Update 1:50 p.m.: A spokesman for Argentine President Mauricio Macri denied that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump asked for a business favor during a post-election call. "Trump and President Macri only spoke about maintaining the institutional relationship between the two countries," the spokesman told BuzzFeed News. "They then recalled their personal relationship. They never spoke of the tower." A Trump spokesman also denied the story. Our original post is below.
When Argentine President Mauricio Macri called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory, Trump reportedly brought up an office building he wants to build in Buenos Aires. The project has been bogged down for years by "complications tied to financing, importation of building materials, and various permitting requirements," Talking Points Memo reported, and Trump allegedly attempted to get Macri to authorize the building's construction. "[I]t wasn't just a geopolitical chat," said Argentine journalist Jorge Lanta, per Argentine daily newspaper La Nacion.
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