Eric Trump said Russians fund family's golf courses
- Donald Trump's son Eric Trump, is executive vice president of development and acquisitions at Trump Organization, responsible for new project acquisition, development and construction
- Eric said, 'Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia ... Oh, yeah. We’ve got some guys that really, really love golf, and they’re really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.’”
- Dodson, who co-authored Arnold Palmer's biography "A Golfer's Life," said he met with Donald Trump that year at the businessman’s golf club in North Carolina. Trump nonchalantly remarked that he “had access to $100 million” for golf courses.
- Dodson said “I know no banks — because of the recession, the Great Recession — have touched a golf course. No one’s funding any kind of golf construction. It’s dead in the water the last four or five years."
- Dodson said he did not doubt the story because it is common for Russians to invest in golf courses, and because Trump was opening clubs at a time when few other moguls still did so. - Trump’s other adult son, Donald Jr., once dropped a similar remark about taking funds from Russia. At a 2008 real estate conference, Donald Jr. told the crowd that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets ... We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”
- Trump’s other adult son, Donald Jr., once dropped a similar remark about taking funds from Russia. At a 2008 real estate conference, Donald Jr. told the crowd that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets ...We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”
- Donald Trump’s political career has been shrouded with questions about his mysterious affection for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his contradictory statements about deals with Russia. Trump has most recently claimed to have no ties to Russia, despite references years ago to meetings with Putin and business deals in the country.
- A White House spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.
