Donald Trump's America First Plan : Instead of simply using taxes to fix american infrastructure, he will borrow money to enrich Saudi Arabia and Billionaire Steven Schwartzfman with the interest.

in #politics8 years ago (edited)

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/trumps-america-first-infrastructure-plan-let-saudi-arabia-and-blackstone-take-care-of-it/

Blackstone is the largest single real estate owner in the world. They own stakes in hotels, office buildings, and increasingly apartment complexes and houses, altogether valued at over $100 billion. The owner is also a long time friend of Trump, so it makes sense that he's going to get first pick of federal money from real estate or infrastructure projects.