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By Eric Lipton and Kate Kelly
Washington reports
Halfway through the first Trump administration, Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line, had a challenge in Cuba that sought the president to correct.
So Carnival, a Miami-based company, hired a new lobbyist: Pam Bondi, who developed a close relationship with Donald J. Trump during her two terms as Florida’s attorney general, the state’s top law enforcement official.
Carnival feared that it could be sued for damages of up to $ 600 million for parking their cruises in Havana docks that had been seized previous decades through the Cuban communists. The corporate sought after Trump defends the demand.
With that of Mrs. Bondi, the President of the Carnival, Micky Arison, had an assembly with Mr. Trump in the Oval office to boost his case.
In the end, the president did not attend the company. But the participation of Mrs. Bondi has shown that she can grease relations with the Trump administration for her new clients.
It was also a continuation of her open-door approach to companies, which started when she held office in Florida.
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