A FEW YEARS before he became president, Donald Trump's family probably did business with associates of Iran's ideological armed force, the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). An article published in the New Yorker in 2017 says a tower bearing the Trump name in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, was built by a company with links to the Guards. But on April 8th his administration blacklisted the force. Officials hailed the move as the first time America had branded a national army a terrorist outfit. "If you are doing business with the IRGC, you will be bankrolling terrorism," Mr Trump said.
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