot but can't we be honest at some point?
I genuinely believe there is a whole lot of nothing here.  If you want to debate if this should be legal, fine.  But this is a fact of life in politics.  People sell access all the time.  I genuinely think it is humorous that this is even a thread as it distracts from much better arguments against Trump.  

 

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