DAY 52: Donald Trump filed for trademaks for doing business in Mexico during and after the 2016 campaign

The Associated Press discovered that while Donald Trump insisted on attacking Mexico and accusing the country of taking advantage and jobs from the United States, he quietly filed for trademark registration in Mexico so he could be in the hotel and tourism business in that country.

One of the trademarks Trump filed for in Mexico was approved on October 6, 2016, just about a month before the electins. Three more were approved on February 21, 2017, a month after Trump took office.

This is what the AP said about Trump's trademarks:

The Mexican trademarks cover a broad range of business operations that can roughly be broken down into construction; construction materials; hotels, hospitality and tourism; and real estate, financial services and insurance. They are all valid through 2026.

The same four trademarks were previously held in the name of Donald J. Trump and expired in 2015, a year before the new applications. The new approvals list the trademark owner as the company DTTM Operations LLC, with an address in the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York.

And that's not all. Trump has more business interests in Mexico:

In all, Trump controls at least 20 trademarks in Mexico, including for Trump Ocean Resort and Trump Isla Cozumel. Others cover activities such as concierge and spa services, alcoholic beverages, golf club operations and home furnishings. For clothing, there's the Donald J. Trump Signature Collection.

And what did Trump said the day he applied for the new trademars? According to AP he said this:

"We lose our jobs, we close our factories, Mexico gets all of the work. We get nothing."

We?

Actually now the American people will lose more money with Trump and his border wall, since Mexico won't be paying for it. American taxpayers will.