Real Estate, Russia, and the Empire Rebuilt- Part-04

📊 Where Russian Money Landed: Trump Properties

Here’s a snapshot of Trump properties heavily purchased by Russian and ex-Soviet buyers:

🚩 Noteworthy Details:

• Sunny Isles Beach, Florida = “Little Moscow” because of massive Russian ownership.
• Trump World Tower drew foreign money right next to the United Nations.
• Trump SoHo linked to Bayrock Group, Felix Sater, and organized crime networks.
• Opaque financing: shell companies, offshore trusts, anonymous buyers — ideal setup for money laundering.

🎯 Why This Matters:

• Trump’s real estate empire became heavily dependent on foreign, mostly Russian-linked money after U.S. banks blacklisted him.
• His luxury condo projects allowed anonymous dirty money to be safely stashed inside U.S. real estate.
• Multiple U.S. government investigations (including Mueller) later flagged this pattern — though loopholes made it hard to prosecute.

📌 Quick Final Summary:

📢 Next up: Trump’s Art of the Deal Chronicles — Part 05:

The Web of Shell Companies: How the Trump Brand Hid Risk After Risk.

Stay tuned. 🚀

Reference: Strategic research and drafting assistance provided by OpenAI’s ChatGPT (April 2025 sessions), including real-time analysis of U.S. political, financial, and constitutional developments.