LEE KRAMER'S ROOM: With Views

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Another fishing expedition but I hope they find the Podesta connections.

It has already been revealed that after his casinos went BK he could not borrow money in the US so he got loans from Russian banks.

Vnesheconombank financed Trump International Condo Hotel and Tower in Toronto. Plans for it were started in 2002 and Trump does not own it. He licensed his name!

The hotel’s developer, Talon International, is run by Val Levitan and Alex Shnaider, two Russian-Canadian entrepreneurs. Levitan made his fortune manufacturing slot machines and creating banknote validation technology, and Shnaider earned his in the post-glasnost steel trade.

The luxury hotel required a famous brand, which is how the pair ended up approaching Donald Trump. At the time, Trump’s reality show The Apprentice was riding high in the ratings, and the Trump brand was associated with luxury, success and business prowess. They worked out a deal to license the Trump name. An affiliate of his management company would run the day-to-day hotel service.
The hotel opened in 2012.

Donald Trump is a shareholder in other Trump developments in Chicago, New York, Washington D.C. and Las Vegas, but not in Toronto.

http://torontolife.com/city/toronto-trump-tower-lawsuit-feature/