{"id":32605,"date":"2016-09-14T18:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T01:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32605"},"modified":"2016-09-14T20:23:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T03:23:25","slug":"newsweek-exposes-trumps-shady-foreign-ties-hillary-pounces-with-tweets-about-his-security-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32605","title":{"rendered":"Newsweek Exposes Trump&#8217;s Shady Foreign Ties, Hillary Pounces With Tweets About His Security Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The international web spun by Donald Trump&#8217;s businesses appear to be testing the limits of personal\/political conflicts of interest. Kurt Eichenwald of Newsweek <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2016\/09\/23\/donald-trump-foreign-business-deals-national-security-498081.html\" target=\"_blank\">published an article<\/a><\/strong> today that reveals the depths of Trump&#8217;s involvement with foreign businesses and governments. The extensive detail in the story makes it impossible to ignore the national security implications were Trump to become president.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign-2016\/trump-newsweek.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump Newsweek\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32607\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1434682029879921\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the opening paragraphs Eichenwald lays out the central theme of the article that questions whether it would be possible for Trump to govern unless he, and his family, completely severed ties with The Trump Organization:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>If Donald Trump is elected president, will he and his family permanently sever all connections to the Trump Organization, a sprawling business empire that has spread a secretive financial web across the world? Or will Trump instead choose to be the most conflicted president in American history, one whose business interests will constantly jeopardize the security of the United States?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A close examination by Newsweek of the Trump Organization, including confidential interviews with business executives and some of its international partners, reveals an enterprise with deep ties to global financiers, foreign politicians and even criminals, although there is no evidence the Trump Organization has engaged in any illegal activities.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The questions raised in the Newsweek piece didn&#8217;t escape the view of Hillary Clinton. She posted a series of tweets (twenty, in fact) challenging Trump to respond to the allegations.  She began in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/776094652336369664\" target=\"_blank\">tweet #1<\/a><\/strong> by asking <em>&#8220;Will you sever ties with your company linked to foreign leaders, questionable organizations, and criminals if you become president?&#8221;<\/em> And she concluded with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/776103470554353664\" target=\"_blank\">tweet #20<\/a><\/strong> saying <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty clear: Trump&#8217;s spent his life unscrupulously looking out for his own wallet above all. Why would that change as president?&#8221;<\/em> And all the questions in between pose distinct dilemmas for Trump were he to try to answer them. Which, knowing the weakness of his character, he will certainly avoid. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are Clinton&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/public\/templates\/slideshow\/index.html?src=\/\/storify.com\/wirecan\/hillary-clinton-s-20-questions-for-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">compiled<\/a><\/strong> tweets:<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/wirecan\/hillary-clinton-s-20-questions-for-donald-trump.js?template=slideshow\"><\/script><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/wirecan\/hillary-clinton-s-20-questions-for-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">View &#8220;undefined&#8221; on Storify<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international web spun by Donald Trump&#8217;s businesses appear to be testing the limits of personal\/political conflicts of interest. Kurt Eichenwald of Newsweek published an article today that reveals the depths of Trump&#8217;s involvement with foreign businesses and governments. The extensive detail in the story makes it impossible to ignore the national security implications were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1],"tags":[554,31,832],"class_list":["post-32605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","tag-donald-trump","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-newsweek"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-newsweek-e1473909794177.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-8tT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32858,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32858","url_meta":{"origin":32605,"position":0},"title":"Trump Caught Disseminating False, Anti-Clinton Disinformation From Russian Media (VIDEO)","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/11\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the most peculiar and disturbing elements of Donald Trump's campaign for president is often dismissed as fanciful meanderings. 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