Busted! The new Trump hotel in D.C. is filled top-to-bottom with goods made in China

Daily Kos Staff

Friday September 16, 2016 · 9:55 AM PDT

2016/09/16 · 09:55

Made in China sheets and comforters at the Trump International Hotel — Making China Great Again

Reporters from around the world were tricked into covering Donald Trump’s new hotel opening in Washington, D.C., today. They were told it would be a press conference and Donald Trump would be answering questions, instead they were physically prevented from touring the hotel with Trump, and only photographers were allowed.

But, the folks from American Bridge did get a look around and what they found was a hotel filled with goods made overseas, mostly in China. Just some of the items they found:

Inside the Trump Hotel in Washington, DC: bedding made in China, not the USA. pic.twitter.com/lmI5MpBKm4
Ã¢ÂÂ American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016

Inside the Trump Hotel in Washington, DC: a Trump Hotel bathrobe, made in China. pic.twitter.com/nxrLG7VfMN
Ã¢ÂÂ American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016

Even these Trump Hotel branded umbrellas are made in China, not here in the U.S.. pic.twitter.com/aw4q5nj8H8
Ã¢ÂÂ American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016

The Trump Hotel is filled with items that were made everywhere but America. Here, a lamp made in China. pic.twitter.com/emyAg8yxLY
Ã¢ÂÂ American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016

The king-sized beds inside the suites at the new DC Trump Hotel were - you guessed it - not made in the USA. pic.twitter.com/rH3FBLmjJy
Ã¢ÂÂ American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016

Inside the Trump Hotel in Washington, DC: an ice bucket made in England. pic.twitter.com/RhouJXY7eB
Ã¢ÂÂ American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016

A very classy gold lamp in the new DC Trump Hotel, which just happens to have been made in China, not in the USA. pic.twitter.com/wZAloIuNEu
Ã¢ÂÂ American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016

This dresser was made in the Philippines, far and away from the USA. pic.twitter.com/MtU7mx9dfc
Ã¢ÂÂ American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016

Is this how you make America great again, Donald Trump? He said he would force Apple Computers to manufacture in the U.S. but he can’t even buy bathrobes made in the good ol’ USA? Good luck with that!

Meanwhile, while other Washington Post reporters like David Fahrenthold are doing Pulitzer-worthy journalism, Dana Milbank was busy surrendering his dignity at the new hotel. Bravo, Dana!

Dana Milbank drew himself a bubble bath at the Trump DC hotel. How was your work day? #MakeAmericaGreatAgain pic.twitter.com/B5qJ0CsIbe
Ã¢ÂÂ Gene Park (@GenePark) September 15, 2016

Friday, Sep 16, 2016 · 5:49:01 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden

In all fairness to Dana Milbank, he’s up with a story now about the fact very few items at the hotel are made in America. It’s a good read and flat calls Donald Trump what he is— a “charlatan.”

Examining my posh surroundings — Italian bed linens, French table linens, Chinese duvet, Korean TV and, yes, Mexican tequila ($14 for a shot of Patron Silver) in the minibar, er, “private bar,” I came across the Gideon bible in the nightstand with a note on “TRUMP HOTELS ™” stationery:

“If you would like to continue your spiritual journey, we also offer the followings (sic): Talmud. Quran. Gita. Avesta. Tripitaka (Pali Canon). Shri Guru Granth Sahib. Book of Mormon. Kindly contact Housekeeping should you wish to have one delivered to your room.”

Sure enough, minutes after my call to housekeeping, a pleasant woman arrived with a copy of “The Glorious Qur’an” in Arabic and English, along with a brown prayer rug and a compass pointing in the “direction of al Kabaa” in Mecca. I expressed skepticism to her that the hotel also kept a copy of the Talmud, millions of words and many volumes of Jewish law.

“I will find it for you,” she vowed.

Busted! The new Trump hotel in D.C. is filled top-to-bottom with goods made in China

Comments are closed on this story.