India: Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw, “Trump’s 10 Foreign Deals with Those Close to Power,” ProPublica via USAToday.com, January 20, 2017, https://www.usatoday.com/?pages/?interactives/?trumps-10-foreign-deals-with-close-to-power/.
New York: Janet Babin, “When You See ‘Trump’ on a Building, It Might Not Be What You Think,” NPR.org, August 31, 2015, http://www.npr.org/?sections/?itsallpolitics/?2015/?08/?31/?436302090/?are-some-of-trumps-newyork-city-buildings-a-mirage.
Dubai: Reuters, “Trump Sons Open Dubai Golf Course, Praise U.S. Ally,” Reuters.com, February 18, 2017, http://www.reuters.com/?article/?us-usa-trump-dubai-golf-idUSKBN15X0OU.
James S. Henry: private financial wealth of individuals in tax havens: $24–36 trillion
James S. Henry, “Taxing Tax Havens,” Foreign Affairs, April 12, 2016, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/?articles/?panama/?2016-04-12/?taxing-tax-havens.
You Are All fired!
Trump and outsourcing to overseas factories
Spencer Woodman, “Trump, China, and the Ties That Bind,” Racked, October 5, 2016, http://www.racked.com/?2016/?10/?5/?13165868/?donaldtrump-china-factories-neckties.
Spencer Woodman, “Long Hours, Low Wages Alleged at Ivanka Trump Shoe Factory,” Racked, October 12, 2016, http://www.racked.com/?2016/?10/?12/?13243756/?ivanka-trump-shoe-factory-violations.
Fair Labor Association: condition in factory in China producing for a major supplier of Ivanka’s clothing
Fair Labor Association, personal correspondence with author or her research assistants, April 27, 2017.
Drew Harwell, “Workers Endured Long Hours, Low Pay at Chinese Factory Used by Ivanka Trump’s Clothing-Maker,” Washington Post, April 25, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?business/?economy/?workers-endured-long-hours-low-pay-at-chinese-factory-used-by-ivanka-trumps-clothing-maker/?2017/?04/?25/?b6fe6608-2924-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.82c316c266b0.
Elliot Hannon, “Ivanka Trump’s Clothing Line Is Made in a Chinese Factory Where Workers Earn $1 an Hour,” The Slatest (blog), April 25, 2017, http://www.slate.com/?blogs/?the_slatest/?2017/?04/?25/?ivanka_trump_s_clothing_line_made_by_chinese_factory_workers_earning_1_an.html.
Trump and migrant workers at Trump-branded golf course in Dubai (Vice)
“Inside the Squalid Living Conditions for the Migrants Building Trump International Golf Club in Dubai,” Vice, April 19, 2016, https://www.vice.com/?en_us/?article/?vice-on-hbo-dubai-workers-trump-international-golf-club.
Immune to Scandal
Mar-a-Lago cited for nearly a dozen food safety violations
Department of Business and Professional Regulation, “Inspection Information—Mar-a-Lago Club,” January 26, 2017, https://www.myfloridalicense.com/?inspectionDetail.asp?InspVisitID=5936193&id=2923079#.
Donald Trump: dodging federal taxes is “smart”
Chris Kahn, “Trump Calls Tax Avoidance ‘Smart,’ Most Americans Call it ‘Unpatriotic’: Poll,” Reuters.com, October 4, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/?article/?us-usa-election-poll-idUSKCN1242FH.
Donald Trump: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue…”
Steve Holland and Ginger Gibson, “Confident Trump Says Could ‘Shoot Somebody’ and Not Lose Voters,” Reuters.com, January 23, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/?article/?us-usa-election-idUSMTZSAPEC1NFEQLYN.
CHAPTER 2
The First Family of Brands
Melania Trump and Daily Mail lawsuit and settlement
Melania Trump v. Mail Media, Inc. Supreme Court of the State of New York, filed February 6, 2017, https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/?fbem/?DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=Yv9ua7eZrTT_PLUS_pEUque3HmQ==&system=prod.
