there, but it never developed into actual business.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia
"Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!"
"And I can tell you, speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don't have any deals in Russia."[15]
"He [Trump] has no business in Russia. He has no connections to Russia.
All comments have been in the PRESENT tense, nothing about past dealings of attempts to deal.