Trump says his businesses got ‘small amount of money’ from China, foreign governments for ‘services’ in Fox News interview

The former president then explained that the payments were for accommodation at his clubs and hotels.

“I was doing services for them. People were staying in these massive hotels, these beautiful hotels,” Trump continued.

“I don’t get US$8 million for doing nothing,” he said.

According to the report from the Democrats, Trump’s businesses had received payments from at least 20 countries while he was in office.

Foreign governments and government-controlled entities had made payments to Trump’s hotels in Washington, Las Vegas, and New York.

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“These countries spent – often lavishly – on apartments and hotel stays at Donald Trump’s properties.”

This, the report said, was a violation of the Constitution.

“President Trump never sought or received Congress’s approval to keep these foreign payments, as the Constitution requires,” the authors wrote.

His legal troubles, however, have not halted his momentum in the coming presidential election. Trump remains the front runner for the Republican presidential nomination, and recent polls suggest a close fight between him and President Joe Biden.

Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.