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Celebrate that day. tah-dah. as a country bahrain is best known right now for its terrible human rights record, for its brutal crackdown on an attempted arab spring uprising. but once a year bahrainis who are not being unlawfully imprisoned or shot or tortured, they do get to celebrate bahrain national day. it's right around the corner. for the bahrain embassy in washington every year for bahrain national day they host a celebration, diplomats and military attaches and washington's friends of bahrain, they come by invitation only to hobnob with bahraini officials in d.c. and for most o the las...

This year, a week from today, according to an invitation obtained by politico.com. this year the bahrain national day celebration in washington, d.c., is going to be held in a new spot. it's going to be held at donald trump's d.c. hotel because, of course, because why not? i mean, of course, you book your big annual party at the hotel owned by the president-elect, wouldn't you? right? you have to have it somewhere. you like having it at hotels anyway. you go meet with the president-elect in the new administration and say, we really enjoyed meeting you at the bahrain national day celebration we...

To his children. what he said today was he was going to completely remove himself from involvement in the business, but as you indicate, he did not say he's going to sell his assets and then put those assets into a blind trust. so across the board from the left to the right, what we're hearing is that is really the only step he can take to eliminate the appearances of conflicts of interest. although i have to say i disagree with you, by having the government of bahrain take a room in his hotel because they want to impress him, to me that doesn't represent any kind of a bribe. that's just them ...

Doesn't zeev yat from anything he said all along. he doesn't plan to divest, he doesn't plan to insulate himself in any way from his own financial interests which will be affected by his presidency except for the fact that he'll have his kids running things for him on a day-to-day basis. but you know what? if you own -- if you still own the hotel where, say, bahrain decides to hold its annual national day celebration because they want to spend money on your business as a way of getting in good with you, which lots of countries and lots of countries will do, then unless the president is diveste...

All he has said so far and what we can only rely upon is that he's going to turn over control to his children. what he said today was he was going to completely remove himself from involvement in the business, but as you indicate, he did not say he's going to sell his assets and then put those assets into a blind trust. so across the board from the left to the right, what we're although i have to say i disagree with you, by having the government of bahrain take a room in his hotel because they want to impress him, to me that doesn't represent any kind of a bribe. that's just them showing a sig...