When Donald Trump did his about-face and embraced the “One China” policy, Americans everywhere wondered for about half a second what had happened to change his tiny orange mind. It was quickly revealed that China has finally granted Trump’s businesses trademark rights he had been lobbying for for decades. Today there’s more amazing information about those trademarks. For one, there are at least 38 that have been pre-approved.
China has granted preliminary approval for 38 new Trump trademarks, paving the way for President Donald Trump and his family to develop a host of branded businesses from hotels to insurance to bodyguard and escort services, public documents show.
Trump's lawyers in China applied for the marks in April 2016, as Trump railed against China at campaign rallies, accusing it of currency manipulation and stealing U.S. jobs. Critics maintain that Trump's swelling portfolio of China trademarks raises serious conflict of interest questions.
“Escort services” sounds about right, though one source also calls it “concierge services.” Either way, someone is getting screwed. But are all of these trademarks getting pushed through seem strange to you? From AP.
Dan Plane, a director at Simone IP Services, a Hong Kong intellectual property consultancy, said he had never seen so many applications approved so expeditiously.
"For all these marks to sail through so quickly and cleanly, with no similar marks, no identical marks, no issues with specifications — boy, it's weird," he said.
The Republican Party’s top leader is as crooked as a three-dollar-bill.