The US Department of Defence is seeking to rent space in Donald Trump’s New York skyscraper Trump Tower, a media report has said, highlighting that the move could directly funnel government money into the President’s business interests.
The US military agency is “working through appropriate channels...To acquire a limited amount of leased space in Trump Tower,” lt Col JB Brindle, a Pentagon spokesman, told The Washington Post in a statement. “The space is necessary for the personnel and equipment who will support the POTUS at his residence in the building,” Brindle said.