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Friday, May 8, 2026

First Thing: Trump did not disclose $19.8m loan while president - The Guardian US

Loan from Daewoo, a company with ties to North Korea, should have been reported in disclosures. Plus, mass strikes in Iran

Good morning.

Donald Trump failed to disclose a $19.8m loan from a company with historical ties to North Korea while he was the US president, according to a report.

Documents obtained by the New York attorney general, and reported by Forbes, indicate a previously unreported loan owed by Trump to Daewoo, a South Korean conglomerate and the only South Korean company allowed to operate a business in North Korea during the mid-1990s.

Forbes revealed that Trump’s relationship with Daewoo was at least 25 years old. At one point, Daewoo partnered with Trump on a development project near the UN headquarters in New York City, Trump World Tower.

Trump and Daewoo continued to do business together, including using Trump’s name on six South Korea-based properties from 1999 to 2007, according to the magazine.

  • What rules did Trump violate? Even though the loan was reported on the Trump Organization’s internal documents, it was not disclosed on the former president’s public financial disclosure reports.

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