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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump sells his Beverly Hills house to an Indonesian billionaire for $13.5 million

    One of Donald Trump’s last California properties, a 5400 square foot Beverly Hills mansion, has been sold for $13.5 million. That's nearly double what the Trump Organization paid for it 12 years ago.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 14, 2019 • 1 min read

    One of Donald Trump’s last California properties, a 5400 square foot Beverly Hills mansion, has been sold for $13.5 million. That's nearly double what the Trump Organization paid for it 12 years ago. It was bought by Hillcrest Asia Limited, a company run by Indonesian billionaire and Trump business partner Hary Tanoesoedibjo. The off-market sale is raising some eyebrows.

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Trump sells his Beverly Hills house for way above the average home price
    1. 0:00U.S. says Iran fired on two oil tankers, but Iran says it didn't
    2. 9:06Crisis in Sudan becomes a cause on social media with #BlueforSudan
    3. 17:14New York just passed sweeping protections for renters, while rent control measures died in California
    4. 29:23Trump sells his Beverly Hills house to an Indonesian billionaire for $13.5 millionYou’re reading this
    5. 37:44Critic: 'Men in Black: International' is absolutely useless, but Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thomson are fun together
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