We also encountered pushback from people who objected to the notion that international companies would protect civilians on a global basis rather than help their home government attack other nations. As one Trump adviser challenged me on a trip to Washington, DC, “As an American company, why won’t you agree to help the US government spy on people in other countries?” I pointed out that Trump Hotels had just opened a new property in the Middle East as well as down the street on Pennsylvania Avenue. “Are these hotels going to spy on people from other countries who stay there? It doesn’t seem
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