Trump Tower Moscow considered giving Putin $50 mn penthouse, says broker

It wasn't clear how seriously the idea was ever pursued, or whether Trump knew about it

President Donald Trump’s company considered offering Russian President Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse in a planned skyscraper in Moscow to make the building more desirable to rich buyers, according to the Russian-born real estate developer who was broker on the project.

Felix Sater, an ex-government asset and former Trump business associate, said Thursday he came up with the idea as a way to reap extra profit from Trump Tower Moscow, which he said would have brought in as much as $500 million if it had been built. Then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen approved of the idea, Sater said, adding that