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FakeNoose

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6. Chump managed the HOTEL at Union Station for a few years
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 11:44 AM
Aug 27

Remember this?



This is the hotel at Union Station in Washington DC, and Trump never owned it. He had a 99 year lease and his company managed the hotel until he gave it up at few years ago. During his first term this hotel became notorious as a way for international (mostly Arab) businesses to "book rooms" for exorbitant amounts of money and basically pay bribes to Chump while he was in the White House.

The shining headline "Pay Trump Bribes Here" in the photo, was an actual light shining on the building from across the street, and it was done by protesters as a way to illustrate the ease with which Chump was abusing the system. I remember another photo which showed the light saying "Pay Trump Emoluments Here" which is basically the same thing.

This is NOT the RAILWAY, it's the HOTEL that's adjacent to the railway. Chump never managed or had anything to do with the railway. This is an all-new power-grab by Chump and he's hoping none of us will notice.

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First step in nationalizing the few rail services we have? Lonestarblue Aug 27 #1
Actually they are nationalized under Amtrak jgmiller Aug 27 #3
It's not meaningless BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #4
I meant functionally meaningless but you are right about how it helps him. jgmiller Aug 27 #5
Even "functionally", it's an overreach as the station has a contracted management corporation BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #7
"Only I can make the trains run on time!" Torchlight Aug 27 #2
Chump managed the HOTEL at Union Station for a few years FakeNoose Aug 27 #6
The hotel was at the Old Post Office BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #9
Yes I saw it once, several years ago, and I remember it had a sort of underground shopping mall FakeNoose Aug 27 #10
He took it over just before his first term started BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #12
OK that means I must have seen it before 2017 because I retired in 2017 FakeNoose Aug 27 #15
I also retired in 2017 BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #16
Beautiful building! FakeNoose Aug 27 #17
Are they going to search people for sandwiches? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 27 #8
I think this is another ploy to deter ppl from using public transit OrwellwasRight Aug 27 #11
Traffic is already bad enough down there BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #13
Don't forget MARC trains, local busses, and regional busses OrwellwasRight Aug 27 #18
My earliest years in my career going down there BumRushDaShow Aug 27 #19
Wow that is quite a commute. OrwellwasRight Aug 29 #20
Thankfully I wasn't stationed there but had to go on numerous trips down there BumRushDaShow Aug 29 #21
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Donald Trump has assumed full federal control of Washington DC's Union Station and has taken it over f riversedge Aug 27 #14
I swear they spend 24 hours a day thinking up ways to fuck the country up. As if tourism wasn't bad enough. Vinca Aug 29 #22
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