More than $5 million for unpaid labor
Item 2 from Amy Suskind’s list – Bloomberg reported on January 5:
Donald Trump’s new Washington hotel, located just blocks from the White House, owes electricians, wood workers and a plumbing and heating business more than $5 million for unpaid labor, according to liens filed against the property with the District of Columbia.
The 263-room hotel, located on the historic site of the city’s former main post office, opened in October following a $212 million renovation of the 1899 structure. The liens were filed in November and December, according to public records.
Trump has acknowledged not always paying all his bills, saying it’s often a negotiating tactic when work is subpar. His companies have been sued numerous times over unpaid work. Among them were landscapers at Riverside South Park in Manhattan, who sued in 2001 seeking $111,000. Contractors at Trump Park Avenue sued in 2003 seeking $206,000. And in 2010 a painter in Chicago sued a Trump entity developing a high-rise claiming to be owed more than $4 million.
Beautiful, isn’t it? The guy who will be president in 5 days owes 5 million bucks to working people? Are we a classy nation or what.
Those claiming they’re owed money by Trump Old Post Office LLC include the Washington plumbing and heating firm, Joseph J. Magnolia Inc., which says it’s due $2.98 million. A Maryland company, AES Electrical Inc., claims it’s owed $2.075 million and A&D Construction of Virginia LLC, says the hotel hasn’t paid $79,700 for trim work including crown and base moldings.
Rebecca Woods, an attorney representing the president-elect in other hotel-related litigation, didn’t immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment on the liens. Trump’s communications office didn’t immediately reply to an e-mailed request for comment.
Trump is a thief, and the people he steals from are contractors and workers.
The man-boy could always file for bankruptcy again. He might know Somebody to tip a hint.
I smarter move would seem to be not bidding on his contracts (which absolves him of nothing); I for one would be turning in my resignation to any fabricator willing to do a job with him (in fear of not getting paid).
Haha, “fabricator”
wait, wasn’t there something about him not taking the official salary for the Presidency? I wonder if his personal salary could (theoretically) be garnished to cover the mechanic’s liens against his business.
That salary wouldn’t make a dent in what he owes.
Give him a break. He promised jobs, he didn’t say anything about being paid for them!
(/sarcasm)
No, you’re right, it wouldn’t cover the liens filed so far in DC, much less his foreign indebtedness.
I was thinking more of the PR spectacle of attaching the President’s wages.