And that can take a lot of different forms.
His family business aside, the president wasn’t shy about saying he’d shape the itinerary of his first extended overseas trip on quid pro quo.Trump’s first stop was Saudi Arabia, just as during his first term. He picked the destination after he said the kingdom had pledged to spend $1 trillion on U.S. companies over four years. The White House has since announced that
How much of that will actually be new investment — or come to fruition — remains to be seen.The president is also stopping in the UAE, which has pledged $1.4 trillion in U.S. investments over the next 10 years, and in Qatar, where Trump says accepting the gift of a Boeing 747 from the ruling family is a no-brainer, dismissing security and ethical concerns raised by Democrats and even some conservatives.Trump’s first commercial foray in the Middle East came in 2005, during just his second year of starring on “The Apprentice.” A Trump Tower Dubai project was envisioned as a tulip-shaped hotel to be perched on the city’s manmade island shaped like a palm tree.
It never materialized.Instead, February 2017 saw the announced opening of Trump International Golf Club Dubai, with Sajwani’s DAMAC Properties. Just a month earlier, Trump had said that Sajwani had tried to make a $2 billion deal with him, “And I turned it down.”
“I didn’t have to turn it down, because as you know, I have a no-conflict situation because I’m president,” Trump said then.
This January, there was a beaming Sajwani standing triumphantly by Trump’s side at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, to announce DAMAC’s investment in U.S. data centers.Wednesday, but the department has said it will continue to deliver on its commitments.
“It’s been wave after wave of bad news for student borrowers,” said Aissa Canchola Bañez, policy director at the Student Borrower Protection Center.Here’s some guidance for those with student loans.
All borrowers currently enrolled in income-driven repayment plans should “get a sense of when your recertification deadline is and get a sense of what options are available to you if the form is not available online to recertify your income,” Bañez said.Recertification confirms a borrower’s financial situation. With some forms not currently available, borrowers who are unable to complete that process could be in jeopardy.