“Melania Trump and Daily Mail Settle Her Libel Suits,” New York Times, April 12, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/?2017/?04/?12/?business/?media/?melania-trump-dailymail-libel.html.
Samantha Cameron and clothing line
Gillian Brett, “Confirmed: Samantha Cameron’s New Fashion Label Is Finally Here,” Marie Claire, November 30, 2016, http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/?fashion/?samantha-camerons-fashion-label-cefinn-448708?utm_content=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral.
Kellyanne Conway: “commercial…stuff”
“Kellyanne Conway on Ivanka Trump’s Fashion Line: ‘Go Buy It Today!’?” FoxNews.com, February 9, 2017, http://insider.foxnews.com/?2017/?02/?09/?kellyanne-conway-ivanka-trump-retailers-go-buy-her-stuff.
Associated Press: “Ivanka Trump’s company won…”
Erika Kinetz and Anne D’Innocenzio, “Ivanka’s Biz Prospers as Politics Mixes with Business,” Associated Press online, April 19, 2017, http://bigstory.ap.org/?article/?d9e34f23a64947d99e4a7d757012c509/?ivankas-biz-prospers-politics-mixes-business.
Ivanka and her company’s “independent trustees”
Jennifer Rubin, “Yes, Ivanka Trump Is Complicit in Her Father’s Agenda,” Washington Post, April 5, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?blogs/?right-turn/?wp/?2017/?04/?05/?yes-ivanka-trump-is-complicit-in-her-fathers-agenda/??utm_term=.dee27bd2e135.
Mar-a-Lago membership fees
Robert Frank, “Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Doubles to $200,000,” CNBC.com, January 25, 2017, http://www.cnbc.com/?2017/?01/?25/?mar-a-lago-membership-fee-doubles-to-200000.html.
Marjorie Merriweather Post: “Winter White House”
Gardiner Harris, “U.S. Embassies Post Article Extolling Trump’s Mar-a-Lago,” New York Times, April 24, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/?2017/?04/?24/?us/?politics/?mar-a-lago-winter-whitehouse-state-department.html.
Lily Rothman, “The Mar-a-Lago Club Was a ‘Winter White House’ Even Before President Trump Got There,” Time, February 26, 2017, http://time.com/?4661763/?mar-a-lago-donald-trump-marjorie-post/.
Trump: “Southern White House”
White House Office of the Press Secretary, “Remarks by President Trump et al. at Signing of Trade Executive Orders,” press release, March 31, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/?the-press-office/?2017/?03/?31/?remarks-president-trumpet-al-signing-trade-executive-orders.
New York Times: “Mr. Trump’s enterprise…”
Sharon LaFraniere and Danny Hakim, “Trump’s Trademark Continues Its March Across the Globe, Raising Eyebrows,” New York Times, April 11, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/?2017/?04/?11/?us/?politics/?trump-trademark-ethics.html.
What Exactly Are the Trump Boys Selling?
US taxpayer money for Trump sons’ trip to Uruguay
Amy Brittain and Drew Harwell, “Eric Trump’s Business Trip to Uruguay Cost Taxpayers $97,830 in Hotel Bills,” Washington Post, February 3, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?business/?economy/?eric-trumps-trip-to-uruguay-cost-taxpayers-97830-in-hotel-bills/?2017/?02/?03/?ababd64e-e95c-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html?utm_term=.265c2c8ceebe.
Trump Organization: no new deals for foreign properties
“Full Transcript of Trump Press Conference,” BBC.com, January 11, 2017, http://www.bbc.com/?news/?world-us-canada-38536671.
Reagan’s Prophecy Fulfilled
New Yorker: Trump golf cover
Fran?oise Mouly, “Cover Story: ‘Broken Windows,’ By Harry Blitt,” New Yorker, March 31, 2017, http://www.newyorker.com/?culture/?cover-story/?cover-story-2017-04-10.