Chinese Bank Offered Clients Chance to Dine With Trump for $150,000
- Construction Bank branch sells tickets to presidential dinner
- Trump campaign is said to report effort to Justice Department
Pay $150,000 To Dine With Trump?
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China’s second-largest state-owned bank offered wealthy clients the opportunity to have dinner with the American president for $150,000 a ticket, spurring a complaint from Donald Trump’s re-election campaign to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A branch of China Construction Bank Corp. invited high-net-worth clients willing to pay the ticket price to a May 31 dinner in Dallas, according to an invitation seen by Bloomberg News and confirmed with bank staff. Chinese participants would have the opportunity to communicate with U.S. “tycoons,” take photos with Trump and get his autograph, according to the invitation.