The British government introduced Unexplained Wealth Orders in 2018 to help officials fight money-laundering and other illegal enrichment operations. In fact, Trump’s resorts collected about £563,000 in Covid-19 subsidies from British taxpayers. Though politicians criticised Trump, they believed it was up to law enforcement, not government, to impose an Unexplained Wealth Order. He called the resorts “money disappearing” operations. Trump “owns the asset, lends the money, owes the money, is owed the money,” Davidson explained.

Source: Huffington Post May 28, 2021 08:15 UTC