"Trump was all over the map about his involvement with Russia during the campaign, saying in one breath that he was good pals with Vladimir Putin and another denying that he’d ever had anything to do with Russia in any way, shape or form. In his first press conference as president he said, 'I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don’t have any deals in Russia.'
But asking if Trump has investments in Russia was never the right question. The question to ask was whether any Russians had investments in Donald Trump. Some years back Donald Trump Jr. told a real estate conference, 'Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross section of a lot of our assets. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.' When writer James Dodson asked how the Trumps were able to finance their purchase of golf courses during the recession when credit had all dried up, Eric Trump told him, 'Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.' (Eric Trump has denied he ever said this.)
Nonetheless it has been difficult to analyze Trump’s financing arrangements since his company is family-owned and he refuses to release his tax returns or detail his holdings in any useful way."
http://www.salon.com/2017/07/14/dona...than-30-years/